Teaching Job: Over 50,000 Job Applicants Jostles for 1,000 Vacant Positions in Lagos
Nsisonabasi Thompson
Jan 13, 2020
Over 50,000 job applicants have so far applied for teaching job into the public secondary schools across Lagos state.
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This was reported by a member of the Lagos State Civil Service Commission Suru Avoseh, who explained that no fewer than 50,000 applicants had applied for 1,000 vacant teaching jobs announced by the state government in 2019.
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Avoseh who stated this during the New Year Party organised by the Badagry Women Development Forum on Sunday in Badagry, further hinted that with the rate applicants visits the Commissions office, the number might continue to increase.
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Lagos State Government had on November 11 announced the plans to employ one thousand teachers into the public secondary schools across the state.
Avoseh said some of the applicants who qualified for the job had been invited for the examination.
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He was quoted as saying "After the examination, those who passed and meet up with the standard will be called for oral interviews.
"Some of the applicants who succeeded in the examination have started receiving text messages through their phone numbers.
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"It is certain that not everybody who applied for the job will be employed, and not all that passed the examination will be given employment,ÔÇØ the commission member said.
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He said that shortly Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and Civil Service Commission would soon start to employ people in the state.
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"We will soon start employment too; every motion has been put in place and we have discussed it with the Head of Service.
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"Currently, we have commenced staff auditing to know the number of vacancies to be filled up.
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"It is after the auditing that the commission will be able to tell Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu the number of staff to be employed.
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"So, we are making the preparation now,ÔÇØ Avoseh said.
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He challenged women in Badagry to take over from the men in politics for the sake of development of the city.
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Avoseh urged them to fight for their rightful place in politics, adding that they had every right to contest for any political post of their choice.
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Also speaking, Funmilola Olajide, Director, Lagos State Office of Special Education, urged women to be best friends of their children.
Olajide said that this would make the children to tell them things that happened outside their homes.
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