October 19, 2025
EDUCATION

Ogun To Engage 1,650 Teachers, Four Principals General

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA

To further improve on the effective monitoring and adminstration of schools, Ogun State Teaching Service Commission has revealed that approval for the recruitment of 1,650 teachers, and to appoint four Principals General for the four educational zones was ongoing.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary and Secondary Education, Mrs.  Ronke Soyombo disclosed this while narrating account of the commission before the members of the state House of Assembly Committee on Education, Science and Technology led by Hon Adeyemi Ademuyiwa in Abeokuta.

Mrs. Soyombo canvassed for lawmakers’ support for the smooth redistribution of teachers to achieve appreciable teacher to students ratio, stating that the commission would reel out guidelines for the adoption of more community-based schools, with a view to ensuring conformity with quality of infrastructure.

She noted that about 500 new community school teachers had been absorbed, while 109 Principals and eight Zonal Secretaries were inducted within the period under review. “Just as the approval for the recruitment of 1,650 teachers was ongoing with that of the appointments of four principals general.”

On the activities of the State Universal Basic Education Board, ( SUBEB) Mrs. Soyombo stated that approval had been granted for the recruitment of 1,500 teachers to ameliorate the existing vacancies in the public primary schools in the state, which was at the final stage.

She added that a total of 952 UBEC/SUBEB projects were ongoing in all public primary and junior secondary schools across the state.

On his part, the Ag. Rector of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Dr. Adeoye Odedeji, said that the Polytechnic has continued to provide qualitative education during the pandemic through e-learning.

He added that the management was making efforts to adjust towards overcoming the challenge of COVID-19, so as to meet the educational demand of the students.

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