Federal Government Specifies TRCN, NTI’s Roles In Teaching Profession

The Federal Government has announced large clarifications connected the roles and responsibilities of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) and the National Teachers’ Institute (NTI).

The clarifications, according to a connection connected Sunday by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Education, Boriowo Folasade was portion of reforms to fortify the teaching profession, streamline acquisition delivery, and guarantee high-quality learning for each Nigerian child.

Under the caller framework, the NTI volition instrumentality to its halfway mandate of in-service teacher grooming and continuous nonrecreational improvement astatine the foundational, basic, and post-basic levels, portion the TRCN volition absorption exclusively connected regulating the teaching assemblage and licensing qualified teachers nationwide.

Announcing the reform, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa said the determination reflects the Ministry’s assertive docket to restructure its agencies successful enactment with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope mandate towards providing the highest modular of acquisition crossed the country.

Also, successful enactment with this reform, the Federal Government has introduced caller payment presumption and operational guidelines for some agencies covering teacher licensing and registration, nonrecreational improvement requirements, monitoring and compliance mechanisms, teacher payment and benefits, arsenic good arsenic program and nonrecreational signifier standards.

“Going forward, nary teacher volition beryllium allowed to basal earlier a Nigerian schoolroom without due registration and licensing by TRCN. This ensures that each kid is taught by competent, nonrecreational teachers who conscionable the highest standards,” Alausa said.

The Minister explained that some agencies present person caller operational guidelines to heighten governance, oversight, and accountability.

Key provisions for TRCN see mandatory teacher registration and licensing, integer integration with the nationalist Education Management Information System, and strict enforcement of morals and subject wrong the profession.

For its part, the NTI volition service arsenic the nationalist implementing assemblage for distance-based teacher grooming programmes, portion ensuring its courses align with approved standards and frameworks.

Alausa described the betterment arsenic “a large time for the Nigerian child,” emphasising that the restructuring volition prolong ongoing advancement successful teacher prime and acquisition outcomes.

He reaffirmed the government’s committedness to embedding professionalism successful teaching, expanding entree to continuous nonrecreational development, and enforcing compliance crossed each levels of education.

“This betterment is astir results and sustainability. It is astir gathering a aboriginal wherever Nigerian children are taught by the best, prepared for the best, and supported by the best. We are consolidating advancement to guarantee sustainability, capability, and accountability successful our teaching workforce. It is Renewed Hope successful action,” the connection said.