Lagos TESCOM recruited 7,143 teachers in four years

• Published date: 02 February 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Lagos State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) has in the last four years recruited 7,143 teachers to boost the manpower needed in the state's public post-primary schools.

Its Permanent Secretary, Olubusola Ajibola Abidakun, who stated this on Tuesday in Lagos, said after the inauguration of TESCOM in February 2019, 'our first resolve was to address the acute shortage of teachers in the state's Post-Primary Schools through the recruitment of academically and professionally qualified teachers into the teaching service.

'Not only the certification, but we sought out other competency frameworks in terms of the generic, technical, and attitudinal soft and hard skills that make the holistic teacher worth the pay.

'To underscore the above, the commission sought and was granted approval for the Quarterly Replacement of Exited Teachers in the six education districts.

'I am happy to report that the commission, through this technical and workforce planning strategy, has recruited 7,143 teachers to boost the manpower need in our public post-primary schools.

'These newly recruited educators were adequately inducted or unboarded to ensure proper immersion into the school system.'

At its inception, the commission said it observed that the much-touted professionalisation of teaching was not reflected in their promotions.

'The Service-wide generic training for promotions were inadequate in determining the professional competency levels of teachers. Consequently, the commission redesigned the Structured Training Programme (STP) for teachers to include...