{"id":33632,"date":"2020-12-19T16:37:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T16:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=33632"},"modified":"2020-12-19T16:37:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T16:37:29","slug":"3-650-teachers-fail-professional-qualifying-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/3-650-teachers-fail-professional-qualifying-exam","title":{"rendered":"3, 650 teachers fail professional qualifying exam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A total of 3,650 teachers have failed the annual Professional Qualifying Examination conducted by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TCRN, across the country.<\/p>\n

The examination, which was the second in a series to be conducted by TRCN for 2020, had a total of 17,602 candidates tested, to qualify as professional teachers.<\/p>\n

The Registrar of TRCN, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, who disclosed the details of the exam to newsmen, lamented that Nigeria had only about 2.2 million qualified teachers for its teeming pupils.<\/p>\n

The teachers\u2019 regulatory board helmsman, however, said the testing of teachers in the basic education sector, was to ensure an improvement in the quality of learning and teaching.<\/p>\n

He, however, explained that a larger number of teachers who participated in the testing process were successful.<\/p>\n

He explained that a total of 17,602 candidates sat for the examination while 11, 487 passed.<\/p>\n

His words: \u201c11,487 passed which is 75.9percent while 3,650 candidates failed, which is 24.1 per cent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dTRCN mobilised over 60,000 teachers for various digital skills training in 2020 in collaboration with other relevant bodies.<\/p>\n

Prof Ajiboye warned that the TRCN will in not too distant time release the present data of quacks operating in the nation\u2019s teaching profession.<\/p>\n

Decrying the challenges of the teaching profession, the TRCN boss expressed delight at the announcement of a special salary package for teachers by the President.<\/p>\n

He, however, called on the National Assembly to intervene in amending relevant laws to allow the increase in years of service and retirement for teachers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. A total of 3,650 teachers have failed the annual Professional Qualifying Examination conducted by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TCRN, across the country. The examination, which was the second in a series to be conducted by TRCN for 2020, had a total of 17,602 candidates tested, to qualify as professional teachers. 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