Education

The online application for the recruitment of teachers into the public primary schools in Ekiti State will end today.

About twenty five thousand job seekers have so far applied for the online recruitment.

The Ekiti State, Head of Service, Mr. Ayodeji Ajayi said recently that one thousand and one hundred of the applicants would be recruited, especially holders of National Certificate in Education, NCE, and those who have degrees in courses on Education.

Amos Ogunrinde

Economy

Ekiti State government says it will continue to raise a crop of competent, efficient and effective officers whose desire will be to implement government policies and make service delivery their ultimate goal. 

Ekiti State Head of Service, Mr. Ayodeji Ajayi made this known while declaring open a week-long induction/orientation course for newly appointed Administrative Officers, Accountants, Auditors, Registrars of Cooperatives and Inspector of Taxes at the Staff Development Centre, Ado-Ekiti. 

Mr. Ajayi who described the course as very significant towards exposing the newly-appointed officers to the intricacies of government business, charged them to make the best of the induction meant to equip the officers with necessary skills and knowledge that would prepare them for the task ahead.  

The Permanent Secretary, Office of Capacity Development and Reforms, Mr. Oluwadare Ajayi advised the participants to work in support of the ideals of the Public Service and shun unethical practices.

Some of the participants, including Tope Adigun, Bolanle Ogundipe, Anthony Olatoye and Ayodele Alabi expressed their readiness to contribute their quota with vigour to the development of the Civil Service in the state.

Niyi Alade

Education

Ekiti State Head of Service, Mr Ayodeji Ajayi has expressed satisfaction with the cooperation of teachers in the state on the recently concluded staff verification exercise conducted by the Teaching Service Commission for teachers in Public Secondary Schools.

Speaking with newsmen on Ado Ekiti, Mr Ajayi noted that contrary to speculations in some quarters on a purported planned retirement of teachers as a result of the exercise, it was designed to verify staff status to enable government recruit additional teachers before the September, 2019 resumption of new academic session. 

The Head of Service stated that the exercise would help to correct lopsidedness and irregularities in the deployment of teachers observed the system to engender the welfare of both active staff and retirees of the Teaching Service Commission. 

He urged all academic and non academic staff in the sector to continue to put in their best to justify timely payment of salary. 

Tope