President Bola Tinubu has approved the recruitment of 3,252 verified Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) teachers into the Federal Civil Service.
The action is part of efforts to tackle the teacher shortage in Federal Unity Colleges and enhance the quality of education in the country.
The approval was announced in a press statement issued yesterday by the Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, Ikharo Attah.
The Minister said priority would be given to verified PTA teachers who have served in Federal Unity Colleges and Federal Technical Colleges for close to 25 years.
He said the approval was among the most important interventions by the administration to bolster the teaching workforce while appreciating the commitment of thousands of PTA teachers who have kept learning alive in federal schools over the years.
“This is a president who has a deep passion for Nigeria and for the future of our country. The President has sanctioned the recruitment of teachers.
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Priority will be given to the absorption of verified PTA teachers, many of whom have served in our Federal Unity Colleges and Federal Technical Colleges for almost 25 years. “This approval allows them to join the mainstream public ‘service’,” he said.
Alausa also said the recruitment was in line with a comprehensive verification exercise carried out by an inter-ministerial committee which screened qualified PTA teachers across Federal Unity Colleges.
He added that bringing the experienced PTA teachers into the federal public service would retain institutional memory, strengthen teaching in the classroom and improve learning outcomes.
“The recruitment is part of the Government’s drive to improve teacher quality and reposition the colleges as centers of academic excellence,” he said.
