A total of 12,000 individuals, including individuals with physical disabilities, have submitted applications for the teaching positions that were recently announced in public secondary schools within Ekiti State.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission,Mr. Michael Omolayo, expressed contentment with the qualifying examination conducted for the purpose of recruitment. He further revealed that the government intends to employ a total of 500 individuals who have successfully passed the examination.
Omolayo said in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday 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.”
In addition, Omolayo 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 hailed the qualifying exam, which was successfully conducted at Ekiti State University last Saturday and was done in a free, fair, and tranquil environment.
