The Bauchi State Government has said no fewer than 700 teachers failed the primary six Mathematics, English language and essay writing examinations in the state.
Aliyu Usman Tilde, the State Commissioner for Education, stated this on Monday, noting that over 700 out of 1,000 women trained in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) failed the examinations which were part of steps to employ them as teachers.
The prospective teachers had staged a peaceful demonstration to protest their non-employment in the state’s teaching service.
However, while addressing them, Tilde said employing unqualified teachers would jeopardise the future of millions of education-seeking pupils in the state.
Tilde noted that some of the protesting women were among the beneficiaries of the 1,000 female teachers’ training scheme, introduced in 2019.
“UNICEF trained 50 of them, while the Bauchi State Government trained 950,” he said.
It was gathered that the trainees were promised immediate employment to teach in primary schools after acquiring National Certificate in Education (NCE), but failed the aptitude test.