• The Director is accountable to the Registrar/Chief Executive of the Council.
• He is in charge of the implementation of all the provisions of the TRCN Act 31 of 1993 (now Cap T3 of 2004) concerning the regulation and control of the teaching profession at all levels of the Nigerian Education system in both the public and private sectors in Nigeria.
• He is responsible for the operation of the offices of the Council in all states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory.
• He manages the Council's relationship with the Educational ministries and agencies at the Federal and State levels, teachers unions and associations, professional regulatory agencies in Nigeria, Teaching Councils abroad, International Development Partners and other strategic stakeholders.
• He is the pioneer Director of the Department who together with the successive Registrar/Chief Executives built the Council from scratch to its present world-class status.
• He was formerly a staff of the Office of Auditor-General for the Federation and later lecturer in the Federal College of Education for over a decade. While a Lecturer, he was the Head of the Department of Educational Management and Foundations. He was also a visiting Lecturer to two universities.
• He is a Registered Teacher (Category A) and a member of several national and international professional/learned organizations. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered) and the College of Teachers, London, among others.
• He has been adorned with many honors and awards, which include Chieftaincy titles from his native and other communities in Imo State of Nigeria. |
• Registration and licensing of qualified teachers.
• Accreditation, monitoring and supervision of the courses and programmes of teacher training institutions in Nigeria to ensure that they meet national and international standards. The institutions include the Colleges of Education, Faculties and Institutes of Education in Nigerian universities, Schools of Education in the Polytechnics, and the National Teachers Institute.
• Organisation of internship schemes and induction programmes for fresh Education graduates to equip them with the necessary professional skills before licensing them for full professional practice.
• Conduct of professional examinations and interviews to determine teachers that are suitable for registration.
• Establishment of national minimum standards for and execution of Mandatory Continuing Professional Development (MCPD) to guarantee that teachers keep abreast of developments in the theory and practice of the profession.
• Organisation of Annual Conference of Registered Teachers intended to unite all teachers irrespective of social class or the level of education system to which they belong.
• Publication of a register of qualified and licensed teachers in Nigeria in hard copies and available through the World Wide Web.
• Enforcement of professional ethics among teachers using the Teachers Investigating Panel (TIP) and the Teachers Tribunal.
• Prosecution in the law court of unqualified persons performing the job of teachers in contravention of the TRCN Act section 17(2).
• Acting as the voice of the voiceless teachers and continuously initiating/driving public policies and practices that could reposition the teaching profession in Nigeria as first among equals.
In strategizing to accomplish its programmes and activities, the Department regularly interacts with the following stakeholders, among others:
• Honorable Minster(s) of Education.
• Federal Ministry of Education and its parastatals and agencies.
• National Council on Education, which is the highest decision making body on
Education in Nigeria.
• Executive Governors of the various states of the country.
• Honourable Commissioners of Education of the states.
• State Ministries of Education and their agencies.
• Senate and House Committees on Education in the National Assembly.
• Vice chancellors of universities, Rectors of polytechnics, and Provosts of Colleges
of Education.
• Deans of Faculties and Directors of Institutes of Education in the universities.
• Nigerian Academy of Education.
• Teachers unions and associations.
• National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools.
• The media.
• Regulatory agencies of other professions in Nigeria
• Teacher Regulatory agencies abroad – Britain, Canada, USA, Australia, South
Africa, etc.
• International (World) Forum of Teaching Regulatory Agencies (IFTRA).
• Africa Forum of Teaching Regulatory Authorities (AFTRA).
• Development partners – World Bank, British Council, UNESCO, ILO, USAID,
COMPASS, ENHANSE, DFID, JICA, ESSPIN, etc.
• Civil society organizations particularly CSACEFA, etc. |
