BENEFITS OF PROFESSIONALISATION OF TEACHING IN NIGERIAThe TRCN Act is the greatest gift bequeathed to the Nigerian teachers by government. This is for the fact that to all wise and noble vocations the rule is, seek first professionalism and every other desirables will be added unto you. Professionalism is the most primary and fundamental need of any vocation that wishes to deliver qualitative services to society and have its members well respected and remunerated. It ensures that only those that are appropriately trained and inducted perform the job. It guarantees that ethics are imbided, the rules of the game exist and are obeyed by all, clients get value for their money and efforts, public interest is protected, priority is given to nation building, and above that the professionals are regarded with dignity and awe. The professions of law, Medicine, Engineering, pharmacy, Accountants, etc realized these secrets early enough and fully exploited them. That is why most people today would like to belong to those professions. The teacher should learn from the wisdom of these other professions that the Government has now given the teaching profession the greatest empowerment ever to match the performance and social worth of their counterparts in the other professions. They should be proud that at the end, Government has recognized and put into law the fact that only the trained individual can teach. It is a thing of joy and pride to any real teacher. It should also be a thing of joy to parents in this country who have been groaning under the weight of poor quality education, examination malpractices, cultism and sundry vices most of which are the impact of the invasion of the education system by persons neither trained nor genuinely interested in teaching as a career. |