Pastor Akinade Alamu, the chairman of Oyo State Teaching
Service Commission (TESCOM) disclosed this in a release made available to
newsmen in Ibadan on Tuesday.
He said that the distribution of 4400 employment letters to
successful applicants had started on Monday.
According to him, the government approved 5000 appointment
letters for distribution and 4400 letters have been released by TESCOM while
the remaining were withheld due to certain errors discovered on the part of the
applicants.
He disclosed that the errors included misspelt names, as
well as, invalid emails among others, assuring those yet to receive their
letters that they would receive it immediately after correction of errors are
made by the applicants.
Alamu said that the collection of the employment letters was
decentralized to avoid overcrowding at the state secretariat and to prevent
violation of the COVID- 19 safety protocols.
He directed the successful applicants to resume at their
duty posts immediately in view of the fact that the academic session had
started.
“While congratulating the successful applicants, we want to
appeal to those that are also successful but yet to get their letters to
exercise patience.
“We discovered that 600 letters had errors that needed to be
rectified, that will be sorted and corrected as we speak and will be
distributed as well,” Alamu said.
Also, Mrs Olabisi Oderinde, the Permanent Secretary, TESCOM,
congratulated the successful candidates and commended them for their patience
in spite of the several breaks in the process of the appointment due to
COVID-19.
She charged the new teachers to prepare to work diligently
to enable the governor’s vision for education to become a reality.