Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has given final approval for immediate recruitment of four thousand (4,000) new teachers already evaluated and shortlisted for deployment to public primary and secondary schools across Borno State.
Of the 4,000 new teachers, a total of 3,000 of them are to be deployed to government primary schools across the state while 1,000 teachers are to be sent to government secondary schools also across the state.
“The 3,000 primary school teachers are mostly
NCE holders who make up 77. 4%,
Degree Holders- 22.2% and
HND holders- 0.6%.
The 1,000 secondary teachers include
5 masters degree holders,
658 bachelor degree holders (constituting 66% of all),
8 HND holders mostly graduates of technology,
130 NCE holders (constituting 13% mostly for subjects like French, English literature, Hausa, Technology, civic education etc which graduate-applicants couldn’t be found to teach).
Meanwhile, names of all shortlisted 4,000 teachers have been released by the committee on teachers recruitment.
The list is to be pasted as notices on public spaces at the Musa Usman secretariat, at the state’s Ministry of Education, the Teaching Service Board (TSB) and the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) all in Maiduguri.
Shortlisted candidates are to cross check their data to ensure accuracy