Kwara government releases cutoffs for teachers recruitment exercise

Kwara state government has released cutoffs for the ongoing teachers' recruitment exercise at the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and the Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM).

This was revealed in a statement signed by the Press secretary, Ministry of Education and Human capital development, Yakub Ali-Agan.



It stated that the cutoff for SUBEB is 50% for Kwara indigenes from across the 16 local government areas except (applicants from) Baruten, Edu, Kaiama, and Patigi whose pass mark is pegged at 40%. The cutoff for non-Kwarans in the SUBEB category is 60%.

Also, Kwara applicants who scored 50% in the TESCOM category are to proceed to the results verification stage, but candidates who posted 40% from Baruten, Edu, Kaiama, and Patigi in the category will also have their results screened for interview; while the cutoff for non-kwara applicants for TESCOM is 65%.

The cutoff are product of thorough deliberations by various education stakeholders, predicated on the number of applicants, their performances in the CBT examination.

Furthermore, it included that a total of 40,652 applicants sat the recent examination for for the two categories, out of which only 9,991 applicants hit the cutoffs and qualified for results verification stage of the exercise for the two categories, across the 16 CBT centres.

The figures include 5,116 (SUBEB applicants) and 4,875 (TESCOM applicants) respectively.

Also, only applicants whose certificates are found to be genuine in the verification exercise will be invited for the interview stage which will begin on March 15, 2021. They are also required to bring original and photocopies of their certificates.

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