The Registrar/Chief Executive of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) Professor Segun Ajiboye on Monday March 9, 2020 said that the on-going nationwide verification of Teacher’s Professional certification is not aimed at witch hunt but to sanitise the teaching profession.
Ajiboye, who noted that the verification exercise received overwhelming support from all the states and schools, declared that the exercise is targeted at rooting out quackery in the teaching profession.
He said no serious country would allow its future leaders to be taught by quacks and charlatans.
The TRCN boss who maintained that the quality of teachers teaching would affect the quality of education and learning outcomes stated that the FG would not trade teacher professionalism with anything.
“TRCN monitoring of compliance commences nationwide today in 33 States and FCT with TRCN officials and state monitoring team leaders moving from school to school. The exercise is not aimed at witch hunt. It is primarily designed to sanitise the teaching profession of quackery. This is because no serious country will leave the education of its future to charlatans. If we want to get our education right, we must get it right with the teachers. Quality teachers will translate to quality education. The reports reaching us across the states indicate that people were ready to ensure standards in the profession. Indeed, some have picked professional qualifying examination forms. We have received reports from Kaduna, Delta, Lagos, rivers, Plateau, Dutse, Aba among others on the verification exercise. We are stepping it up and quality will not be mortgaged. Teaching is for professionals and it will not be a dumping ground for quacks”, he explained.
