The Yobe State Government has recruited 948 primary school teachers to strengthen the standard of primary education across the state.
The Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Alhaji Umaru Hassan Babayo, confirmed the development after a meeting with the Executive Governor of Yobe State, Hon. (Dr) Mai Mala Buni, CON, COMN.
Babayo explained that the recruitment was carried out to fill the manpower gaps that have affected the quality of learning in public primary schools. He said, “Most of those recruited were volunteer teachers who had been teaching in schools as volunteers without formal engagement by the state government.”
He further stated that the board is organizing workshops for the new teachers to help them acquire additional teaching skills that will enhance effective and efficient dissemination of knowledge to pupils.
The SUBEB chairman urged the new teachers to justify the government’s confidence in them, assuring that the board would strengthen its inspection activities to ensure productivity and value for government investment in education.
Governor Buni, in his remarks, commended the initiative and urged the board to ensure that only qualified individuals were selected. “The board should ensure training of the new teachers to have the best out of them,” he said.
He also reaffirmed the government’s commitment to supporting SUBEB to promote efficiency and productivity aimed at taking education in Yobe State to greater heights.