Recruitment, Training, Deployment, Professional Development, and Professionalisation of Teachers in Nigeria: A Critical Appraisal

Recruitment, Training, Deployment, Professional Development, and Professionalisation of Teachers in Nigeria: A Critical Appraisal

           Dr. A. S. Adelokun

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

Publication Information

Journal Title: International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS)
Author(s): Adelokun, Dr. A. S.
Published On: 04/30/2025
Volume: 9
Issue: 2
First Page: 795
Last Page: 804
ISSN: 2454-6186

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Adelokun, Dr. A. S.; Recruitment, Training, Deployment, Professional Development, and Professionalisation of Teachers in Nigeria: A Critical Appraisal, Volume 9 Issue 2, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), 795-804, Published on 04/30/2025, Available at https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/articles/recruitment-training-deployment-professional-development-and-professionalisation-of-teachers-in-nigeria-a-critical-appraisal/

Abstract

The quality of teachers in Nigeria has always occupied the front burner when interrogating poor academic performance of pupils in schools. This interrogation often skips arguments in favour of efforts already made to checkmate poor quality of teachers.  Many government agencies at both state and national levels in Nigeria (Ministries of education, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria, National Board on Technical Education (NBTE), National Teachers’ Institute, National Council for Colleges of Education, National Education Research and Development Council etc) and development partners (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have, at one time or the other, got involved in efforts towards improving teacher quality.

Of interest was the finding by Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLANE) which evaluated the extent to which the states had improved after the Assessment Baseline exercise.  Taking Kano State, Nigeria as an example, it was discovered that the improvement on qualified teachers was not universal on all levels of education. The Baseline, which covered 2015/2016 to 2020/2021 in Kano State, highlighted the following as observations on teachers’ status in Nigeria:

• There was an improvement in number of qualified teachers in primary schools
• There was an improvement in the recruitment of female teachers in primary schools.
• There was also an improvement in Pupil-Qualified Teacher Ratio (PQTR) in primary schools.
• There was an improvement in number of qualified teachers in junior secondary schools
• There was an improvement in the recruitment of female teachers in junior secondary schools.
• There was a deterioration (worsening) in PQTR in junior secondary schools.

Keywords: Recruitment, Training, Deployment, Professional Development