The ministry of education in Western Bahr el Ghazal State is set to recruit more than four hundred school teachers to improve the learning program in 2022 after recently uncovering ghost teachers.
This was disclosed by the state minister of education, Egidio Arkangelo Safu, after his ministry uncovered more than 300 ghost teachers during a recent screening process while paying salaries.
“One of the things that we noticed is that there is a lack of qualified teachers in the schools,” Minister Safu said. “After the recent local screening, we have identified over three hundred and fifty ghost names of teachers so we actually need to recruit over four hundred teachers in their places.”
He added: “It is a huge number and the fear is we may not get all the numbers but we hope to get them before the new academic year. The teachers are already on board and training and ready to start teaching in the schools.”
The minister said they are looking to recruit graduates and people who have completed secondary school.
“We want at least people who have completed senior 4 and have passed in English subject because our main area is English,” Safu said. “We will train them to be able to communicate properly with the children, build confidence in them and give them skills of presentation and also reading skills.”
Minister Safu said the increment in teachers’ salaries last year will improve their performance.