To enhance manpower in education sector, the Zamfara state government is set to recruit 2, 000 additional teachers with a view to develop science, technical and vocational education system in the state.
The Commissioner of Education, Science and Technical, Alhaji Wadatau Madawaki, stated this while fielding questions from journalists shortly after conducting fact- finding supervision for the ongoing renovations in Government Science Secondary School, Gusau and Zamfara state College of Arts and Science, Gusau, Wednesday.
He said out of the total number of teachers to be recruited, 500 will be graduates while 1,500 will be National Certificate of Education (NCE) holders.
He stated that recruitment will be given top priority in the areas of needs of the state, which include, vocational, technical and science education.
He added that the remaining area will be English language respectively.
“The recruitment exercise is not an open ended recruitment but based on the areas of the state government’s needs considering the fact that Zamfara state lack adequate manpower in those areas for over two decades,” he said.