Anambra State Government has announced the commencement of recruitment process for teachers into public secondary schools in the state.

 

In a statement released and signed by the Chairman, Post Primary School Service Commission, PPSSC, Prof. Nkechi Ikediugwu, urged qualified and interested applicants to apply through http://www.anambrastate.gov.ng/ppssc on or before fourteenth October, 2023.

 

According to the statement, applicants must possess at least a Bachelor’s degree in Sciences, Education, Technology, Engineering, an NYSC discharge or exemption certificate, First School Leaving Certificate, and an Evidence of age as a Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, Certificate would be an added advantage.

 

The statement explained that the teachers are required in fifty subject areas including Mathematics, English language, Chemistry, Vehicle Body Building, General Metal works and other vocational and skills-based areas.

 

It also stated that a test in candidates’ areas of specialization will be conducted for all applicants that met the criteria while the list of successful candidates for physical interview, verification of certificates and documentation will be published online.

 

The statement, therefore, advised applicants to always visit the website http://www.anambrastate.gov.ng/ppssc for updates.

 

Recall that Governor Chukwuma Soludo, last Friday, while visiting Ado Girls Secondary School, Onitsha announced that the state government will employ another three thousand teachers who will be placed in all the public secondary schools in the state.

 

The Governor had maintained that the plan was in line with his agenda to raise the standards and quality of education in all public schools and end the era of “Parents Teachers Association” teachers.

 

This recruitment exercise is coming less than nine months after the state government successfully employed five thousand teachers in the state.