Osun State government said it would soon announce names of 3,170 successful applicants, who scored 50 per cent and above in the state teachers recruitment examination.
This was disclosed to newsmen in a press release by the Osun Commissioner for Education, Mr Folorunso Bamisayemi, on Thursday, in Osogbo.
Bamisayemi said that 3,170 applicants out of a total of 11,068 that participated in the recruitment exercise scored 50 per cent and above, and their names would be released, starting from next week, in three batches.
The statement read, “The Ministry of Education informs the general public, particularly applicants for the teachers recruitment exercise, that the list of successful applicants who scored a cumulative of 50 per cent and above in the test and proficiency interview conducted is ready.
“A total of 11,068 applicants participated in the interview out of which 3,170 applicants scored 50 per cent (cumulative) and above.
“To ensure sustainability of remuneration, the recruitment will be done in batches, hence, it is out of the 3170 applicants that the first combined list of 1000 most successful applicants will be drawn in six critical subjects of English, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Agriculture.
“This list will be out in the public domain by next week. Subsequent batches will follow later.”