By Edwin Philip, Lafia
The Nasarawa State Government has said that out of eight thousand potential rural teachers that presented themselves for screening, following its announcement seeking to boost its rural teachers’ manpower with one thousand new teachers, only six hundred candidates came out successful.
Speaking during his bimonthly press briefing on Monday, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor, Abdullahi, on public affairs, Hon. Peter Ahemba, said that the State Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB) received ten thousand applications.
He said, “So out of these 8,000 that participated, only 600 passed the examination. Only 600 out of 8,000 that participated passed the examination, and that is actually below the number the government is looking for.”
So already, the consulting firm has concluded the process at that stage and handed it back over to the State Universal Basic Education Board for continuation of the process. As we speak, the board is looking into it with a view to seeing that only those qualified are engaged.”
