Gombe State has said it would recruit about 3,000 graduate teachers to improve the standard of education in the state within the next three years.
Commissioner for Education, Mrs Aishatu Mohammed, told The Nation that 1,000 of the teachers would be employed yearly.
Mrs Mohammed also said Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo’s intervention in the education sector has started yielding fruitful results.
She said this showed in the state’s performance in national examinations.
“This time, we have 906 candidates who passed with five credits, including English and Mathematics, in the recent West African Examinations Council (WAEC) results.
“You will recall that only 18 candidates passed with five credits, including English and Mathematics in 2011.
“This development is indicative of more successes in the education sector soon,’’ the commissioner said.
Mrs Mohammed said the result was also an indication that funds totalling over N6.5 billion spent on education by the state government were not wasted.
“These were invested in the reconstruction of classrooms and the purchase of instruction materials, and that is why the sector will still witness more success stories,’’ she said.
