Education
FG’s Teachers Scheme: Don’t Pay For Enlistment, RSUBEB Boss Warns
The Executive Chairman of the Rivers State Universal Basic Education Board (RSUBEB), Ven Fyneface Ndubuisi Akah, has warned prospective candidates from the state who applied to be enlisted into the Federal Government’s teachers scheme not to pay money to anybody or group as appointment into the scheme would be based on merit.
Akah gave this warning while speaking with journalists at the RSUBEB office in Port Harcourt over the weekend, saying the clarification became expedient following numerous complaints that some people were collecting money from prospective candidates in order to secure the jobs.
The RSUBEB boss said the UBEC Board in Abuja through the Director, Teacher Development, Umwaha Yahaya Ismaila had warned that appointment into the scheme was free and directed all the executive chairmen of the State Primary Education Board (SUBEB) to closely supervise the process so that it would be transparent.
According to him, their consultant had already shortlisted 400 candidates who were successful in the first round of the selection process, adding that the shortlisted candidates would be subjected to further qualifying examination before the final selection list would be published.
He advised candidates who applied for the Federal Government’s teachers scheme to report to the board, anyone asking them to pay money to be enlisted, adding that the law would be brought to bear on the giver and receiver.