The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), on Thursday, appealed to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to increase the cut-off
The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, has denied that the Supreme Court in its judgement of January, 15, 2021, granted secondary school teachers operating under the umbrella of Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools, ASUSS, power to operate as a trade union.
THE Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT,has denied that the Supreme Court in its judgement of January, 15,2021,granted secondary school teachers operating under the umbrella of Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools ,ASUSS,power to operate as a trade union.
The apex court’s judgement which was the result of a legal suit between NUC and ASUSS, according to the former,had made clear pronouncement that ASUSS was not registrable as a trade union.
Recall that a group of some secondary school teachers,led by one Mr. Samuel Omaji had claimed to have obtained the court’s judgment to unionize secondary school teachers in the country.
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The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria has said having a postgraduate diploma in education does not qualify anyone to be a professional teacher if they do not register with the Council.
The Ondo State coordinator of TRCN, Mr Adesina Akande, said this during the matriculation ceremony of Professional Diploma in Education students of the Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo State.
Akande explained that the significance of the PDE programme was to empower students who had certificates in other disciplines to become professional teachers. To become professional teachers, he advised students to register with TRCN.
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The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria has lamented the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which, it said, dealt a major blow on the education system.
The Registrar/Chief Executive of TRCN, Prof. Olusegun Josiah Ajiboye, on Thursday said this at a briefing held in Abuja.
He said, “COVID-19 brought came with a lot of challenges in the education system and all the other aspects of human lives in the country as well as globally. No fewer than 1.6 billion children globally were not able to attend schools when we had the first lockdown and about 62 million teachers all around the globe were also affected.