The Federal Authorities has introduced that from 2027, solely secondary colleges with licensed academics might be accredited to function centres for public examinations.
The directive was issued in a memo by the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, to the Registrar/Chief Govt of the Lecturers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN).
In keeping with Alausa, the transfer aligns with authorities coverage to strengthen professionalism and high quality assurance within the instructing occupation.
Accreditation tied to TRCN certification
The minister defined that, ranging from 2027, colleges whose academics lack certification from TRCN might be disqualified from conducting nationwide examinations, together with WASSCE, NABTEB, NECO, and NBIAS.
“Accordingly, efficient from March 2027 for WASSCE, Could 2027 for NABTEB, June 2027 for NECO and June 2027 for SAISSCE, any college whose academics aren’t duly registered and licensed with the TRCN shall be disqualified from serving as an examination centre,” Alausa stated.
He additionally directed state governments to align with the coverage and guarantee essential measures are put in place for compliance in each private and non-private colleges.
The federal government set a two-year compliance window to permit colleges and academics to fulfill the brand new necessities.
“Compliance with this directive shall be monitored, with colleges anticipated to attain a minimal compliance price of 75 per cent by 2026 and full compliance of 100 per cent by 2027,” the minister acknowledged.
Because of this by 2026, colleges might want to display vital progress, or threat eventual disqualification from accreditation.
Pathways for non-education graduates
To make sure academics have enough alternative to regularize their {qualifications}, the federal government has made provisions for an abridged certification route.
Alausa suggested that academics who’re non-education graduates however have at the very least 12 months of classroom instructing expertise ought to enrol within the Nationwide Lecturers Institute (NTI).
He defined that the affected academics might qualify for the abridged skilled certification programme provided via the Nationwide Lecturers Institute (NTI).
The NTI programme consists {of professional} brief programs lasting between three to 6 months, after which contributors can register and procure licensing from TRCN.
The Minister urged schooling stakeholders to take the directive significantly and guarantee correct consciousness campaigns are carried out nationwide.
He burdened that colleges should prioritize compliance to keep away from disruptions within the accreditation course of for public examinations.
He added that academics and faculty directors ought to give the directive the best precedence and guarantee huge sensitisation of stakeholders throughout the nation in order to keep away from disruption of accreditation for public examinations.
What you need to know
Final month, the Federal Authorities rolled out a digital portal below the Lecturers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) to simplify the method of registration, licensing and renewal of credentials for academics. The platform was additionally designed to deal with skilled improvement, moral verification, and the scheduling of TRCN’s Skilled Qualifying Examination.
Within the replace, TRCN confirmed that the PQE had been streamlined from 23 topics to 5 core areas together with foundational arithmetic, literacy, pedagogy, digital literacy and safeguarding.
BusinessTimes reported that the federal government launched a brand new obligatory ethics and prison report screening framework for academics nationwide. The measure, which is built-in into the TRCN portal, seeks to remove circumstances of impersonation, certificates forgery and the employment of unqualified academics in each private and non-private colleges.
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