Adebayo Mojisola Aminat, a political science graduate of the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, has written an open letter to the Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to protest her disqualification from the ongoing State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) recruitment exercise, tagging it as unjust.
What happened
The State Government had late last year approved the employment of 4,701 teachers in the state.
The government announced the vacancies after sacking over 2,000 teachers across who were engaged by the last administration.
35,709 of 56,924 total applicants scaled first phase
Meanwhile, the government last week said no fewer than 56,924 persons have submitted applications for the ongoing Kwara State government’s recruitment process for teachers.
It also said out of the 56,924 total applicants, 35,709 have/are been/being invited for the examination after a thorough online verification.
“It’s either for incomplete applications, incomplete results (not having credit passes in 5 subjects including English and Mathematics), or they applied for subject areas not advertised,” said a statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Yakub Aliagan on the 21,215 applicants that were not shortlisted for examination.
‘Unjust disqualification’
Adebayo, with registration number SUBEB/21/02020, narrated that she applied for Civic Education as advertised by the State Government but was not scheduled for the next phase of the recruitment exercise despite meeting the stated requirements.
Speaking through her open letter, she said, “I further engaged the Chief Press Secretary on this, but the excuses given is that my course of studies which is political science/Social Studies is not qualified for the application.
“Your Excellency Sir, the question pushed forward to the CPS was ‘who is qualified to take the Civic Education?. It is a question that needs genuine clarification since we all well know that Civic Education as a basic subject requires the knowledge and practical understanding of political science/Social Studies Education the most.
“The basis for my disqualification is that my course of studies is political science said by the Chief Press Secretary but to my utmost dismay I found three of my course mate who went through the same course of studies with me throughout my stay in school and graduated together with me shortlisted for the same subject I applied for and was disqualified unjustly.”
Her appeal
“I will be glad if my issue can be revisited so that I can be shortlisted. The excuse of my disqualification is not a stand that should hold water, Sir,” she appealed to the governor in the concluding part of her letter. “We believe in your leadership and that is the basis upon which I am making this request directly to your person, Sir.”
Protests
In the same development, some of the over two thousand sacked teachers have continued with their protest exercise.
The disengaged workers, carrying placards, stormed a major street in the state capital to protest the recruitment of new teachers to fill their positions.