Over 73,000 job seekers have applied for about 10,000 primary school teaching vacancies advertised by the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (Kaduna SUBEB).
The Executive Chairman of Kaduna SUBEB, Alhaji Tijjani Abdullahi, on Monday disclosed the number of applicants at the beginning of the computer-based test at the Kaduna State University Centre for the shortlisted applicants.
The Executive Chairman, Abdullahi, represented by a Board Permanent Member on Project, Mubarak Mohammed, disclosed that the qualifying examination will be taking place at the same time in centres in Kaduna, Zaria and Kafanchan .
He said that the examination, which would last from Oct. 17 to Oct. 28, would be thorough, adding that only qualified and competent applicants would be recruited.
According to him, “Selecting the 30,000 to sit for the computer-based test was the first hurdle to be scaled. Writing the computer-based test is the second hurdle and only those who pass will be shortlisted for interview.
“I want to assure the public that only the best of the best will be recruited to teach in our classrooms so that they will give our children the best.
“This is to build the strong educational foundation they need to thrive in their educational journey.”
He explained that the board adopted the computer-based test to ensure that those that would be recruited were computer literate, to enable them align with the technologically-driven world.
“If you are not computer literate, it means you do not have a place in our classrooms,” the chairman told the prospective teachers.
Abdullahi also explained that the recruitment became necessary because of the identified teacher-gap in primary schools across the state, after a teacher-gap analysis conducted by the board.
He attributed the gaps to retirement, resignation, deaths, and disengagement of incompetent ones, which he said created a huge gap in human resources in the board.
He disclosed that when concluded, the teachers would be deployed based on areas of need, adding that right from the application process, the candidates were asked to select the school they woukd like to be posted to.