Oyo TESCOM adjusts exam timetable for applicants over planned protest

The Oyo State Post-Primary Teaching Service Commission on Friday in Ibadan, Oyo State, said it has adjusted the Computer-Based Test timetable for prospective applicants.

The TESCOM chairman, Akinade Alamu, made the disclosure while speaking with journalists about the revised timetable for the CBT initially slated for between Monday and Friday.

Mr Alamu said the timetable’s adjustment was as a result of the planned nationwide protest by some Nigerians which may begin on Wednesday.

“To forestall any unforeseen circumstance, TESCOM and its partnering agencies, including the management of the Distance Learning Centre at University of Ibadan, agreed to compress the examination to three days,” he said.

The chairman added that the examination would now hold between July 29 and July 31 while assuring applicants that the adjustment would not pose any threat.

The TESCOM chairman explained that the management of the DLC agreed to provide more halls, computers and other facilities so that the examination could be spread across the three days.

He therefore appealed to candidates to check their phones regularly “as texts on the adjustment of timetable have been sent to their phones and e-mail addresses.”

He said the specific examination date and time for respective applicants could be accessed through the job portal dedicated for the exercise.

Sixty-two thousand applicants will take part in the examination, with 12,000 of them applying for non-teaching jobs and 50,000 for teaching jobs.