TRCN Cancels Teachers' Results Over Malpractice During Qualifying Exam

Teachers' results are canceled by TRCN due to malpractice during the qualifying exam

Some teachers' results from the recently held professional qualifying examination (PQE) have been canceled by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN).

The council also revealed that roughly 3,963 of the 15,753 teachers who took the test—which was administered across the nation—failed.

Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, the council's registrar, stated: “All the cases of examination malpractice reported were treated accordingly all over the country at the management level. And the results were canceled as punitive measures. All the cases were identified or recorded because we have evidence against them.”

The registrar mentioned that the council faced some difficulties in the previous year, but TRCN was still able to meet its objectives for 2023.

For example, Ajiboye claimed that the more than N150 million debt he encountered upon taking up the position of Registrar had been paid off.

Ajiboye listed some of the program's accomplishments, stating that PQE was carried out in more than 100 institutions and that results from six batches of online tests for Nigerians living abroad were made available right away.

However, he revealed that over 100 institutions conducted inductions and that significant advancements in professional standards were achieved with development partners.

Speaking further, Ajiboye maintained that teaching was no longer a “job for the boys” or an open field.

He revealed that more than 2.3 million teachers have been registered so far, of whom more than 400,000 have received full council licenses.

Reiterating that roughly half of the teachers in private schools lack the necessary qualifications, he threatened to launch a council crackdown on them shortly.

In order to accomplish this, Ajiboye made reference to the council's plans to obtain a directive from the Attorney General of the Federation, giving it the authority to pursue legal action against negligent educational institutions.

“The problem we have is that education is on the concurrent list. These private schools are not registered by the Federal Government; we have been discussing with the states to confirm the list of their teachers.”