All unqualified teachers to go by Dec 31, says FG – TheNigerialawyer

THE Federal Government has directed that all unqualified
teachers should be flushed out of Nigeria classrooms by December
31, 2019.

The Registrar of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria
(TRCN) stated this while inducting over 200 Education graduates of
the University of Ibadan.

According to him, the quacks teaching Nigerian children will be
thrown out and replaced by qualified and certificated Education
graduates to mould sound future leaders for the country.

The Registrar noted that teachers must stand shoulder to
shoulder with other professional groups in the knowledge-driven
economy.

While administering the Oath of Practice on the inductees, Prof
Ajiboye reiterated that any teacher found wanting in the code of
practice will be sanctioned.

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He also said that Nigerian teachers now have a separate and unique
career path with the recent approval of Teachers’ Career Path by
the National Council on Education

“It is worthy to stress the importance of today’s induction
ceremony in line with government directives. The Federal Government
has directed that by 31st of December 2019 all unqualified people
practising the profession of teaching will d be swept from the
classroom and their place will be occupied by young and vibrant
professional teachers like you.

“We need to appreciate the fact that education unlocks the key
to modernization, but the teacher holds the key to that door. He is
the hub of any educational system and the major determinant of its
quality.

“This is so because he is saddled with the responsibilities of
translating educational policies into practice and programmes into
actions and therefore, my dear inductees you have a big role to
play in changing the pendulum of affairs in your place of service,”
Professor Ajiboye said.