A total of 30,000 professional teachers have so far indicated interest to participate fully in the 2022 annual conference of registered teachers in Nigeria.
Speaking on the conference in a statement on Friday, in Abuja, the Registrar of TRCN, Prof Josiah Ajiboye, said the virtual conference, which will hold on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd August, 2022, would be declared open by Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu.
Ajiboye disclosed that the conference is organised by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO.
According to him, it will also attract tens of thousands of viewers from across the world, adding that the teachers’ conference- the second in series.
The TRCN boss said the annual conference has been institutionalized in fulfilment of TRCN’s mandate, stating that the theme of this year’s edition is: “Strengthening Teacher Capacity for More Resilient, Transformative and Inclusive Education System.”
“The 2022 annual conference of registered teachers is the second edition of the conference and over 30, 000 participants have registered online, about 9,000 followers are expected to follow on our social media handles such as Facebook streaming live.
” Similarly, over 10,000 others will view the programme live on UNESCO social media handles.
” A couple of others will be viewing the program in set up viewing centres across three states – Jigawa, Kano and Kaduna,” he said.
According to the registrar, apart from UNESCO, this year’s conference is also being supported by PLANE and Save -the- Children- International, SCI, as well as some government agencies such as National Council for Colleges of Education, NCCE, and National Teachers’ Institute, NTI.
Recall that the first edition of the conference was held January 26 and 27, 2021, with thousands of registered/professional teachers in attendance.
