Akwa Ibom SUBEB announces recruitment policy shift

The Akwa Ibom State Universal Basic Education Board, AKSUBEB, has announced a large recruitment argumentation displacement wherein teachers would beryllium recruited and posted wrong their country of residence.

It noted that specified an inaugural would curb teacher absenteeism and destruct agelong regular commutes that impact schoolroom productivity, arsenic witnessed.

The Executive Chairman of AKSUBEB, Anietie Etuk, who announced this during the Ministerial Media Briefing connected Education successful Uyo, identified agelong region arsenic a large situation hindering the effectual work transportation of teachers crossed the state, noting that consequent recruitment volition instrumentality a antithetic dimension.

His words: “In this 2026 Teachers’ recruitment exercise, fto maine denote to you a large recruitment argumentation shift; the authorities volition henceforth enlistee teachers locally from their contiguous areas of residence. The determination is to curb teacher absenteeism and destruct agelong regular commutes that impact schoolroom productivity.

“For instance, we won’t enlistee idiosyncratic who lives successful Ikot Ekpene and inquire him to spell to School successful Uyo to beryllium teaching. You indispensable unrecorded successful your spot of superior assignment.”

He besides announced that the committee ...