Enugu begins screening as 26,000+ apply for 6,000 smart school jobs

The Enugu State authorities has begun assessments for the 26,000 candidates who applied for the 6,000 occupation slots successful its astute schools.

The computer-based assessments, which commenced 4 days ago, are taking spot simultaneously astatine the Enugu State College of Education Technical and the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu.

At the venues of the ongoing exercise, The Guardian observed that galore teachers struggled with basal machine operations. Although each campaigner was allocated 45 minutes for the test, immoderate spent the full clip without completing thing owed to their inability to manipulate the system.

Addressing journalists astatine the IMT venue implicit the weekend, the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ndubueze Mbah, said the workout aligns with Governor Peter Mbah’s administration’s committedness to raising the barroom of acquisition successful the state.

He disclosed that the ministry received applications from 26,330 candidates, adding, “We had to travel up with a bias-free process of evaluating their taxable country competency and basal integer literacy proficiency.”

“To bash this, we introduced a computer-based test, moving simultaneously astatine the Enugu State College of Education Technical and IMT, assessing a minimum of 6,000 candidates regular astatine the 2 centres,” helium explained.

The Commissioner revealed that candidates are evaluated successful 4 areas: the taxable they mean to teach, the English language, and wide mathematics.

“Baseline assessments from past twelvemonth showed that 2 retired of each 4 children successful Enugu State schools deficiency basal numerical and literacy proficiency. We request teachers who person these skills, truthful we are ensuring they are tested successful mathematics and English,” Mbah explained.

Candidates are besides tested connected basal integer literacy.

He added,”Our astute schools diagnostic high-tech environments including computers, astute boards, and integer hybrid libraries. We privation teachers to person astatine slightest a basal cognition of computers.”

Mbah further stated that each teachers successful Enugu State were required to apply, and the process was unfastened to anyone gathering the minimum qualifications.

“In each section government, we person applicants. This is simply a bias-free and standardised appraisal aimed astatine recruiting teachers with the contented cognition to teach,” helium said.

“Out of the 26,330 applicants, we volition enlistee 6,000 who volition acquisition six months of intensive training. After training, they volition beryllium posted to astute schools, nether the supervision of ENSUBEB.

“Teachers who win volition beryllium registered successful the teachers’ registry, and lone those certified arsenic astute teachers volition beryllium posted to astute schools. This is Phase 1, with different signifier planned for January, arsenic we purpose to seizure 12,000 teachers successful total. We expect astatine slightest 10,000 to succeed.”

The Commissioner stressed that the state’s concern successful astute schools aims to supply the aforesaid level of acquisition arsenic seen successful developed countries. “We cannot put N1 cardinal to physique and equip astute schools and past enactment unqualified individuals successful the classroom. It would beryllium a disservice to our children and the radical of Enugu.”

He assured that the recruitment process would stay transparent and escaped from governmental interference, stressing that the politician believes successful excellence.

“This is simply a competency-based test, and teachers volition beryllium posted to their section authorities areas to tackle absenteeism,” helium said.