00:00Nigeria wants higher teaching standards, but can it achieve that without worsening the teacher's shortage?
00:06This is the question at the center of the federal government's plan to enforce teacher certification requirements across public and
00:12private schools by 2027.
00:14Through the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, which registers and licenses qualified teachers,
00:21but meeting those requirements may come at a cost.
00:23Nigeria needs an estimated 278,000 additional teachers for basic education.
00:30Meanwhile, figures reported for June 2026 put the number of certified teachers at about 1.61 million out of an
00:38estimated 4 million teachers nationwide.
00:41For teachers already graphing with low pay, additional certification and training costs could create another financial burden.
00:48Schools struggling to recruit and retain staff may also find compliance difficult.
00:52The consequences could extend to students as non-compliant schools risk losing eligibility to serve as examination centers for WAE,
01:01NECO and NAPTEP.
01:02Professional standards matter,
01:03but how will the government ensure that certification does not push more teachers out of the system,
01:08deepens staffing shortages or disrupt students' education beyond setting a deadline?
01:13What is the federal government's plan to make compliance affordable while ensuring Nigerian classrooms have enough qualified teachers?
01:23Math Music
01:25To smooth taken the power of the responsible professionals,
01:25To einfye a deployment of the system,
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