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Applicants for teaching appointments under the Kwara State Teaching Service Commission, TESCOM, have described the ongoing screening and interview process as credible and transparent.
The prospective teachers, who stated this while speaking with newsmen during the screening exercise in Ilorin, commended the government for being transparent in every stage of the recruitment processes.
Kazeem Kaosara Temitope, who applied to teach Commerce, lauded the State Government and the TESCOM for maintaining due process through the recruitment exercise.
“this is the first time i have witnessed a recruitment process where they actually know what they are doing. From the point of the registration to the CBT examination, and now to the interview, I give kudos to the Kwara State Government.”
Kazeem Kaosara Temitope expressed optimism that she would scale through the stages of the competitive exercise.
Also, Saheed Ajanaku, who applied to teach Mathematics, said it was obvious that Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has zero tolerance for academic fraud, citing how the government had similarly recruited 4,701 teachers in 2021.
After a thorough screening of each candidate’s credentials, cleared applicants proceeded to do micro-teaching before a panel of experts drawn from colleges of education, university, and the bureaucracy with observers from various civil society organisations.
Speaking at the event, TESCOM Chairman, Mallam Bello Taoheed said the exercise was to select the best among the applicants in an equitable way, noting that they would not compromise the standards.
Mallam Bello Taoheed stated that the best 1,800 out of the qualified applicants along the criteria set would be picked for the teaching jobs and in a way that ensures a fair spread across the state.
“We want to digitize education in Kwara State. We did that in 2021, and we are building on that progress now,”
“We will not compromise anything; if you didn’t meet the criteria that we have set, you would be disqualified”.
He added that a total of 5,928 applicants were invited for the current stage of the recruitment process, out of which 5,290 have turned up.
The screening and interview exercises for 5,290 candidates will be held daily between Tuesday February 25th and March 1, 2025.
By Abdullahi Ahmed
