Like Kaduna, 51 Teachers Fail Lagos State Professional Examination

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The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has revealed that 51 teachers who sat for the Lagos State Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) failed the test.
The examination, which took place last month, was conducted through Computer Based Test (CBT) to qualify successful teachers to register as professional educators and be licensed with the council.
Gbolahan Enilolobo, Co-ordinator of the TRCN council in Lagos State, made this known revealing that about 411 teachers participated in the maiden edition of the Teachers’ Professional Qualifying Examination in Lagos State.
Enilolobo said the unsuccessful teachers will have to re-register for the examination but will be disqualified after three consecutive failures as he explained that the teachers’ failure could be attributed to their inability to use the computer.
“The failure of the teachers is due to their inability to use the computer, especially as it the first time they are using CBT for the examination,” he said.
“About three of the teachers exited without even completing the examination, indicating their being unfamiliar with the system at all. Those that failed will have to re-sit the examination.
“But if failure occurs consecutively for three times, it means automatic disqualification, and such teacher cannot be licensed.
“One (1) Ph.D holder, 30 Masters degree holders, two hundred and eighty-two (282) First degree holders and ninety-nine (99) holders of National Certificate of Education (NCE) took the exams.
“Nine teachers out of 30 master’s degree holders failed, 257 out of the 282 first degree holders passed, while 82 passed out of the 99 NCE holders.
“The solitary PhD teacher passed the examination.”
THEWILL recalls that a similar exam was recently conducted in Kaduna state and about 21,780 teachers out of 33,000 were reported to have failed.

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