TRCN introduces teachers professional standards in NCE curriculum

The Registrar and Chief Executive, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Professor Josiah Ajiboye, has said the Council has successfully included ‘The Professional Standards for Nigeria Teachers’ in the curriculum of colleges of education as a course of study at the NCE level across the country.

He made this known at the review of Professional Standards for Nigeria Teachers in Abuja.

Ajiboye said the review of the document as part of the implementation of the National Teacher Policy and the Target  four  of the Sustainable Development Goals was aimed at achieving a sustainable quality education system nationwide.

He explained that professional standards for Nigerian teachers included in a short form, what a professional must know and put into practice as well as the core values, ideals and conduct that the professional teacher must exhibit.

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He said, “the professional standards covered four major themes which include professional knowledge, professional skills, professional values, attitudes and conduct; and the professional membership obligation.”

The four themes, he added, had been broken down into 36 sub-themes and then into  84  standards for review.

Ajiboye informed participants who were made up of erudite scholars from tertiary institutions of learning across the country,  that the Teachers Standards were part of the key dimensions that were considered crucial to any education policy, and considering the fact that since 2010/2011 the document was developed and presented to the public, emerging issues might have arisen   compelling the review of the basic factors.

He added, “it is in view of this,  as a national benchmark document,  that TRCN has selected distinguished experts from the education agencies; critical stakeholders, teacher education institutions and International development partners to carry out the review.”

The TRCN boss said that with the review and subsequent reprinting of the PSNT to meet today’s demand and benchmarking global framework, Nigeria would have a professional standards for Nigerian teachers that would meet the nation’s educational needs and serve as a model for other teaching regulatory bodies in Africa.

Emeritus Professor Adamu Baikei, the chairman, TRCN Governing Council, applauded Ajiboye  for his record breaking initiatives which had gone a long way in enhancing teacher quality and standards in the nation’s education system.

He said the decision to review the professional standards for Nigerian Teachers was a move in the right direction because it was coming after 10 years of the first edition of the document.

He, therefore, thanked participants for accepting the TRCN’s invitation to render a national service to their fatherland.