The 15 First Class applicants
who sat for the Computer Based Test for the recruitment of Education Officers in Oyo State alongside other candidates were said to have passed in flying colours.
A total of 5,266 of the 14,000 applications received were shortlisted through the states job portal.
The Chairman, Oyo State Civil Service Commission, Alhaji Abiodun Aderibigbe, during an interview with journalists on Monday, said the tests were taken on Tuesday, 6th and Wednesday, 8th April 2021 at the Bayo Akande Hall, University of Ibadan.
Aderibigbe, who disclosed that all the applicants were university graduates, said necessary steps and due considerations were taken before decisions were arrived at on the cut-off marks for the 26 subject.
He attributed the success of the applicants to their educational backgrounds, saying, “Fifteen of the applicants hold first class degrees in their various disciplines.”
According to him, others possess Second- Class honors, upper and lower divisions while very few of them had Third Class in their fields.
“You will recall that the Civil Service Commission, had between Tuesday 6th to Thursday 8th April 2021, conducted the Computer Based Test for prospective Education Officers. Only 5,266 out of the 14 applications received were shortlisted, through the states job portal.
“A total of 3,321 finally sat for the Computer Based Test.
“Only 692 vacancies exist for the Education Officers Cadre and the best applicants will be recruited based on their qualifications, performance at the CBT and the Commission’s interview.”
He said Consultants, who are education experts, would conduct the interview to assertain the capabilities of the applicants and genuineness of their credentials.
Successful applicants would be given two weeks notice to interview dates in order to access and print out letters of invitations for the interview from the job portal.
