Aiyedatiwa approves employment of over 1,000 secondary school teachers

The Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has approved the employment of a total of 1,010 teachers for secondary schools in the state.

While approving shortly after the completion of the recruitment process by the Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), which screened thousands of applicants last year, Aiyedatiwa stated that the move will solve the perennial problem of teacher shortages in public schools in the state.

According to the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Ebenezer Adeniyan, the list of successful candidates will be made public online and will also be displayed at the premises of TESCOM headquarters and zonal offices across the state from tomorrow.

He stressed that the governor had also given approval for the recruitment of 1,000 primary school teachers last year.

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He said, “Governor Aiyedatiwa had expressed concern over teaching staff shortages in public schools, particularly in rural communities.

This necessitated his directive that the recruitment must be based on the peculiar needs of the understaffed schools across the state.

“The recruitment of teachers in both primary and secondary schools is one of the efforts of the Aiyedatiwa administration in revamping the education sector in the state.

“The governor had last Friday approved the payment of N633 million for the registration of students for the West African Examination Council’s Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination.

“This came after the governor approved the upgrade and conversion of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, to a university of agriculture and agribusiness.”