500,000 Teachers Recruitment Portal Crashes On Day One

Following what was suspected to be massive applications by prospective candidates, the portal used for the ongoing recruitment of 500,000 teachers by the Federal Government crashed on day one.

Last week, the Federal Government announced that the recruitment of the teachers would commence on Sunday. Interested Nigerians were directed to apply through the portal; http://portal.npower.gov.ng

But in the latest development, when applicants attempt to log into the website, a message stating the unavailability of the website pops up. The message read,

An error occurred. Sorry, the page you are looking for is currently unavailable. Please, try again later. If you are the system administrator of this resource, then you should check the error log for details. Faithfully yours, nginx.

When contacted for the number of applications through the website so far, the Special Assistant to the Minister of State for Education, Anthony Akuneme, said it was too early to know the number.

He said, “The recruitment process is on. The website has been publicised in the media. It is too early to get the response and number of applicants since it just began.”

The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice-President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande said the 500,000 Teacher Corps, nicknamed N-Power Teach on the portal, was one of the three direct job creation and training schemes established by the current administration.

According to him, others are N-Power Knowledge, which will train 25,000 Nigerians in technology, and N-Power Build, which will train another 75,000 in building services, construction, utilities, hospitality and catering, automotive vocation, aluminium and gas services.