You Won’t Believe the Percentage of Nigerian Schools Currently Having Unprofessional Teachers
According to a revealing statement by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), on Wednesday, only 50 per cent of private schools in the country have complied with its directive to deploy only professional teachers to classrooms.
Vanguard reports that Malam Adamu Bello, the Deputy Director,
Professional Operation of the council made this known in an interview
with Vanguard in Enugu on Wednesday.
Adamu said the council would continue to enforce the directive
until all teachers get the mandatory certification to teach in schools
across the country.
He stressed that the 2017 deadline for all categories of teachers
in the country to obtain the required professional qualification remain
sacrosanct. The official disclosed that TRCN would prosecute unqualified
and incompetent teachers nationwide as from 2018.
“Very soon, those people that think it is a joke for the 17
years we have been drumming it for them to professionalize, will be
arrested, prosecuted and imprisoned.
“The council will go after them with the full weight of the law
even as we seek state governments’ cooperation to rid the country of
quack and unqualified teachers,’’ he said.
Adamu emphasised that the certification programme of the council
was necessary for all teachers, irrespective of the type of certificate
they possess after their graduation.
“It is meant to strengthen and upgrade the standard of
education as all professionalized teachers will attend periodic
re-certification lecture and examination to keep them abreast of modern
best practices,’’ he said.
(Tori)
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