The Ekiti State Government has approved the appointment of 500 qualified candidates to fill empty teaching jobs in the state‘s public secondary schools.
Mr Mike Omolayo, Permanent Secretary of the Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission, stated that the successful candidates’ employment letters were ready for collection.
Omolayo made the statement on Sunday in a public service announcement signed on his behalf by Adejoke Ajayi, the Chief Information Officer.
According to the statement:
“Following the recent release of the lists of successful candidates recruited into the teaching service by the Ekiti State TESCOM, successful candidates who have completed their documentation processes are hereby directed to collect their letters of appointment at TESCOM, Ado Ekiti, on Monday, September 11, 2023, by 10am.”
The new instructors are anticipated to return on September 18, when the state’s new academic session begins, according to Ajayi.
Following Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s approval for the appointment of 500 teachers into the state’s public secondary schools, approximately 12,000 job seekers, including physically challenged individuals, applied for the jobs and underwent qualifying examinations, with successful candidates proceeding to two additional stages of oral interview and micro-teaching.
Reacting to the employment, the chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools in Ekiti State, Sola Adigun stated:
“The employment is a welcome development. But like Oliver Twist, we will still want more. As a labour leader and representative of ASUSS, we have been at the vanguard of the call for recruitment of more workers across the board and particularly teaching, so, we are happy about it.”
Adigun also appealed to the governor to employ more teachers, he based his plea for additional recruitment on the reality that many secondary school teachers retire each year, creating numerous openings.
“If we had 10,000 about eight years ago and we are going to 8,000 now, the reason is that experienced teachers are retiring on a yearly basis, so it is very important for the vacancies to be filled.
“I want to appreciate Mr Governor for approving this employment despite numerous challenges. As a union, we are happy. You will recollect that before now, Oyebanji approved the employment of about 1,000 teachers at the primary school level,” he said.
cc: Punch Ng
