17,000 applicants jostle for teachers recruitment by Kogi gov’t

About 17, 000 applicants have applied for the Secondary School teachers recruitment exercise by the Kogi State Government.

The Exercise is being carried out by the State Science, Technical Education and Teaching Service Commission (STETSCOM) as the online application has been concluded on August 21st, 2022.

According to our Sources within the commission, successful applicants will soon be notified by a Message via text or email, inviting them for aptitude test.

The Recruitment is also expected to be concluded before the resumption of Schools for 1st Term on 25th September, 2022, the Source added.

The Academic Staff Union Of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) had, last year, lamented over the shortage of Teachers in Kogi State.

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The State ASUSS Chairman, Mr. Ranti Ojo said the union is pained and disillusioned over the precarious circumstance.

“We will be failing ourselves as a union, failing our beloved students in particular and the society in general, if we shy away from presenting the challenge of abysmal shortage of teachers in our schools as it is. For more than a decade ago our union has been decrying the colossal shortage of teachers in our secondary schools.”

Chairman of STETSCOM, Mrs Cecilia Cook told our correspondent that the state has just over fifty percent of the 6000 teachers it requires for its secondary schools.