The federal government will commence the sack of unqualified teachers in
the country by January 2020, following expiration of deadline given to
them to upgrade before the end of December, 2019.
The Registrar
of Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Prof Josiah Olusegun
Ajiboye disclosed this in Abuja, while speaking to journalists.
Prof
Ajiboye said: “The government took a position long time ago that anyone
who is not qualified or registered and licensed by TRCN by December
2019, will no longer be allowed to stand in front of our children in
classrooms.”
While noting that so far TRCN has registered up to
two million qualified teachers across the country, he said any teacher
who is not registered by January 2020, will be removed from the
classroom.
He said over the years, they have sensitised the
people on the need to find a way of getting themselves qualified before
the deadline.
The TRCN boss noted that they have carried out
census in six states, saying, “we are going to start with those states
because we now have the data base of those who are qualified and those
who are not registered.”
According to him, the six states include Nasarawa, Ogun, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Cross River and Bauchi.
“We
are going to start our implementation from those states and it is going
to be a continuous process because after those states we will continue
with other states, until we root out unqualified teachers in the
country,” he said.
The Registrar maintained that the minimum qualification required for anyone to practice teaching in the country remains Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) and that as a qualified teacher, it is required that one registers with the council.
Source:- Dailytrustng
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