The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Kaduna chapter, has declared that no teacher in public primary school in the State will sit for the competency test being organised by the government.
The union suggested that funds meant for the exercise should be channeled to training and re-training of teachers.
The state government had in January 2018, sacked about 22,000 teachers for failing a competency test conducted in 2017.
The union in a communique it issued at the end of an emergency meeting of its Executive Council, held in Kaduna on Wednesday argued that writing a competency test does not determine the skill of a teacher.
The union recalled that it supported the competency test conducted in 2017 to improve the quality of teaching and learning in public primary schools in the State.
It said the exercise, however, led to the disengagement of about 22,000 teachers who allegedly failed the test.
In the communique signed by the State Chairman, Ibrahim Dalhatu, and the Assistant Secretary-General, Adamu Ango, the union resolved that no teacher in public primary school will sit for a competency test again.