Goodnews: Katsina to recruit 3,000 teachers next year

Gov. Aminu Bello Masari

Katsina State will commence moves to bridge its teacher deficit with recruitment of 2,802 in the 2016 fiscal year, Governor Aminu Bello Masari has said.

Masari stated this when he presented the 2016 appropriation bill which has education with lion share of N22.7 billion, to the state assembly.

The governor gave the breakdown of the figure to comprise of 1,401 expected to be recruited to teach in the secondary schools, 1,314 in the SUBEB and 87 to be employed in the Science and technical education board.

He said the recruitment of teachers was part of an over all plan to reposition the education sector which he insisted was priority of his administration.

The governor noted that most schools especially those located in the rural areas across the state are not conducive for teaching and learning adding “Government decided to phase the rehabilitation and reconstruction of schools”.

Katsina state currently has about 19,833 primary school teachers out of which 4,996 are female.

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