Ondo announces recruitment of new Teachers as Schools resume Monday
The Ondo state government has disclosed plans to recruit additional teachers in its public schools to fill the gap of shortage of teachers being experienced in the sector. The permanent secretary in the ministry of education and science technology, Mrs Lola Amuda disclosed this at a forum in Akure, the state capital. The state government had last year employed 1,000 teachers under the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) but the sector is still being faced with the inadequate teachers to take relevant subjects in secondary schools across the state. Mrs Amuda said: “We are quite aware of shortage of teachers in some critical subjects in our schools and we have made case to Mr governor and we are hopeful that this year, there will be some definite steps that will be taken to address this. “As we know that last year, the government recruited 1,200 into the public schools across the state. We are also hopeful that this year, there will be such recruitment to fill the gaps in all