The Kaduna State Government has concluded plans to dismiss 233 primary school teachers in the state, following their involvement in fake certificates.
The Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, Tijjani Abdullahi, disclosed this during a media briefing in Kaduna on Thursday.
He added that there was no going back
in the conduct of competency tests for public school teachers in the state.
Abdullahi also stated that as part of the efforts of the board to ensure that teachers possess the qualifications they claimed, it embarked on a certificate verification exercise in April.
The SUBEB boss also said that the the aim of the exercise was to ensure that all teachers in the state have the requisite credentials that constitute the basic qualifications for employment as teachers.
Abdullahi further said that the board verified 451 certificates from 13 institutions, saying that out of the figures, 233 certificates were discovered to be ‘fake’.
He also said that the 233 teachers with the fake certificates would be dismissed from the state workforce and made to face the full weight of the law.
He stated that as part of board’s transparency, the names of the 233 teachers with fake certificates would be uploaded on the state government’s website.
Abdullahi said, “The Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (KADSUBEB) wishes to update you on recent developments in its continuous quest to improve standards in public basic education schools.
“As part of its responsibility to ensure that all teachers actually have the qualifications they presented, the Board launched a certificate verification exercise in April 2021.
“The major objective of this exercise was to ensure that all our teachers have the requisite credentials that constitute the basic qualifications for employment as teachers.
“So far, the Board has verified 451 certificates by contacting the institutions that awarded the certificates. Nine of the 13 institutions contacted have responded, as of today.
“The responses from the institutions show that 233 teachers presented fake certificates. This represents 51% of the 451 certificates on which responses have been received from the awarding institutions. One institution disowned 212 of these 233 fake certificates.”
“The Board will dismiss the 233 teachers who presented these fake certificates, while their files will be forwarded to the Ministry of Justice to initiate prosecution for forgery.”
The SUBEB Chairman also disclosed that the board would soon commence the conduct of competency tests for public school teachers in the state.
