Don’t Post NYSC Members To Schools; They Cause Mass Failure- Teachers Council

The Teachers Council has said that the mass failure witnessed in various examinations for primary and secondary school students is partly caused by the youth corps members who are posted to teach without being qualified.

The Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, on Tuesday, said authorities of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, should stop deployment of corps members, who lack basic knowledge of teaching, to teach in schools.

The Director of Operations of the Council, Steve Nwokocha, made the declaration at the maiden induction/graduation of 118 Professional Diploma in Education graduates held at the Federal College of Education, Osiele, Abeokuta.

He said the deployment of unqualified teachers, like the youth corps members, contributed to the mass failure being witnessed in the country in recent years.

“The issue of having mass failure is a process. Part of the people contributing to the process are these corpers. It is an abuse to our profession,” he said.

“Government should stop posting youth corpers to teach in schools. We at the council are against posting of NYSC without teaching background to schools,” he added.

Mr. Nwokocha argued that only graduates of education should be posted to schools, saying the council was ready to rid the country of quack and fake teachers.

“What we are saying is that NYSC should make sure that only corps members who read education should be deployed to schools. Our council is against the deployment of graduates to schools,” he emphasised.

Majority of the hundreds of thousands of graduates who partake in the NYSC program annually are posted to schools to teach.

In a related development, Mr. Nwokocha disclosed that the council has established a Teachers Tribunal across all states in the country to deal with erring professional teachers.

He said the tribunal composition comprises of 5 members, including one from a University; one from a College of Education; and three nominated by Commissioners for Education, one of which must be a lawyer.

He stated that the Tribunal is working in conjunction with the Attorney General of the Federation, which further makes it legal and constitutional

Mr. Nwokocha stated that the body, being the Africa headquarters, enjoyed adequate recognition at the international scene. He said graduates of other disciplines must undergo the programme before they could be recognized as a qualified teacher.

He threatened that schools who failed to comply with the body’s directives could have their programmes de-registered.

The council leader said the council now directly receives the names of graduates from their respective institutions in order to ensure only qualified teachers are employed.

The Deputy Provost of the College of Education, Bolatito Adeniyi, who represented the Provost, said the programme was to formally initiate the fresh graduates into the teaching profession.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Technology, Ishola Ambali, advised the council on the need to publicise their activities regularly as it will serve as a medium to educate people.

Mr. Ambali, who represented the commissioner, also advised on need for the body to make it mandatory for government to ask for registration certificate obtained from the council before anyone is employed into the teaching service.


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this is a damning assertion or can one say revelation?

some are good teachers, from my own experience.

beware of generalization.

doesnt mean they're all good, but some are ok.

Might be true

maybe, things have changed these days.

very true. how can someone who studied Electrical Electronics be told to teach Further Mathematics ? wetin im sabi? some corpers are not trained teachers too. I do support the teachers council.

Very true. I'm a corper and i know everything he's saying is correct. We don't have teaching background and you expect us to impact what we don't have. Its impossible. I'm a civil engineer wasting my precious time teaching JSS classes. Only in nija

How do u expect them to give their best when u pay them peanuts?
#with special emphasis on imo state that doesnt pay corpers posted to its public schools#

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True talk.

What concern Builder lyk me wit integrated science.

Is nt dat i can't hand d subject bt is nt just worth it, as a matter of fact is even derail my workng experienc.

Emusan: True talk.

What concern Builder lyk me wit integrated science.

Is nt dat i can't hand d subject bt is nt just worth it, as a matter of fact is even derail my workng experienc.

Now i understand what the teachers council is complaining about.

Ogbonaikenna: Imagine a civil engineer teaching civic education. Is it design of indeterminate structures or retaining wall that i will teach them. Tomorow they will complain about quack engineers. Putting round peg in square hole. Mitchew. I laugh in agatu

u're being under-utilized. I gues ur principal felt the 'civil' in ur certificate meant u could handle civic educatn.
You should be teaching physics, maths, further maths

I totally agree and support them. Only corpers who read education, or who are qualified to teach should be allowed to do so. But if I run a school, I probably would allow the corpers teach in senior Secondary classes, but a† primary school level...No way!

berem: very true. how can someone who studied Electrical Electronics be told to teach Further Mathematics ? wetin im sabi? some corpers are not trained teachers too. I do support the teachers council.

