Low Turn Out Mars Edo Teachers Competency Test

The controversial competency test ordered by Edo State government for public school teachers in the state, slated for yesterday morning, was marred by very low turn out.
The test was scheduled to hold simultaneously in the three senatorial districts of the state.
Our correspondent reports that at the University of Benin (UNIBEN)-venue of the test for teachers in Edo south, only 26 teachers had been accredited as at 9.45 am
It was learnt that less than 15 teachers presented themselves for the test in Edo central, while an observer of the exercise described compliance by teachers in Edo north as “very scanty,” even with the presence of heavy security personnel and the Chairman of State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB), Joseph Alao.
Counsel to Academic Staff Union of Secondary School (ASSUS), Edo Chapter Barr. Olayiwola Afolabi who was at the accreditation venue, expressed displeasure over the state government’s decision to go ahead with the competency test even when a subsisting court injunction ruled otherwise.
“If they go ahead with the test, we will file contempt charges against the government of Edo state and we will jail them,” Afolabi said.
He debunked allegation credited to the state commissioner for Information, Loius Odion that the Court order was not served on the state government.