Teacher competitions: a number of candidates slightly higher than last year, announces Pap Ndiaye

The number of candidates for the teacher competitions, whose registrations closed on Friday, will be slightly higher than last year, without "

", the Minister of National Education said on Sunday.

Faced with the lack of candidates, the ministry extended enrollment in the first and second level (primary and secondary education) by two weeks.

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," said Pap Ndiaye, interviewed on Radio J.

The teacher competitions are far from full.

At the end of those of last July, more than 4,000 positions were not filled, leading the Ministry of Education to resort to an increased number of contract workers who were sometimes less trained than the incumbents.

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,” conceded the Minister of Education.

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,” he added.

“Upgrading, first through salaries but not only”

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,” said Pap Ndiaye.

This revaluation is the subject of a consultation initiated in October.

In addition to remuneration or the conditions of exercise of the profession, the methods of training and recruitment of teachers are among the avenues in which the minister is interested.

However, the teacher competitions have just been moved from the first year of the master's to the second by a reform of 2021, after already several changes in the course of studies in recent years.

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As in the whole of the public service, the percentage of people registering for competitions and not showing up on D-Day “

”, indicated Pap Ndiaye.

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", especially in the first degree, according to the minister.