The federal government has unveiled a new digital portal to streamline teachers’ registration, certification, and professional development in Nigeria as part of reforms aimed at strengthening the education sector.
Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, speaking in Abuja on Monday, said the portal was developed by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) to simplify processes such as licensing, registration renewal, examination scheduling, and career tracking for teachers nationwide. The platform will also serve as a central database for performance monitoring and professional growth.
Alausa added that the reform goes beyond technology, with a strategic vision for teachers anchored on professionalism, accountability, digitalisation, equity, and global alignment. He announced that a Teacher Ethics and Criminal Record Verification Framework would also be introduced to safeguard children and uphold ethical standards in classrooms. Private school owners will be required to verify their teachers’ TRCN registration and ethical clearance through the portal.
TRCN Registrar, Dr. Ronke Soyombo, said the initiative was part of her 100-day action plan to digitise the council’s operations. With the platform, teachers can now register, access results, and print certificates from their homes without visiting state offices. She revealed that the Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) had been streamlined from 23 subjects to five core areas, including literacy, digital literacy, safeguarding, mathematics, and pedagogy.
Soyombo further disclosed that TRCN would introduce an AI-powered lesson plan generator by October to provide contextualised teaching resources. She expressed optimism that the reforms would increase the number of certified teachers by at least 50 percent, enhance child protection, and align the profession with global standards.
