TRCN inducts 784 graduands into teaching profession

Ekwulobia—The Registrar and Chief executive of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, Professor Addison Wokocha has asked fresh graduate teachers from the Federal College of Education, Technical, Umunze to take their induction into the council with the highest level of seriousness and commitment to professionalism.
•From left, Alhaji Ibrahim Romi, representing Prof. Addison Wokocha, Chief Executive TRCN, Provost FCE Umunze Prof Ogbuagu (middle) and Sir A.I Udensi, Registrar of the College during TRCN induction.
•From left, Alhaji Ibrahim Romi, representing Prof. Addison Wokocha, Chief Executive TRCN, Provost FCE Umunze Prof Ogbuagu (middle)
and Sir A.I Udensi, Registrar of the College during TRCN induction.
Wokocha, who spoke at the maiden registration and induction ceremony for Masters, PDE, first degree and NCE programmes of the institution, said the induction was neccesitated by the clamour for professionalism in teaching in the country.
Commending the inductees, Wokocha who was represented on the occasion by Alhaji Ibrahim Romi said that the induction which was done during graduation was aimed at checking quackery in the profession.
He said TRCN was poised to regulate teacher education, training and practice at all levels of the education system to match teachers’ quality, discipline, professionalism, reward and dignity to ensure international best practices.
According to him, the council was out to achieve such objectives by promoting excellence in education through effective registration, certification and licensing of teachers, and promoting professionalism through accreditation, monitoring and supervision of teacher- education programmes.
He then appealed to the inductees to hold the profession in high esteem as teaching was the father of all professions. Earlier, the Provost of the college, Professor Josephat Ogbuagu urged the graduating teachers to take advantage of the opportunity that has exempted them from the rigours of the processes of being registered as teachers.
Ogbuagu said, “I want you to count yourselves fortunate to have this privilege of being inducted as full-fledged professional teachers by the TRCN. The college in affiliation with Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka has produced degree graduates as well as NCE and PDE with the latest contents that meet general and specialist pedagogical requirements for professional registration and induction of teachers.
“That is why it started with Teacher Technical Certificate, TTC, which was in vogue at the inception of the college. However, with the commencement of the PDE, TRCN has considered all other previously accepted programmes which had never been reviewed for more than 10 years now automatically closed down. ‘’This is particularly true of TTC and other related programmes which pre-dated PDE.”
He then advised those who were yet to get their TRCN certificates as teachers to do so in their own interest. His words: “TRCN has provided a rich comprehensive professional standard for Nigerian teachers i “You should do this by showing good examples and being good ambassadors of the college in terms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, values and conduct.’’