Senegal recruits 4,527 teachers, with 2,527 applications still being processed
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
Senegal’s Minister of the Civil Service, Mamadou Lamine Dianté, announced that 4,527 teachers are being recruited, with 2,000 posts already filled and 2,527 applications still being processed. The government has also recruited 500 teacher-researchers and is continuing to recruit 2,500 health workers, according to Le Soleil, cited by Senego.
Senegal has announced the recruitment of 4,527 teachers, with 2,527 applications still being processed, at a government press briefing on Monday 19 October 2026, according to Senego. The Minister of the Civil Service, Labour and Public Service Reform, Mama, presented the measures alongside other recruitment in education and health.
The announcements come as part of efforts to monitor the social stability pact concluded between the Senegalese government and trade union organisations. The government said on the same day that 35 of the 84 commitments in the Senegalese social pact had been fulfilled, Senego reports.
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