Teachers without professional ‎certificate to lose job after 2017 says FG

Professor Olusegun Ajiboye, the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, has cautioned that the Federal Government will not give permit any teacher without the professional ‎certificate of the TRCN to teach beyond 2017.
The Professor made this known in Ibadan on Tuesday and explained that the policy was part of the three-year Ministerial Strategic Plan planned by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu.

He also made it known that the council would stop the current form of registration that did not entail any examination at the end of May 2017, while the first professional qualifying examination of the TRCN would take place at the end of September 2017.

Ajiboye added that the policy was designed to fully professionalize the teaching profession in Nigeria and make certain that only those who were qualified to teach were employed by the government for quality assurance.

He also said that teachers who registered on or before May 31, 2017, ‎ would be exempted from the qualifying examinations and also noted that the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari would not joke with professionalism in the teaching profession,

He confirmed that the council had already registered about 1.6 million teachers since he assumed office under this administration.

“By the end of 2017, Nigerian children will be taught by only qualified professional teachers who can deliver the quality education desirous for the elevation of our children and our country.

“Professionalism ‎is the key for entering the profession, those who do not have what it takes cannot be trusted with the future of our children. We are out to ensure a guaranteed future for our future leaders by ensuring that those who teach them are the best around. This will translate to higher performances and better value for professional teachers.

“The professional examination takes place by the end of September and it is the first of its kind and we have structured it into modules of different categories. This is in line with the three-year Ministerial Strategic Plan on education policy designed by the Minister of Education,” said Ajiboye.

He further added that the professional qualifying examination would be designed in modules consist of category A (PhD holders), category B (Master degree holders), category C (Bachelor degree holders), and category D (NCE holders).