Abuja — Following the recent discovery of fake teachers, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has commenced monitoring of the 29,429 participants currently enlisted under the second set of Federal Teacher's Scheme (FTS) across the country.

Executive Secretary of UBEC Dr Ahmed Modibbo Mohammed said the exercise is a major phase in the effort of the commission to reposition the FTS and ensure value for the huge resources so far expended.

"We will not hesitate to sanction anybody who fails to work in tandem with the expectation s of UBEC and the Federal Government. "The states Universal Basic Education Board have been fully briefed on this assignment and it is expected that they will disseminate information to the Local Government Education Areas (LGEAS) who are to facilitate your success at the school level," he said.

FTS participants are posted across all the states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) except Ogun and Ekiti states.

He said the FTS programme provides opportunity to recruit qualified NCE graduates to teach in both primary and junior secondary schools in all the states and the Federal Capital Territory (FTC).

The first set of 40,000 participants completed their tenure last year and many states governments have identified with the aspirations of the Federal Government in this regard by offering their indigent participants permanent and pensionable employment.

Dr Mohammed said a functional secretariat with link lines is also maintained by the FTS coordinating unit at the UBEC headquarters for the field officers reference incase they come across problems that cannot be resolved in the field.