President Bola Tinubu has approved the recruitment of 3,252 verified Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) teachers into the Federal Civil Service, ending years of uncertainty for thousands of educators who have kept classrooms running in Federal Unity Colleges. According to the minister, the exercise will prioritise verified PTA teachers, many of whom have spent decades teaching in Federal Unity Colleges and Federal Technical Colleges without permanent appointments. Priority will be given to absorbing verified PTA teachers, many of whom have served in our Federal Unity Colleges and Federal Technical Colleges for almost 25 years. The minister assured all verified PTA teachers that the regularisation exercise would be handled transparently, fairly and in accordance with due process. For many years, Federal Unity Colleges have depended heavily on PTA-employed teachers to bridge staffing shortages caused by inadequate recruitment into the federal teaching service.