(http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/thumbnail.php?file=teachers_762803413.jpg&size=article_medium) Lagos State Ministry of Education is to recruit qualified teachers and graduates without teaching qualifications to teach twenty subjects in its junior and senior secondary schools.
The subjects for which teachers are to be recruited are English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Physical and health Education (P.H.E), French, Basic Science, Home economics, Fine Art, Yoruba, I.R.K, C.R.K. and Basic Technology.
Others are Business Studies, Chemistry, Physics, Further Mathematics, Economics, Computer science and Government.
According to an advert published on page 48 of The Nation Newspaper of Tuesday, May 08, 2012 signed by the Honorable Commissioner of the Ministry of Education interested applicants’ must possess any of the following:
(1) First degree in Education with a teaching subject
(2) The National Certificate of Education and a first Degree with a teaching subject OR
(3) A first degree and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education.
(4) A first degree in English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer studies, Statistics. (For Graduates without Teaching Qualification)
(5) Proficiency in the use of computer will be an added advantage.
Graduates without teaching qualifications in Biology, Chemistry, English Language, Mathematics and Physics are also qualified to apply but must participate in a two- week Teaching Skill Acquisition Course. A screening test would be conducted at the end of the course and candidates would be selected for recruitment into the state teaching service and deployment to schools in any of the state’s Education Districts.
Successful candidates are expected to obtain a Post Graduate Diploma in Education (P.G.D.E) from a recognized university within two years of appointment.
Interested applicants must be graduates with not below Second Class Lower Degrees from Nigerian or any other recognized Universities who are willing to build careers in teaching as requests for conversion to any other cadre in future will not be entertained.
All candidates must not be above 30 years of age in 2012. Application should be addressed to the Tutor- General/ Permanent Secretary of the Education District where applicants intend to serve. Applications must be accompanied with curriculum vitae and copies of all certificates claimed.
The applicants who satisfy the eligibility criteria shall sit for a written test, on Thursday,7th June, 2012 at the Education Districts they applied to. Thereafter, an Oral interview shall be conducted before final selections are made.
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