Edo To Employ More Teachers As 21,195 Apply

By Alltimepost.com

Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said the state government will employ all the applicants who scaled the hurdles of a committee set up by the government on the recruitment of teachers.

He said this on Tuesday at the state house in Benin, just as the Chairman of the Committee, Professor Dennis Agbonlahor told him that 21,195 persons applied for teaching positions in the state.

Governor Oshiomhole said all those recommended by the committee, irrespective of their state of origin, would be employed.

“As it is now well known to the people of this great state, we have demonstrated through our intervention and by the quality of schools we have built both primary and secondary, that education for us is at the heart of our future.

our future lies in producing the best of human capital, and where merit is required, our people would be a first choice”

Oshiomhole expressed satisfaction with the method of screening, which according to him was indicative of emphasis on transparency and merit as the basis of hiring.

“You have taken us through your methodology, those who applied how you identify those to be invited and were tested such that everyone can see for himself or herself whether he or she did well or not.”

He acknowledged the shortage of teachers and the need to hire more to meet the needs of educational institutions in the state.

“I know for a fact that we still need more teachers, we still have schools without enough teachers, and this is premised on the problem of posting and corruption in the section of the ministry of education.”

Governor Oshiomhole thanked members of the committee for their assistance in helping the state government to overcome the recruitment hurdle.

Earlier while presenting the report to the Governor, Prof Agbonlahor said the committee invited all the applicants through short message service (sms) but only about half of them eventually responded.

According to him, a total of 9,171 of the applicants were fully involved in the screening exercise after the first stage of the computer test.