Teacher Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) will next week begin enforcement and monitoring of compliance with the directive that only qualified and professionals should teach in both public and private schools nationwide.
The National Council on Education declared December 31, 2019 as the last day for unlicensed teachers to be registered with TRCN or disengaged from the classroom.
The Registrar of TRCN, Segun Ajiboye who stated this in Ibadan while speaking with newsmen, explained that the first phase of the compliance monitoring and documentation will take place nationwide between March 9 and 17, this year.
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According to Ajiboye, the task force has been activated to beam search light into the credentials of those teaching in government and private schools for appropriate commendation or sanction as the case may be.
Ajiboye, a Professor, who maintained that no serious nation allows her future leaders to be misguided by quacks, stated that the Buhari-led administration has a dream to ensure professional teachers are given necessary tools to excel.
In a related development, Ajiboye says TRCN takes exception to states recruiting teachers and treating her license as “added advantage” saying that TRCN certification is a must criterion of employment.
“TRCN Commences Compliance Monitoring across the country. As the December 31, 2019 deadline given by the National Council on Education for anybody who wants to practise as a teacher in the country to get qualified, registered and licensed by TRCN has passed, the regulatory authority is embarking on verification of compliance in all the States of the Federation and FCT,” he said.
The TRCN boss however disclosed that the exercise would be put on hold in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States due to the challenges there.
“The TRCN team in each State will be led by a Professor of Education or a Provost of a College of Education. However this exercise will be a continuous one as TRCN has created a Compliance and Enforcement Unit at its head office for routine monitoring.
He pointed out that prior to the commencement of the monitoring, a technical team was set up by TRCN and a meeting was held with all the State Coordinators where issues of logistics were discussed and harmonised.
TRCN, he stated, takes exception to some States making registration council certificate optional in their recruitment of teachers adding that the practice must stop “because it is mandatory for anyone who wants to profit from the job of a teacher to be registered with the regulatory authority. It is therefore considered absurd for any State to say ‘TRCN Certificate will be an added advantage’.
