The
Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) yesterday said that
presentation of certificates and degrees would no longer suffice for
teachers’ registration.
The
TRCN Director, Professional Operations, Dr Steve Nwokeocha, told the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that teachers would now write professional
qualifying examinations.
“Teachers
will no longer get registered by mere presentation of their
certificates, but they will have to write professional examination.
“Teachers are to resume professional qualifying examinations, and the models are being developed and finalised,’’ he said.
Nwokeocha
said the council was developing a standard syllabus as a professional
body and would present it to stakeholders like National Universities
Commission, among others, for validation.
According
to him, once it is validated, we will set a date for the examination,
and from there henceforth, there will be no registration without an
examination.
He
said that in 2008, a pilot examination was written and over 50,000
candidates wrote the examination in all states of the federation.
The
director said this would be the second edition of the examination,
adding that the first was experimental and recorded huge success.
He
said that the council collaborated with the Joint Admission and
Matriculation Board (JAMB) in the first edition, stressing that it was
written in the same manner that JAMB was written.
Nwokeocha
said about 25,000 out of the 50,000 teachers that wrote the examination
failed and this was reflective of the quality of training that they
were getting.
“We had to suspend the pilot examination because the council did not have a syllabus at that time.
“And
people asked that a few more things like a model, among others, should
be put in place before the examination will be conducted again,’’ he
said.
He said that the council had done its research and had developed a standard model, syllabus among others.
He
added that the examination would be written twice yearly and that the
council was making efforts to ensure standard and quality in the system.
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