NUC To Stop Course Accreditation in Nigeria institution

The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria and the Nigeria
Union of Teachers are collaborating to ensure a transparent
teacher registration exercise in the country.

According to the TRCN, the collaboration will also ensure
that the National Universities Commission does not accredit
courses in the faculty of education in the nation’s
universities without the input of the council.
A statement on Thursday by the Head of Information and
Public Relations in TRCN, Olumuyiwa Ojewuyi, said the
council’s Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye,
stated this during a visit to the NUT President, Michael
Alogba-Olukoya.
Reiterating the need to rid the teaching profession of the
presence of quacks, Ajiboye noted that the collaboration
between the TRCN and NUT would go a long way in
repositioning the profession in the country
He said, “Teachers are nation builders. We teach, others
learn. Our profession should be a front burner and others
should follow. The TRCN is NUT’s baby and the baby must
not die a stillbirth.
“We want to make sure that we re-launch ourselves such
that there would no longer be accreditation of faculties of
education by the NUC, without TRCN’s representatives being
part of such an accreditation team.
“There is the need for all agencies and parastatals under the
Federal Ministry of Education to work in unity towards
revamping the sector. We are now more focused on how to
positively reposition teaching in Nigeria and that is why we
have come to solicit the support of NUT.”
According to him, the TRCN will work with the NUT towards
moving the profession forward.
Olukoya, who described TRCN and NUT as “Siamese twins”,
added that both agencies needed to work together in the
interest of the profession.
He said, “We need to confront our issues frontally. The
revenue is there and we have to work for it. We need to
work more in the area of teacher registration, certification,
licensing and awareness. The TRCN and NUT should put in
place a high-powered standing committee to work out the
modalities for the renewed partnership between the two
bodies.”