Teachers’ Registration Council Registrar Says Nigerian Teachers Have Become Globally Recognised

The Registrar of Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria, Prof Josiah Ajiboye, made this known during a one-day Capacity Training Workshop for Education Correspondents Association of Nigeria (ECAN).

The Registrar also said that since the beginning of 2021, he has signed about 100 letters for qualified Nigerian teachers who secured teaching jobs in Canada and other parts of the world.

He stated that teachers trained in Nigeria are becoming highly competitive, adding that government at all levels should do its best to attract them to stay back home.

Prof. Ajiboye who emphasised that the approvals given by President Muhammadu Buhari on repositioning teaching profession in the country, called for adherence by the State government as well saying, States are the largest employers of the teachers.

He said that with the approvals given by the President and with its full implementation across the country with the cooperation of states, more qualified teachers will be retained in the system.

Also speaking at the event, Assistant Director in the council, Dr Abimbola Okunola, said that the teaching profession has been rated more critical than any other profession in the world, hence the need to attract the best brains for the practice of teaching in the country.

He, therefore, emphasised the need for professionalism as the secret behind the success or collapse of any vocation, hence the need to critically take professionalism seriously in the teaching profession.

On his part, Assistant Director, Department of Planning, Research and Statistics in TRCN, Dr Magaji Waziri, said that the country has been flooded with unqualified manpower which had lowered the quality of teachers in the system.

Waziri maintained that there was therefore the need to set standards at all levels while ensuring quality teaching and learning through monitoring and supervision of teacher education programmes.

Also speaking at the event, Chairman of ECAN, Chuks Ukwuatu, called on journalists to ensure adequate reportage of education stories to foster development in other sectors.

Ukwuatu commended TRCN for its role in ensuring excellence in the professionalism of teachers as well as maintenance of teachers’ quality.