Not more than 6,250 individuals out of 31,000 applicants who participated in the online recruitment examination for teachers in Anambra State have scaled through.
The state governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo directed for employment of both primary and secondary school teachers in the state school system not more than two months after the assumption of office to increase the teacher/student ratio in the state.
The state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Paul Nwosu revealed yesterday after the state’s weekly Executive Council meeting in Awka, that following the recent teachers’ Computer Based Test -CBT development, a total of 6,250 candidates have been shortlisted for oral interview for teaching jobs across the state.
According to him, 3,250 would be deployed to primary schools, while the remaining 3,000 would be for secondary schools, adding that the oral interviews had been scheduled to commence on Wednesday, 27th of July, 2022, and would last for two weeks.
“The interviews, which will come in batches, will hold at Igwebuike Grammar School Awka; St John of God Secondary School, Awka, and Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board -ASUBEB Awka.” Nwosu further added.