Recruitment: Oyo SUBEB to interview 545 PWDs

Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (OYOSUBEB) has announced that 545 candidates living with disabilities would be interviewied by the board on September 10 and 11, 2024.

SUBEB Chairman, Dr. Nureni Adeniran, disclosed this while receiving a delegation from the Oyo State Agency for Person With Disabilities led by the Director-General, Barr. Ayodele Adekanmbi.

Recall that the board had fixed September 10 and 11, as dates to interview applicants with disabilites, while interview for caregivers were scheduled for September 12 and 13, 2024.

Adeniran said candidates from Oke Ogun, Ibarapa, Ogbomoso and Oyo would be interviewed on September 10, 2024, while candidates from Ibadan main city and Ibadan less city would be interviewed on September 11, 2024.

He stressed the board’s commitment to give a reasonable employment quota for people living with disabilities in its ongoing recruitment exercise.

Adeniran, who noted that the board is constrained by other criteria for recruitment such as merit, gender and local government spread, said the welfare of those with disabilities is key to the present administration.

“The board is committed to prioritising persons with disabilities and will continue to do so. We have enough special schools for them to teach. There are 22 special basic schools across the three senatorial districts in Oyo State.

“The Engr. Seyi Makinde led administration is committed to making life better for them without any form of discrimination or rejection,” he said.

Speaking, BAdekanmbi applauded the board for implementing an all-inclusive exercise, aimed at strengthening the workforce of the state.

He said, with the assistance of the board, arrangements have been made for the visually impaired in order to provide brailed question papers and tools required by them to participate in the interview independently.

Adekanmbi said the agency has also made arrangements for the deaf and the physically challenged.

He noted that the inclusion of his agency by SUBEB has encouraged full participation and inclusion of PWDs in the recruitment of teachers, adding that it had also increased awareness on disability rights and issues across board.

The director-general took members of the board through some basic concept of disability and also highlighted some of the challenges being faced by persons with disabilities in the society.

He applauded the state government on some of its achievement towards inclusion such as the passage and signing of the State Disability Law, which established the Agency for Person with Disabilities.

Adekanmbi addd that a panel has been set up for the interview. He said the panel is headed by Prof. Akolade from the University of Ibadan, while Mr. Temitope Aluko and Evang. Olukayode are members lf the panel. They would be assisted by four sign language interpreters, and wheel chair assistants.

“To make the arrangements easy, the candidates will be divided into three clusters: blind, deaf and the physically disable,” he said.