Osun Teachers Recruitment: Education Commissioner, Bamisayemi Breaks Silence Over N3,000 Charges Fee

The Osun State Commissioner for Education, Hon Folorunso Bamisayemi has taken to his online platform to address the people of the State and enlightened the public on the reasons behind the N3,000 charged in the ongoing teachers recruitment from every applicant.

According to Bamisayemi, the charged fee is to settle external supervisors from WAEC and Bank officials who generated the extermination code, adding that none of the N3,000 per candidate is going to the state government’s purse.

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Read the full statement below:

“TO EVERY PATRIOTIC , OBJECTIVE AND NONPARTISAN OSUN INDIGENES

“I will not be the commissioner for education that will put the future of Osun in the hands of incompetent and quack teachers. If we must get the brightest and best we must do screening test (CBT) which Jamb has agreed to conduct for us like we did in 2013. This does not come cheap .

“In the 2013 recruitment, the form was sold for 2500 naira and a substantial percentage went to jamb on per candidate basis to conduct the screening test.

“Now we have introduced an interview after the exam to also establish that those successful at the screening exam are articulate and can actually communicate their knowledge across to learners. This also has a substantial cost component. Then the bank charges for selling the pin number on behalf of the Ministry because the money will be paid directly to the bank officials in the premises of the Ministry. Another cost component is the charges by our ICT consultants.

“I assure you that not a dime out of the 3000 is going into the State purse as IGR . If the wailers want a recruitment that will further destroy our education, then count me out. In any case most of those shouting are the ones that are afraid of the screening test.

“To suggest that we should allow everyone to register free is to say the government should fund the recruitment process which considering the State’s financial distress may not be feasible. It took a lot of pressure and persistent request before the exco approved this fresh recruitment for us but if people don’t want it I may consider stopping it and managing the remaining few teachers in the system.

“I appreciate your concern and we clearly feel the harrowing experience of the unemployed in Nigeria but we cannot sacrifice the future of our young ones on the altar of empathy.

“Pls have confidence in us that we want the best for our state.”

Recall that in the last 24 hours of the Beginning of teachers recruitment in the state, the 3,000 Naira fee has being generating a lot of controversies on social media where people condemned the exorbitant fee charged by the ministry of education.

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