News making waves now has confirmed that about 51 Teachers in the Lagos state teaching commission failed the Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) conducted by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) in Lagos State.
The coordinator of Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria in Lagos state, Mr. Gbolahan Enilolobo disclosed that 51 out of the 412 teachers who sat for the maiden edition of the examination failed due to lack of computer knowledge.
According to Enilolobo, the Computer Based Test (CBT) which was conducted in October 14 2017 was to qualify the successful teachers to register as professionals and be licensed with the council.
Enilolobo hinted that the teachers will have to re-write the examination, and after three consecutive failures, they will be disqualified from teaching profession.
It was gathered that one Ph.D. holder, 30 Masters degree holders, 282 First degree and 99 holders of National Certificate of Education sat for the Teachers’ professional examination conducted by the council in October.
While briefing the media on the examination, Enilololbo said, “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. About three of the teachers left without even completing the examination, indicating that they are not familiar with computer system.
Those that failed will have to retake the examination. But if the failure occurs consecutively for three times, it means automatic disqualification, and such teacher cannot be licensed”.
Speaking further the coordinator said “257 out of the 282 first degree holder passed, while 17 out of the 99 NCE holders failed.
