Five nabbed with fake NCE certificates in Kwara teachers' recruitment | EduCeleb
EduCeleb
16th March 2021
Kwara state government said that it has nabbed five applicants — including a disengaged teacher for allegedly presenting fake National Certificate Education (NCE) certificates at the ongoing screening for the teachers’ recruitment exercise in Ilorin.
It said the arrests were made as the government commenced the result verification/interview phase of the exercise.
The five applicants are Tanu Suleiman from Baruten local government; a disengaged teacher Ibrahim M. Salihu from Baruten local government; Abdulrasaq Abdulakeem from Asa local government; Mohammed Ismaila from Baruten local government area; and Mohammed Abubakar also from Baruten local government.
Suleiman, Ismaila and Abubakar were caught with fake NCE results from Kwara State College of Education (Technical), Lafiagi while the duo of Salihu and Abdulraheem were caught with fake NCE results from Kwara State College of Education, Oro.
The results of the applicants’ CBT are as follows: Mohammed Ismaila 42 percent; Ibrahim M. Salihu 48 percent; Tanu Suleiman 53 percent; Mohammed Abubakar 63 percent; and Abdulrasaq Abdulakeem 52 percent.
The state Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development spokesperson Yakub Aliaga said the applicants had been handed over to security agencies for further investigations.
He added that a number of applicants were also seen fleeing the centre of the interview for reasons that may include result counterfeiting.
Mr Aliaga added that the applicants from Ilorin South, Isin, Oke Ero, Ekiti who had earlier been scheduled to appear for interview and results verification on Tuesday March 16 have had their own rescheduled for Monday March 22.
“This is due to the fact that the Monday exercise started a bit behind schedule, so the panels were only able to interview applicants from Asa and Baruten LGAs. Therefore, applicants from Edu and Patigi will now be attended to on Tuesday, March 16. The government regrets the inconveniences this may cause to everyone involved.
“What this means therefore is that applicants from Ilorin South, Isin, Oke Ero, and Ekiti local governments that were earlier booked for Tuesday will be attended to next Monday March 22.
Similarly, the TESCOM interview/result verification will now start next Tuesday March 23rd, instead of Monday March 22. Further information will be communicated as may be necessary,” he said.
A total of 9,991 applicants hit the cutoff marks in the two categories of the recruitment exercise, therefore qualifying them for the results verification/interview stage of the process.
The figures comprise 5,116 (SUBEB applicants) and 4,875 (TESCOM applicants).