GOV AIYEDATIWA APPROVES EMPLOYMENT OF 1,100 PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
- Total number of newly recruited public school teachers now 2,110
- Olabimtan praises Gov over unprecedented feats in education
In a deliberate effort to fill critical vacancies in Public Primary Schools across the State, Ondo State Governor, Dr. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has approved the employment of 1,100 (One thousand one hundred) teachers by the Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board (ODSUBEB).
The Governor gave the approval after the completion of the recruitment process by the board.
The state government had recently employed 1,010 new teachers for public secondary schools. This brings the total number of newly recruited teachers in the State to 2,110.
Governor Aiyedatiwa had expressed determination to fill all the vacant teaching staff positions to combat the acute shortages in public schools in the State.
Reacting to the development, the Executive Chairman of ODSUBEB, Rt. Hon. Victor Olambitan, appreciated the Governor for approving the recruitment aimed at addressing gaps and shortfalls created by workers leaving the Public Service.
According to him, the employment will go a long way to improve Pupils -Teachers’ Ratio in the Public Primary Schools and at the same time help the quality of education delivered in schools, especially in rural and hard to reach areas across the State.
Olabimtan commended the many unprecedented feats of the Aiyedatiwa administration in the education sector of the State.
Full details on how successful applicants will check for their names and commence documentation will be made public shortly.
Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan,
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Ondo State.
March 17, 2025.
EKITI TO EMPLOY 1,800 SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHING, NON-TEACHING STAFF
Ekiti State Government has approved recruitment of 1,800 teaching and non-teaching staff into public schools in the State.
The State Commissioner for Information, Rt. Hon. Taiwo Olatunbosun made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti.
He explained that the authorization is a continuous exercise aimed at addressing gaps and possible shortfalls created by workers leaving the public service due to abscondment and the japa syndrome, resignation, as well as mandatory or voluntary retirement after attaining the compulsory retirement age or the maximum number of years in service.
He noted that about 170 teaching staff would be disengaging from the public service before the end of the year, adding that properly scheduled recruitment exercise remained the only panacea for guiding against shortage of staff and its attendant problems.
Giving a breakdown of the approval, Olatunbosun stated that the vacancies declared are for 1,600 teaching staff made up of 1,066 degree holders and 534 National Certificate of Education (NCE) while approval was also given for employment 200 of non-teaching staff.
He assured that the recruitment exercise would be strictly merit-based, adding that successful candidates would be posted to 192 public secondary schools, particularly in the remote and underserviced areas of the State.