Get Certified Teachers Or Lose WASSCE, Other Accreditations, Federal Government Warns Secondary Schools

The Federal Government has issued a stern informing to secondary schools crossed the country, insisting that lone institutions with certified teachers volition beryllium allowed to service arsenic introspection centres from 2027.

The directive was contained successful a memo issued connected Thursday by the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, to the Registrar and Chief Executive of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN).

Alausa explained that the determination was successful enactment with authorities argumentation to fortify professionalism successful the teaching profession.

“Accordingly, effectual from March 2027 for WASSCE, May 2027 for NABTEB, June 2027 for NECO and June 2027 for SAISSCE, immoderate schoolhouse whose teachers are not duly registered and licensed with the TRCN shall beryllium disqualified from serving arsenic an introspection centre,” the curate said.

The curate added that accreditation of some nationalist and backstage schools for the behaviour of nationalist examinations, including WASSCE, NECO, NABTEB and the National Business and Innovation Skills Examinations (NBIAS), would henceforth beryllium strictly tied to teachers’ TRCN certification.

To guarantee compliance, helium directed authorities governments to enactment indispensable measures successful spot wrong the adjacent 2 years. Schools are expected to execute a minimum compliance complaint of 75 per cent by 2026 and afloat compliance by 2027.

Alausa besides announced a pathway for teachers without acquisition degrees but with astatine slightest 1 twelvemonth of schoolroom teaching experience. He advised them to enrol successful the National Teachers Institute (NTI) to acquisition an abridged nonrecreational certification programme lasting betwixt 3 and six months, aft which they would suffice for TRCN registration and licensing.

He urged those affected to springiness the directive “the highest priority” and called for wide sensitisation of stakeholders to debar disruptions successful accreditation for nationalist examinations.

The latest directive follows Alausa’s earlier stance successful July, erstwhile helium declared that unqualified teachers indispensable beryllium removed from Nigerian classrooms. Speaking astatine the inauguration of the 5th Governing Council of TRCN, helium said, “Unqualified teachers request to beryllium sacked to rescue Nigeria’s teaching assemblage from mediocrity and reconstruct its mislaid dignity.”