Exams - Pupils Appeals to Nasarawa Govt, NUT to End Strike

​Some primary school pupils in Nasarawa State have

appealed to the State Government and the Nigeria

Union of Teachers (NUT) to end the protracted primary

school teachers strike to enable them write their

common entrance examination.

Some of the pupils made the appeal on Sunday in

separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria

(NAN) in Garaku, Kokona Local Government Area of

the state.

They also said that their fate of going to Junior

Secondary School one is yet to be known due to the

ongoing teachers strike, hence the need for the state

government and the union to dialogue in order to end

the strike.

Mr Emmanuel Sunday, a pupil, said: “I am a class six

pupil and since June we are at home due to the

indefinite strike action embarked upon by our teachers

and this strike had affected us negatively as we are

yet to write our common entrance examination.

“It is only when class six pupils write and pass the

common entrance examination that he or she is

qualified to be admitted in to Junior Secondary School

(JSS I) and now we are still at home, how can we go

to JSS 1 without write the common entrance

examination.

“It is in view of this that, I want to appeal to both the

state government and the state Nigeria Union of

Teachers (NUT) to dialogue in order to end the

ongoing Primary School teachers strike across the

state so as to enable the pupils resumes school and

to write their common entrance examination.

“Because there is no how for one to jump to JSS one

without writing the common entrance examination and

everybody in the country is aware that the basic

education of every child begin at the primary school,

once if a child basic education is faulty, if care is not

taken the child secondary and tertiary education will

be affected negatively,” he said.

Another pupil, Ms Hauwa Musa said: “I am a primary

six pupil and the ongoing strike had affected my

education negatively as my fate of going in to JSS one

is yet to be known due to the ongoing teachers strike.

“My appeal to the state government and the state NUT

body is for them to dialogue in order to end the

ongoing primary school teachers in our interest and for

the overall development of the education sector.”

According to her, the success of the education of

every child depended upon on the quality of primary

education given to the child.

Mr Joseph Zaba, another primary school pupil, said:

“We are not happy sitting at home the strike is

unfortunate as it is affecting our education negatively.

“As you know, we are at home for more than two

months now and the strike is still ongoing, it is not

good for us because our cry is for the government and

the teachers to dialogue so as to save our future,” he

said.

NAN recalls that on June 13 primary teachers in the

state under the aegis of NUT embarked on an

indefinite strike rejecting the payment of their monthly

salaries in percentages.
(NAN)