Oyo State Government increased the staff strength of its secondary schools from 13,730 in 2019 to 26,436 within six years in office of Governor Seyi Makinde.
Chairperson of the Oyo State Post-Primary Schools’ Teaching Service Commission, otherwise known as TESCOM, Mrs. Olubukola Oladipo, made this known at a session of Omituntun 2.0 Inter-Ministerial Briefing, held at the Governor’s Office in Ibadan.
Oladipo noted that the state government recruited 10,500 teaching and non-teaching staff within the second term of Governor Makinde’s tenure.
She said the exercise had brought massive improvements in students’ academic performance, both in internal and external examinations.
The TESCOM chairperson said that was apart from creating employment opportunities for youths and also improving the standard of living of the employed teaching and non-teaching staff.
“We also created the Directorate of Pension and Post Services for effective and efficient service delivery for the TESCOM retirees.
“We appointed 10 Tutors-General/Permanent Secretaries and a Permanent Secretary at the Headquarters for effective and efficient service delivery in areas of monitoring and supervision of teachers and students,” she said.
Oladipo added that the Commission also conducted the 2017 to 2024 promotion exercises for eligible officers.
“In 2024 and early 2025, the recruitment of 7,500 teaching and 3,000 non-teaching staff for the improvement in students’ academic performance both in internal and external examinations took place.
“That gave an opportunity for the employment of youths and this will have the multiplier effects of increasing the standard of living of the employed teaching and non-teaching staff.
“As of 2019 when Governor Makinde came on board, the total staff strength was 13,730 and it is encouraging to state that the staff strength has increased to 26,436.
“The state government has continued to pay running grants to the 695 public secondary schools to ease school administration for school principals,” she added.
Oladipo stressed that the Commission has been paying vehicle loans to interested teaching and non-teaching staff of the commission across the 10 zonal offices.
The TESCOM chairperson also added that the Commission has also introduced e-payment for payment of car loan to ease tension faced by teaching and non-teaching staff, who usually travelled to the headquarters to pick cheques.
