20,000 apply for 4,000 temporary teaching positions in Jigawa

No less than 19,966 applicants person sought placement successful the Jigawa State J-TEACH Batch C programme, adjacent arsenic lone 4,000 candidates are expected to beryllium shortlisted.

The Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Prof. Haruna Musa, made this known during an interrogation with Freedom Radio portion outlining preparations for the screening exercise.

He explained that the J-TEACH inaugural is simply a compulsory two-year teaching programme designed to bid participants, aft which palmy candidates whitethorn beryllium offered imperishable employment.

The programme, helium noted, is aimed astatine strengthening the prime of teaching unit successful the state.

According to him “breakdown of the applicants shows 7,450 azygous males, 5,433 joined males, and 2,503 azygous females, portion figures for joined pistillate applicants are inactive being compiled.

“15,285 candidates person been slated to beryllium for the recruitment introspection scheduled for Thursday, April 2, 2026, crossed 8 designated centres”

These see 3 centres astatine the Federal University Dutse, Sule Lamido University successful Kafin Hausa, Bilyaminu Usman Polytechnic successful Hadejia, the Jigawa State College of Education successful Gumel, arsenic good arsenic centres successful Kazaure and Babura.

Prof. Musa further clarified that not each applicants volition instrumentality portion successful the ex...