The face -off between Ekiti State Government and teachers in the state over the conduct of competence and assessment test slated for tomorrow has taken a twist, as the umbrella body of the unions, Nigeria Union of Teachers and Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) have directed their members to stay away from the designated centres earmarked for the exams.The state government and the leadership of the two unions have been embroiled in a controversy over the conduct of what is otherwise tagged as the Teachers Development Needs Assessment( TDNA) test, a development that prompted the state government to shift the test thrice this year.
A last-minute attempt to persuade the teachers to participate in the exam failed when the state government lobbied some prominent members of the state traditional rulers to get the teachers to submit themselves for the exercise as leaders of the two unions NUT and ASUSS led by Mr. Sola Adigun failed to turn in for the meeting.
According to Chief Wale Oyeniyi, the Principal Assistant Secretary-General of the NUT, the decision to stay away from designation centres was said to have been taken at a special congress of the union held on Wednesday.
The communique issued at the end of the congress read in part, “the teachers have declared an industrial dispute and there is no going back on our decision against the Teachers Development Needs Assessment (TDNA) of the state government.”
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