Recruitment: Oyo TESCOM adjusts exam dates over planned protest

Oyo State Post-Primary Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) on Friday, in Ibadan, said it has adjusted the Computer-Based Test (CBT) timetable for prospective applicants.

TESCOM chairman, Mr Akinade Alamu, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen about the revised timetable for the CBT initially slated between Monday and Friday.

Alamu said the time-table’s adjustment was a result of the planned nationwide protest by some Nigerians which may begin on Wednesday.

“To forestall any unforeseen circumstance, TESCOM and its partnering agencies, including the management of the Distance Learning Centre (DLC) at University of Ibadan, agreed to compress the examination to three days,” he said.

The chairman added that the examination will now be held between July 29 and July 31 while assuring applicants that the adjustment will not pose any threat.

Mr Akinade Alamu explained that the management of DLC agreed to provide more halls, computers and other facilities so that the examination could be spread across the three days.

He therefore appealed to candidates to check their phones regularly “as texts on the adjustment of timetable have been sent to their phones and e-mail addresses”.

He said the specific examination date and time for respective applicants could be accessed through the job portal dedicated to the exercise.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 62,000 applicants will take part in the examination, with 12,000 of them putting in for non-teaching jobs and 50,000 for teaching jobs.