The Registrar/Chief Executive of Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Professor Segun Ajiboye on Friday, August 19, 2022, stated that over 30, 000 registered teachers would participate in an online capacity-building conference to hold Monday 22 and Tuesday 23, this month.
The conference organised by TRCN in collaboration with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), is themed”, “Strengthening Teacher Capacity for more resilient, transformative and inclusive education system”.
The conference, which is also supported by PLANE, Save -the- Children- International (SCI), NCCE and NTI, will be declared open by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu.
Noting that the Council would continue to seek ways of improving the capacity of registered teachers towards qualitative delivery of their mandates, Ajiboye stated, “the 2022 annual conference of registered teachers is the 2nd edition of the conference and over 30,000 participants have registered online. About 9000 followers are expected to follow on our social media handles such as Facebook streaming live. Similarly, over 10,000 others will view the program live on UNESCO social media handles. The conference parades arrays of speakers from academia, development partners and active practitioners. A couple of others will be viewing the program in set up viewing centres across three states namely Jigawa, Kano and Kaduna.”
Ajiboye stated that the online conference is one of the already institutionalized mechanisms put in place to fulfil the mandates of TRCN, adding that the Council will not rest on its oars toward getting knowledge of registered teachers updated towards imparting sound knowledge capable of transforming the country.
