Kwara releases cutoff marks for teachers’ recruitment

By Toheeb Jaiyeola On Feb 27, 2021

AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Governing Council, KWASU — Gov. Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq

Kwara State Government has released the cutoff marks for the ongoing teachers’ recruitment exercise at the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and the Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM).

Solacebase reports that a total of 40,652 applicants sat for the recent examination for the two categories.

A statement issued by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development Yakub Ali-Agan, on Saturday said the cutoff for SUBEB is 50% for Kwara indigenes from across the 16 local government areas except (applicants from) Baruten, Edu, Kaiama, and Patigi whose pass mark is pegged at 40%; while the cutoff for non-Kwarans in the SUBEB category is 60%.

‘’Similarly, Kwara applicants who scored 50% in the TESCOM category are to proceed to the results verification stage, also, candidates with 40% from Baruten, Edu, Kaiama, and Patigi in the category will have their results screened for interview and the cutoff mark for non-Kwara applicants for TESCOM is 65%, ‘’said the statement.

“These cutoff marks are a product of thorough deliberations by various education stakeholders, predicated on the number of applicants, their performances in the CBT (examination), as well as considerations for disadvantaged areas of the state without necessarily jettisoning acceptable degree of competence,” the statement said.

‘’Out of the 40,652 that sat the examination across the 16 CBT centres, only 9,991 applicants hit the cutoffs and have therefore qualified for results verification stage of the exercise for the two categories.’’

‘’The figures include 5,116 (SUBEB applicants) and 4,875 (TESCOM applicants) respectively.’’

‘’Only applicants whose certificates are found to be genuine in the verification exercise will be invited for the interview stage which begins on March 15, 2021, the statement stated.’’

‘’Candidates for the interview will be required to bring original and photocopies of their certificates.’’