Kwara SUBEB, TESCOM conduct recruitment exercise | EduCeleb
EduCeleb
31st December 2020
Kwara State Government has declared vacancies for 2,701 teachers in its basic schools across specific subjects through the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB).
The government has also advertised placements for 2,000 teachers in some specific subjects in the Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) based on needs-assessment conducted in the commission.
It said applicants must have Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) and at least five O’ Level Credit passes in Mathematics, English, and three other relevant subjects in not more than two sittings.
This comes a few days after the government nullified a controversial enrolment process that affected 2,414 persons in the Kwara SUBEB.
Yakub Ali-Agan, spokesperson at the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development in a statement on Thursday, 31st December, 2020 gave details of the recruitment process.
Applicants for the TESCOM jobs must have bachelor’s degrees in relevant subjects and teaching qualifications in strict compliance with the National Policy of Education and Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN). Applicants must also have at least five O’ level credit passes at not more than two sittings, including Mathematics and English language.
Once armed with PGD in Education, holders of Higher National Diploma (HND) in relevant subject areas may also apply for the TESCOM jobs.
Application portal for SUBEB jobs will be activated on Sunday, 3rd January and will end midnight 16th Saturday, 2021, followed by written examinations on Monday, 25th January, 2021 at 10 am and oral interview from Monday 1st February to Saturday 6th February, 2021.
For TESCOM, application portal will go live from Sunday 3rd January and would run for two weeks, followed by qualifying examinations on January 25, 2021 and oral interview from Monday 8th February, 2021 to Saturday 13th February, 2021
While applicants for SUBEB jobs should not be younger than 22 years’ old, those seeking the TESCOM slots should not be older than 35 years’ old.
Venues of the examinations and oral interviews will be communicated to the applicants at a later date.
The government said the job placements are open to all qualified persons and that only the best candidates will emerge from the process that is designed to throw up teachers with the right qualifications and competence to build generations of Kwarans to compete anywhere in the world.