DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL OPERATIONS

Brief on Director of Professional Operations

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 concerning the regulation and control of the teaching profession at all levels of the Nigerian Education system in both the public and private sectors.

· He is responsible for the operation of the offices of the Council in all States of the Federation.

· 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 pioneer Registrar/Chief Executive, 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 dozen years where he was the Head of the Department of Educational Management and Foundations. He also taught in two universities.

· He is a Registered Teacher (Category A) and a member of several national and international professional/learned organisations which include the Nigerian Institute of Management and the College of Teachers, London.

· He has been adorned with many honours and awards, among which are Chieftaincy titles from his native and other communities in Imo State.

· He  is married with three children, two boys and one girl.

· Email address: steve.nwokeocha@trcn.gov.ng