Abia State governor, Alex Otti has said the state is working out modalities on how to recruit 5,000 new teachers for both the primary and secondary schools in
Otti who stated this after his inauguration said the move is aimed at addressing perennial crises of paucity and poor quality of teaching personnel in the sector.
“Priority shall be given to young graduates with requisite qualifications in education, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subject areas and to those who are also willing to serve in rural communities,” he said. He noted that the state’s educational system used to be the cutting edge of its growth and development but now is in shambles indicating that the sector had for decades not received the kind of quality attention it deserves.
“We will rebuild our education system by making it produce better quality students that will be relevant to the needs of modern society,” maintained the fifth civilian governor of the state. “I promise that in the emerging dispensation, every child of Abia State must have equal opportunity to good education. Merit will be the watchword in recruitment and award of jobs.”
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