Jigawa State Governor, Malam Umar Namadi has disclosed that there is no going back on the planned aptitude test for the employment of 3000 teaching staff, adding the move is to ensure transparency.
Namadi disclosed his in reaction to J-Teach protesters against scheduled aptitude tests to make them permanent.
The Jigawa State House of Assembly approved the absorption of 3000 J-Teach staff out of the 4,500 recruited.
The Jigawa State government introduced the J-Teach program, temporary teachers, to fill the teacher gap in the state.
The Governor said, “The absorption of J- teach to permanent teachers is designed to be done in phases, and in the first Phase we want to absorb 3,000.
“This is to ensure justice for all; instead of making a random selection, we organized this aptitude test for selecting the best 3,000 out of the 4,500 and those who did not scale through will continue to work as J-Teach before the next round of recruitment.
“This aptitude test is necessary to ensure that only qualified candidates are recruited.
“We also have other plans for those who didn’t pass the test, including vocational training and empowerment.”
Namadi vowed that no single candidate would be recruited outside the 4500 J-Teach staff.
He stressed that the new date for the aptitude test would be announced.
The teachers had staged protest alleging that the test was a plan to replace them from getting permanent appointments.
