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Niger State Government will employ 6,000 teachers to improve the standard of teaching and learning in public schools, the Head of Service, Ibrahim Matane disclosed on Saturday.
Matane told journalists in Minna that the government would also establish a Voluntary Teachers Scheme.
He said the scheme would engage university graduates to serve as volunteer teachers, adding that the measure would increase the number of teachers in the state.
According to him, those to be engaged would be trained for six months in modern methods of teaching and would undergo teaching practice before being posted to schools.
The head of service said that there were 9,000 diploma holders, 4,305 NCE holders, 1,245 Higher National Diploma holders and 2,725 university graduates looking for job in the state.
Others, he added, were 31 Masters Degree graduates and 1 doctorate degree holder.
Source: Daily Times