TRCN reveals 51 teachers failed professional examination in Lagos

51 teachers failed professional examination in Lagos.

The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) in Lagos State, disclosed on Monday that 51 out of the 412 teachers who sat for the maiden edition of the Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE), in the state failed.

The state coordinator of the council, Mr Gbolahan Enilolobo, who revealed this in Lagos, said the teachers’ failure was due to their inability to use the computer.

The examination was conducted by the council in October 14 for the teachers, through Computer Based Test (CBT), to qualify the successful teachers to register as professionals and be licensed with the council.

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Enilolobo said the unsuccessful teachers will have to re-register for the examination, and will be disqualified after three consecutive failures.

He said: “The failure of the teachers is due to their inability to use the computer; especially as it the first time they are using CBT for the examination.

“About three of the teachers exited without even completing the examination, indicating their being unfamiliar with the system at all. Those that failed will have to re-sit the examination.

“But if failure occurs consecutively for three times, it means automatic disqualification, and such teacher cannot be licensed.”

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The coordinator, while giving the statistics of the teachers who sat for the examination said one Ph.D holder, 30 Masters degree holders, 282 First degree and 99 holders of National Certificate of Education were in attendance, adding that nine teachers out of 30 the master’s degree holders that sat for the examination failed.

He added further that 257 out of the 282 first degree holder passed, while 82 passed out of the 99 NCE holders.

According to him, the only PhD teacher also passed the examination.

He said the teachers were the first set to write the examination and they were a bit disadvantaged because there were no past questions to enable them familiarise with the national benchmark of the examination.

Enilobo, therefore, advised that “teachers should align themselves with computer so as to reduce the number of failures, and materials can be gotten from bookshops.”