Teachers’ recruitment: Kogi holds aptitude test for 6,000 candidates

Kogi Government on Tuesday held aptitude test for 6,000 candidates in the ongoing recruitment exercise for teachers in the state.

The state’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Wemi Jones, told the candidates at the CBT Centre, Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, that the best amongst them would be employed.

The commissioner commended Gov. Yahaya Bello for making education a priority in the state.

He noted that the state government would in the first batch employ 2,000 successful teachers to resume work in the new session.

He reaffirmed the commitment of the state government to employ qualified teachers as a bedrock for sustainable education as envisioned by the current administration.

He urged the candidates to put up there best, assuring that merit would determine the successful candidates.

The Executive Chairman, Kogi State Science Technical Education and Teaching Service Commission (STETSCOM), Mrs Cecilia Cook, lauded the Governor for filling existing vacancies in Kogi schools.

Cook said about 6,000 candidates out of the 15,000 applicants would sit for the test, adding that the exercise would end today.