SOURCE:

Faculty: Education
Department: Educational Management And Policy

CONTRIBUTORS:

Mbonu, O. A.
Omenyi, A. S.

ABSTRACT:

The teacher is the pivot on which the educational process rests. Thus, the importance and place of teachers in the education process is highly priced by all nations of the world. Little wonders why the Federal Government of Nigeria clearly stated that no education system can rise above the quality of its teachers. Thus for teachers to be of quality and learners to become global citizens, it demands that teachers become professionals of the highest order. For this purpose the Federal Government of Nigeria sets up the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria under Act No 31 of 1993 to control and regulate teaching profession for quality. TRCN enacted a lot of policy mandates. This study aimed at assessing the extent of implementation of Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria Policies (TRCN) on professionalization of teaching in primary and secondary schools in Anambra state. To this end, the researcher outlined six purposes, six research questions and six hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Twenty (20%) of teachers in all the 21 local government in the state were sampled. Thus, the sample consisted of 3691 respondents which were made up of 2405 primary school teachers, 1280 secondary school teachers and (six) 6 TRCN staff selected through proportionate stratified sampling technique. Data was collected using a questionnaire titled Assessment of Implementation of Teaching Professionalization Policies of TRCN” (AIPPPTRCN) which were validated by experts from the Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Reliability index of 0.83, 0. 79, 0.81, 0.83, 0.84, and 0.85 were obtained using Pearson’s correlation for part 11, while alpha coefficient of 0.73, 0.86, 0.71, 0.84, 0.85 and 0.95 were ascertained with Cronbach alpha for all sections of part 111. Data analysis was done using frequency, percentage and mean. Z-test was used to test the hypotheses. The findings revealed that the extent of implementation of TRCN policy on professionalization of teaching is low. However the findings of the hypotheses revealed that there were significant differences in the mean ratings of teachers and TRCN staff. Based on the findings of the study it was recommended, among others that TRCN should adhere to using the requisite criteria in registration of teachers to improve the quality and commitment of teachers to the teaching profession. In addition, teachers should be adequately and constantly empowered through the TRCN MCPD and internship programs in order to provide high quality teaching as stated in the vision of TRCN.