The Kwara State Educating Service Fee (TESCOM) has introduced that 1,800 shortlisted candidates for instructing appointments will bear a compulsory drug take a look at earlier than their ultimate recruitment.
Moreover, profitable candidates can be required to signal a six-year bond, stopping them from looking for transfers.
The event was disclosed in a press release by TESCOM’s Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onile, who defined that the shortlisted candidates emerged from a rigorous screening course of, together with computer-based exams and interviews carried out over three months.
“The shortlisted contains 790 (44%) for STEM topics, 581 for core topics, 370 for specialised topics, and 59 for technical topics,” Onile mentioned.
“They are going to be assigned to senior secondary colleges throughout the 16 native authorities areas of the state according to the wants evaluation of the fee.”
Onile urged all candidates who attended the interviews to verify their standing on the TESCOM portal.
He additional defined that the drug take a look at could be carried out by the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) and coordinated by the Particular Assistant to the Governor on Drug Abuse, Prevention, and Management, Hon. Mukail Aileru.
“These shortlisted will bear a compulsory drug take a look at to establish their suitability to show kids,” he acknowledged. “The take a look at will start on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, and finish on Saturday, April 12, 2025.”
In accordance with the assertion, shortlisted candidates from Baruten, Edu, Kaiama, and Patigi will take the take a look at on Wednesday, April 9; these from Ekiti, Ifelodun, Irepodun, and Isin on Thursday, April 10; Offa, Oke Ero, Oyun, and Moro on Friday, April 11; and candidates from Asa, Ilorin East, Ilorin South, and Ilorin West on Saturday, April 12.
The fee emphasised that the drug take a look at certificates could be despatched on to TESCOM by the NDLEA, stopping candidates from tampering with the outcomes.
“The drug take a look at certificates can be despatched to the fee by the NDLEA as no candidate is allowed to entry it on their very own to curb altering,” the assertion added.
Moreover, profitable candidates should signal a six-year bond, which Onile described as a coverage measure to deal with the scarcity of academics in rural areas.
“Profitable candidates may also signal a bond to not search switch for six years, a coverage response to the dearth of academics in rural areas,” he mentioned.
Shortlisted candidates should additionally current medical certificates from state authorities hospitals and produce the unique copies of their credentials for documentation. They are going to be required to submit photocopies for record-keeping, together with a handwritten letter accepting the job supply.
In accordance with the assertion, different circumstances of service can be outlined through the documentation course of.
