No fewer than 11,629 candidates participated in the second batch of the 2022 Teachers Professional Qualifying Examination, PQE, conducted by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, nationwide.
The Director of Examination and Licencing of the Council, Dr Jacinta Ogboso, who monitored the exercise in Abuja, disclosed that Abuja had the highest number of candidates with 982 teachers.
Speaking on the importance of the exercise, the director who represented the Registrar of the council,Prof Josiah Adeboye said apart from academic qualifications, teachers professional qualifying examination is important for teachers to obtain licenses for their practice.
Ogboso further explained why all hope is not lost for candidates that fail the PQE.
Statistics from the TRCN indicates that there are over two million registered teachers in Nigeria.
