Federal Govt Colleges : UBEC gives update on planned teachers’ recruitment

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) says it has yet to open a portal for the planned recruitment of 300 teachers into Federal Government Colleges (Unity Schools) in the country.

Speaking in an interview in Abuja, the commission’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr David Apeh, warned Nigerians against visiting fake sites for the recruitment exercise.

PlatinumPost reports that many Nigerians have been visiting the recruitment sites but eventually could not log on for application.

Recall that the former Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, had earlier said that the Federal Government would recruit 3,500 teachers for its Unity Colleges.

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Sununu, who spoke at a two-day national stakeholders’ forum on Senior Secondary Education in Nigeria, said that the recruitment would improve the country’s quality of education.

Reacting to the inability to log onto the site, Apeh said such recruitment sites did not emanate from the commission as there was no intention to recruit teachers for now.

“The President just appointed a new Executive Secretary for UBEC and she recently assumed office.

” For now, the Commission has not opened any portal for teachers recruitment in the country.

“We will surely communicate with the public when we want to recruit, ” he said.