MAKINDE HIRED OVER 12,000 TEACHERS IN SIX YEARS – TESCOM
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has increased the staff strength in public secondary schools from 13,730 in 2019 to 26,436 within six years of assuming office. This was revealed by the Chairperson of the Post Primary Schools’ Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Mrs. Olubukola Oladipo, during the Omituntun 2.0 Inter-Ministerial Briefing held Wednesday at the Governor’s Office in Ibadan. According to a statement issued by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, the government recruited 10,500 teaching and non-teaching staff in Makinde’s second term alone. Oladipo also disclosed that the commission created four new Educational Zones, increasing the total to ten, to enhance school administration efficiency. The zones now include Ibadan I-IV, Oyo, Ogbomoso, Kishi, Saki, Eruwa, and Iseyin. In addition, the Directorate of Pension and Post Services was established to improve services for TESCOM retirees, and ten Tutors-General/Permanent Secretaries were ap...