- The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria has decried the lack of commitment on the part of primary and secondary school teachers to its qualifying examination, saying that some of them were finding it difficult to pass the examination after some attempts.
The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria has decried the lack of commitment on the part of primary and secondary school teachers to its qualifying examination, saying that some of them were finding it difficult to pass the examination after some attempts.
The Delta State Coordinator of the TRCN, Chief Lazarus Eze, disclosed this in Asaba, capital of the state, when he led members of his staff to the office of the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Chief Patrick Ukah.
According to the coordinator, the council had only registered a total of 45,000 teachers in the state, out of which 15,000 had been issued licences.
Eze said the purpose of the visit was to familiarise with the ministry and to inform the commissioner about the activities of the TRCN in the state.
He explained that the council was charged with the responsibility of registering and licensing qualified teachers.
Eze also commended stakeholders in the state for their unprecedented response during the registration and licensing exercise for teachers.
The Council was registering teachers directly until 2017 when the Professional Qualifying Examination was introduced, he stated.
Responding, Ukah gave the council the assurance that Delta would continue to ensure that more teachers registered with it in a bid to enhance their professionalism, stressing that the ministry under his watch had been carrying out consistent interfacing with teachers in the state through periodic monitoring activities.
The commissioner also noted that there was a need to encourage more people to embrace the teaching profession and to take the necessary examinations that would qualify them to be licensed as qualified teachers.
Chief Ukah stressed that the 1,000 teachers employed by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa administration in 2019 were strictly qualified teachers with a minimum of first degree in Education and pledged the state government’s continued cooperation with the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria.
