QUALIFICATION FOR REGISTRATION

To be registered as a professional teacher, a person must possess a teaching qualification not lower in standards than the NIGERIA CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (NCE). This is the minimum standard stipulated by the National Policy on Education. Holders of Teachers Grade Two with effect from 2007 are no longer being registered. The grace period given in consideration of the thousands of teachers in this category already in the education system, which allowed for the registration of such teachers in the past years, has expired.

The other acceptable qualifications are degrees in Education ( B. Sc Ed ; B. Ed ; M. Ed ; PhD). Those with degrees/Diplomas in non-Education fields must possess Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), Professional Diploma in Education (PDE) or Technical Teachers Certificate (TTC).