Over 12,000 job applicants, including physically challenged individuals, have applied for recently announced teaching openings at public secondary schools in Ekiti State.
Mr Michael Omolayo, Permanent Secretary, Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission, on Tuesday, stated that the government will hire 500 successful applicants after expressing satisfaction with the qualifying exams.
Omolayo stated that “the qualifying examination would be followed by two other stages of oral interview and micro teaching for successful candidates for the purpose of promoting merit and ability over mediocrity.”
He said, “The commission is poised to engage the best hands for the jobs among the teeming unemployed graduates.
“Teachers who are prepared to offer their best for the development of education in Ekiti State would be engaged for various subjects in the sciences, commercial/vocational, arts and social sciences at the conclusion of the recruitment processes.”
Omolayo also thanked Governor Biodun Oyebanji “for granting approval for the appointment of 500 fresh teachers to fill the consequential vacancies in the state public secondary schools.”
He characterised the qualifying test, which took place last Saturday at Ekiti State University, as a huge success, saying it was done in a free, fair, and peaceful environment.
cc: Punch Ng
