The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has issued December 2019
deadline for teachers who fail to register and license with Teachers’
Registeration Council of Nigeria.
Adamu warned that any teacher, who failed to register with the body
by December would not be allowed to teach in Nigeria schools.
The Minister, who was represented by the TRCN Registrar, Prof
Olusegun Ajiboye, issued the warning on Thursday in Abuja at the
Nigerian Union of Teachers workshop on privatisation and
commercialisation of education in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
He said: “With the position of the National Council of Education, the
TRCN has been mandated that by December 2019, anyone who has not
registered, qualified and licensed by the council will no longer be
allowed in our classrooms. And this position will be enforced to the
letter.
“Now, teachers still have the opportunity to take two professional
qualifying examinations in May and October 2019 for them to get their
registration and qualification.
“On commercialisation, it is obvious that the government can no
longer fund education alone, so private participation is encouraged.
“But education cannot be commercialised, because it is not a
commodity. We should dissuade anything that will lead to
commercialisation of education.”
