The Edo State Government has begun the recruitment of teachers for rural communities under the Edo Supporting Teachers to Achieve Results (EdoSTAR) Teaching Fellowship Programme across the state’s three senatorial districts.

The EdoSTAR Teaching Fellowship Programme is a three-year intensive training and field experience employment programme for teachers and aspiring teachers who will later transition to the Edo State Civil Service upon satisfactory job performance.

In a statement, the Executive Chairman, Edo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Joan Osa Oviawe, said that the EdoSTAR Teaching Fellowship Programme is open to people with and without teaching credentials.

She said, “Those who have not received their teaching qualifications will be required to attain their PGDE or PDE through the Edo State College of Education during the first two years of the programme

“The EdoSTAR Teaching Fellowship Programme comes with salary and performance-based incentives and bonuses.”

She added that “the minimum qualifications are NCE, HND, B.ED and B.Sc.”

She urged applicants to complete the application form by visiting the Edo SUBEB Website.