Prospective teachers’ awareness of teacher certification for quality assurance in Nigerian education system.
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2020
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Olokooba, I. N.
Abdulsalam, A. A.
Badamas, O. L.
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Educational Management Department, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
Abstract
Teaching profession is adequately certified, regulated and licensed by Teacher Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) to ensure quality and standard in the system. The prospective teachers of teacher educational institutions are important stakeholders trained to facilitate and enhance the effective teaching and learning processes in the in the classrooms but how far are the teachers aware of teacher certification. It becomes imperative to assess prospective teachers’ awareness of teacher certification for quality assurance in the education system. The objectives of the study were to investigate prospective teachers’ awareness of teacher certification, obligations of teachers under TRCN and, rights and privileges of registered teachers with TRCN for quality assurance in the sector. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Stratified random sampling technique was employed to select three hundred students in teacher educational institutions in Kwara State. A researcher-designed questionnaire was used for data collection. The data collected were analysed using percentage and means ranking. The findings of the study showed that prospective teachers had low level of awareness on the activities of the TRCN towards teacher certification, obligations of teachers registered under TRCN as well as rights and privileges of registered teachers with TRCN for quality assurance in the education system. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that procedures and processes of teacher certification should be integrated into teacher education for prospective teachers to have adequate information and enlightenment about the professionalism.
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Teacher Certification, Prospective teachers, Awareness, Obligations and Registered teachers’ rights and privileges
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Olokooba, I. N., Abdulsalam, A. A. & Badamas, O. L. (2020). Prospective teachers’ awareness of teacher certification for quality assurance in Nigerian education system. International Journal of Educational Management, 18 (1) 50-60. Published by Educational Management Department, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.