The Enugu State Universal Basic Education Board has received 6,251 applications for the 400 slots for primary and secondary schools teachers allotted it by the Federal Government.
The Desk Officer for Universal Basic Education in the state, Mrs Amaka Eze, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday that the Universal Basic Education Commission allotted only 400 spaces to the state in its intervention for the employment of teachers.
Eze, who was in Nsukka for the written interview for candidates from Enugu North Zone, said the recruitment was Federal Government’s education intervention programme to ensure that primary and secondary schools in the country had enough teachers.
“This recruitment is government’s intervention programme to solve the problem of inadequate teachers in some primary and secondary schools in the country. Successful candidates will be employed and they will teach for two years and will be paid N18, 000 as monthly salary,” she said.
The desk officer commended the applicants for their orderly conduct during the exercise.
She said, “This written interview is going on simultaneously in every state of the federation. It is a two-day interview. Some candidates wrote on Tuesday while the remaining is writing today and those to be recruited will be based on merit.”The Enugu State Universal Basic Education Board has received 6,251 applications for the 400 slots for primary and secondary schools teachers allotted it by the Federal Government.
The Desk Officer for Universal Basic Education in the state, Mrs Amaka Eze, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday that the Universal Basic Education Commission allotted only 400 spaces to the state in its intervention for the employment of teachers.
Eze, who was in Nsukka for the written interview for candidates from Enugu North Zone, said the recruitment was Federal Government’s education intervention programme to ensure that primary and secondary schools in the country had enough teachers.
“This recruitment is government’s intervention programme to solve the problem of inadequate teachers in some primary and secondary schools in the country. Successful candidates will be employed and they will teach for two years and will be paid N18, 000 as monthly salary,” she said.
The desk officer commended the applicants for their orderly conduct during the exercise.
She said, “This written interview is going on simultaneously in every state of the federation. It is a two-day interview. Some candidates wrote on Tuesday while the remaining is writing today and those to be recruited will be based on merit.”