Any graduate Engineer that can't teach further-mathematics is a fraud.

I agree with this .... #Realtalk

I've forgotten all the topics we did in advance structure. God help me

berem: very true. how can someone who studied Electrical Electronics be told to teach Further Mathematics ? wetin im sabi? some corpers are not trained teachers too. I do support the teachers council.

I am studying electrical electronics engineering and if there is any EE engineer out there who can't teach further maths, his certificate should be seized n he should be sent back to school.
Maths is an extensive part of engineering, when i say maths i don't mean 2+2 but real further mathematics.
If at all he can't teach, it should be becos he has no teaching skill and not because he doesn't know or umderstand further maths.

An engineer with no knowledge of maths, should be an anomaly.

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Ogbonaikenna: Imagine a civil engineer teaching civic education. Is it design of indeterminate structures or retaining wall that i will teach them. Tomorow they will complain about quack engineers. Putting round peg in square hole. Mitchew. I laugh in agatu

I will advice you remove your phone number from this site considering your biafra postures.
Don't suffer because Nigeria does not recognize fundamental human rights. Given with the sincerest of my intentions. Register another account if you need to promote your business account.
Not an issue of cowardness, He who run away live to fight another day. Remember the biafra members in jail since three years ago.
You are still young to be clamped in jail because you were exercising your human right.

thats very correct, am a serving corp member now,studied mass communication n been asked 2 teach english, told d sch authority i cant take d oral aspect but they insisted i still handle d subject, i prefered social studies, crk or govt but i wasn't given. I ll like 2 point that most permanent staffs re not serious in d public schools.

lol, everyone want his/her name cleared, no one want to share part of the blame.

berem: very true. how can someone who studied Electrical Electronics be told to teach Further Mathematics ? wetin im sabi? some corpers are not trained teachers too. I do support the teachers council.

Every Electrical Electronic student should be able to teach Further Mathematics.

seanet02: I will advice you remove your phone number from this site considering your biafra postures.
Don't suffer because Nigeria does not recognize fundamental human rights. Given with the sincerest of my intentions. Register another account if you need to promote your business account.
Not an issue of cowardness, He who run away live to fight another day. Remember the biafra members in jail since three years ago.
You are still young to be clamped in jail because you were exercising your human right.

thanks

Lol...... Olodo corpers.

Flimsy excuse! What has bn teacher contribution anytime corpers are posted to dre skuls? Laziness.....in d absence of corpers,how many classes/students are engaged?

if c0rperS teaCh dere wld b fa!lure
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If dey d0nt, dere wld st!ll b fa!lure
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All na d same thing.

Absolute rubbish. Where i am,its we d corpers dat do both teaching n administrative tasks. D teachers just com 2 sch and gist everyday,they dnt care if studnts do wel or not. Monthend they wil recieve their salary,and somone is blaming d corpers. Mtcheeeeewww!

ujchief: How do u expect them to give their best when u pay them peanuts?
#with special emphasis on imo state that doesnt pay corpers posted to its public schools#

Smh for Imo...

dont't mind those useless old teachers who rely on old teaching methods majority of them can't use the internet for research and some of them still use old textbooks like abott to teach physics

kinnad: Absolute rubbish. Where i am,its we d corpers dat do both teaching n administrative tasks. D teachers just com 2 sch and gist everyday,they dnt care if studnts do wel or not. Monthend they wil [b]recieve [/b]their salary,and somone is blaming d corpers. Mtcheeeeewww!

You teach too?! Trouble dey oh.

blkmum700:

Every Electrical Electronic student should be able to teach Further Mathematics.

Partly true. Yes, he/she may be a subject matter specialist but not have the skills to teach. Ability to communicate and break down complex concepts that can be easily understood by Junior/High school kids is what makes a great teacher. There is some validity to the claim by the Teacher's Council.