441 first-class graduates slug it out in Oyo service test
441 first-class graduates from different fields have applied for a computer-based test which kicked off in Ibadan on Tuesday, the State Government has confirmed.
This was disclosed by the Chairman, Oyo State Teaching Service Commission, Pastor Akinade Alamu, who made the disclosure at the University of Ibadan computer-based test centre.
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Daily Times gathered that the exercise would run till Saturday, August 15.
Pastor Alamu stated that the interest of the first-class candidates in teaching portends much promise for the State’s education sector, which will now be soldiered by the best minds in academia.
“The government of Oyo State is desirous of lifting education to a higher level so that we will have as much as the best among our applicants.
“We want to bring back the pride attached to teaching in the old; it is the best profession. And if we have the best hands joining, it is a good omen,” he said.
The state Chairman, Nigerian Union of Teachers, Samson Adedoyin, said the computer-based test was the first of its kind, and that it depicted love for probity and professionalism in public service.
