The Kwara State Government has begun the process of employing 2,701 teachers for specific subjects in its basic schools.
The state Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development disclosed this in a statement signed by the Press Secretary, Yakub Ali-Agan, on Thursday.
The statement said the new teachers would be employed to replace the 2,414 employed by the State Universal Basic Education Board, who were sacked by the government last week.
It said 2,000 of the teachers were to be employed for some specific subjects in the Teaching Service Commission based on the needs assessment conducted.
It added that applicants must have teaching qualifications, while those to be employed in senior secondary schools should have bachelor’s degrees in relevant subjects and teaching qualification in strict compliance with the National Policy on Education and Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria.
Similarly, the Yobe State Government has said 3,000 new teachers will be recruited this year to address the acute shortage of teachers in public schools.
The government, which had earlier declared a state of emergency in the education sector and hosted an education summit to proffer solutions to the perennial problems in the sector, completed seven model schools in Damaturu, Gaidam, Gashu’a, Nguru, Potiskum and Buni-Yadi in the course of 2020 with construction work on seven other mega schools currently ongoing.
Addressing a press conference on the achievements of the state government in 2020 on Thursday, the Commissioner for Information, Mallam Abdullahi Bego, disclosed that the model schools would start operations in the first quarter of 2021.
