Nigeria has been listed among African countries whose citizens can now apply for qualified teacher status through the Teaching Regulation Agency in the United Kingdom, from February 2023.

Other foreign countries which the offer extends to include Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Singapore, South Africa, Ukraine and Zimbabwe.

A publication early December on the UK government’s website, by its Department for Education, announced the application for interested non-UK nationals.

The PUNCH reports that the applicants do not even necessarily require initial teaching qualifications as the country offers a training programme for the potential migrants.

The notice read, “From February 1, 2023, teachers who qualified in the following nine countries (listed above) will also be able to apply to the QTR through the TRA.

“This change is part of the launch of a new service.

“Teachers from all eligible countries will have to show they meet a consistent set of criteria for the award of the QTS. Over time, this route will be opened to qualified teachers from every country outside the UK.

“To apply for assessment – only QTS, you do not need a formal teacher training qualification.

“However, you must have: a minimum of two years teaching experience, a first (bachelor’s) degree from a UK or non-UK university, an English language qualification which is the same standard as a grade four General Certificate of Secondary Education, a maths qualification which is the same standard as a grade four GCSE to teach children aged three to 11 in primary school, a physics, chemistry or biology (science) qualification which is the same standard as a grade four GCSE.”

https://punchng.com/uk-opens-door-for-nigerian-teachers/

UK? If na America or Canada now, those ones better pass UK

Even Europe like Spain, France better pass UK

Finally the end has come to our already dead education sector

We're still complaining about the exodus of healthcare and IT professionals, the UK carry come with teachers, going by the way that teachers are poorly paid and treated in Nigeria right now,I forsee a yearly outflow of thousands of teachers within five years of this program. Other English speaking Western nations like Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand etc might soon establish similar programs. These countries would soon depopulate Nigeria of all professionals, what's the next profession to go?plumbers, electricians, carpenters/roofers etc.

They are free to take as many teachers as possible because learning how to teach is no rocket science.

In fact, most corps members were made to teach, even though they had no previous teaching experience. It will also boost our foreign remittances.

On the flip side, it's more painful to take Nigeria's IT gurus and health care specialists because those are sensitive industries.

SmartPolician:
They are free to take as many teachers as possible because learning how to teach is no rocket science. In fact, most corps members were made to teach, even though they had no previous teaching experience. It will also boost our foreign remittances.

On the flip side, it's more painful to take Nigeria's IT gurus and health care specialists because those are sensitive industries.

if you're a teacher, you would have realised that the country is already experiencing teacher shortages especially in areas like physics, computer, literature etc if they recruit teachers with two years experience from Nigeria, our schools would be heavily affected. Most graduates can't teach,in my school, before you're allowed to go for the micro teaching test new applicants,you must first pass an examination on your subject area. If you apply to teach economics, you would be given a complete past waec question of let's say 2020 to answer, if you pass it,then you can go for micro teaching test before a decision would be made to employ you or not. Recently, we haven't been getting applicants for most subject areas talkless of ones that can pass the required application tests.

greenermodels:
if you're a teacher, you would have realised that the country is already experiencing teacher shortages especially in areas like physics, computer, literature etc if they recruit teachers with two years experience from Nigeria, our schools would be heavily affected. Most graduates can't teach,in my school, before you're allowed to go for the micro teaching test new applicants,you must first pass an examination on your subject area. If you apply to teach economics, you would be given a complete past waec question of let's say 2020 to answer, if you pass it,then you can go for micro teaching test before a decision would be made to employ you or not. Recently, we haven't been getting applicants for most subject areas talkless of ones that can pass the required application tests.

I'm sorry your story is hard to believe.

It's good for teachers in Nigeria to travel to other countries to cause shortage in Nigeria.

When it becomes hard to see quality teachers in Nigeria, government and schools will be forced to pay them a decent salary.

How can government be paying teachers less than #100k and think it's okay? It's even worse in private schools where some teachers are paid less than #50k.

Globalization is a reality that Nigeria must learn to live with or become utterly useless.

Ok

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What an opportunity but the attendant effect just like the healthcare workers immigration will also ripple with disastrous effects in a short time to come.

UK and Canada are bent on exploiting all of Nigeria!

Competent doctors, teachers and Engineers might become a scarce resource by 2030

CoronaVirusRelo:
UK and Canada are bent on exploiting all of Nigeria

This is what happens when a country have failed leadership with a gullible and docile populace. All the children of the irresponsible leaders in this nation have all schooled or still schooling abroad while the educational section of our national life like other sector is a sad story to tell.

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In as much as this is an open opportunity for Nigerian teachers like their medical counterparts, i just fear for the next generation cos of the massive brain drain

greenermodels:
We're still complaining about the exodus of healthcare and IT professionals, the UK carry come with teachers, going by the way that teachers are poorly paid and treated in Nigeria right now,I forsee a yearly outflow of thousands of teachers within five years of this program. Other English speaking Western nations like Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand etc might soon establish similar programs. These countries would soon depopulate Nigeria of all professionals, what's the next profession to go?plumbers, electricians, carpenters/roofers etc.

We dont see them useful that is why they are helping to offload them for us. Honestly i dont blame them

They want our teachers but they still insist on IELTS for admission into higher institution just to collect more money from us or to deter us coming.

Mass exodus expected

Lol

Nice development

Wow. Our time has come

How do we start the application please o?

snitchbitch:
UK? If na America or Canada now, those ones better pass UK

Even Europe like Spain, France better pass UK

Dey play

Make all of una dey run go,make we share the remaining Nigeria resources

State government teachers earn less than 50k entrance level salary in most states. The renumeration is so poor in all ramifications.

SmartPolician:


I'm sorry your story is hard to believe.

It's good for teachers in Nigeria to travel to other countries to cause shortage in Nigeria.

When it becomes hard to see quality teachers in Nigeria, government and schools will be forced to pay them a decent salary.

How can government be paying teachers less than #100k and think it's okay? It's even worse in private schools where some teachers are paid less than #50k.

Globalization is a reality that Nigeria must learn to live with or become utterly useless.

I am 100% sure they only want science base teachers. Subjects like physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology and literature are very difficult to see quality teachers to teach in our public schools, and now that the door is open in UK, it will seriously affect our educational sector.

They keep stealing our best

By 2030.. Uk go don harvest all the brain wey dey Nigeria finish.. they are a very selfish country…when they are done with what they need.. they will close the door or send them back

The end has come be dat






Below are list of people Buhari wished Goodluck but eventually lule(lost)

Anthony Joshua
Super Eagles
Kamaru Usman
Isreal Adesanya
Super Falcons
Tobi Amusan
Morocco

in 2023, Buhari would be wishing APC Goodluck & guess what?

Nigeria will soon lack teachers and lecturers very soon. It seems the UK don dey use immigrant visa dey do souvenirs for Nigerians...

Do none of you ever ask why the UK needs to import everything and people for every sector?

They don't have their own people that they can train to do these essential jobs? And if they do why are their own people refusing to take up these positions?

Sabadon:


In as much as this is an open opportunity for Nigerian teachers like their medical counterparts, i just fear for the next generation cos of the massive brain drain

Nigeria will always have brains... we're an intelligent people

But this development saddens me