From Shola Baraye, llorin
Kwara State Government has employed a total of 1,811 teachers following the recent process involving at least 55,713 applicants from across the state.
The breakdown of the successful applicants included 1,500 teachers, mostly from STEM subjects, and 311 non-teaching staff comprising drivers, security guards, and office assistants for schools in the 16 local government areas of the state.
According to a statement by the Kwara State Universal Education Board KWSUBEB Chairman Prof. Sheu Raheem Adaramaja. Successful candidates had been contacted for necessary documentation.
“Documents required during documentation include original and two photocopies of all credentials; two file jackets and tags; citizenship certificate; two passport photographs; bond signing; biodata form to be filled, among other things,” the statement added.
Adaramaja said the process focused more on hiring persons who would stay in their place of assignment, underscoring why the board sought nominations of competent and qualified hands from rural communities to bridge the manpower need in the hinterlands.
It would be recalled that the state government had recruited over 4,000 teachers to addressed the short falls in the state education sector
