Recruitment of Nigerian Teachers by UK: NUT Kicks, TRCN Happy
- Hundreds of Nigerians might soon migrate to the United Kingdom to work as school teachers from the year 2023
- Recall that the UK Department for Education invited citizens of Nigeria and a few other countries to apply for qualified teacher status
- Meanwhile, about 350,000 teachers in Nigeria will be qualified for such employment in the United Kingdom
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Nigeria's education sector might witness mass resignations as the United Kingdom begins employment of qualified Nigerian teachers from February next year.
According to the Teacher's Registration Council of Nigeria, about 350,000 Nigerian teachers are qualified for such employment from a pool of 1.5 million, Vanguard Newspaper reports.
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Specifically, teachers with TRCN will be exempted from sitting for qualifying courses with the Teaching Regulation Agency, and thereby be given Qualified Teaching Status in England, The Nation reports.
NUT kicks against UK's recruitment of Nigerian teachers
This has however not gone down well with the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT). According to the Lagos state chairman of NUT, Akintoye Hassan, the situation portends danger for Nigeria.
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He said:
“The reason is that when countries such as Britain balance up regarding workforce, they will shut their doors. It is not that our own people are not good, are they appreciated and recognised?"
However, the registrar of TRCN, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, disagreed with the NUT. He said the desire of the UK government to employ teachers from the country shows the high quality of Nigerian teachers.
He added:
“I don’t see it as a kind of brain-drain. The world has become a global village and people even work for firms in Europe while living here in Nigeria."
Nigerian mum storms child's school abroad after he came home with bruises
In another report, a Nigerian mother, @winningpouch50, living abroad has gone to her child's school to show her displeasure over the condition of her child.
In a video she shared on TikTok, the woman said she needed to see the parents of the kid that gave her son bruises.
The woman added that her child always comes home with injuries on his body, and she is fed up with the situation. The concerned mother said she would not calm down until the matter is addressed. She blocked every attempt to shut her down as she maintained a very high voice throughout the clip. People said that she took the right step.
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