Nigeria: Kaduna State Increases Teachers’ Salary By 32.5% Fews Weeks After Sack Of Over 22,000

Just few weeks after the Kaduna state government sacked over 22,000 public school teachers who failed competency test. The State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Ja’afaru Sani, on Thursday revealed that the state has increased the salary of public school teachers by 32.5%.

He revealed that 27.5 per cent would be added to all the teachers while 5% was an incentive for teachers posted rural areas. 

According to him, headteachers would be entitled to 3-Bedroom accommodation while other teachers would have 2-bedrooms flats in addition to motorcycles to ease their transportation challenges to schools. 

He said the measure becomes necessary to retain qualified and professional teachers posted to rural areas. He assured of the state government resolved to ensure quality and standard in teaching and learning in schools across the state.

Sani maintained that the state public schools would no longer be dumping ground for those seeking employment through political patronage.