TRCN PQE flashcards

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Teachers' Code of Conduct

The TRCN-issued set of ethical standards binding all registered teachers, covering conduct toward learners, colleagues, employers, and the public.

Learner welfare principle

The ethical rule that a teacher's decisions must prioritise the safety, wellbeing, and educational interest of learners above personal or institutional convenience.

Confidentiality in teaching

The duty to keep learner records and personal disclosures private, sharing them only with those who have a legitimate educational need or where law requires.

Conflict of interest

A situation where a teacher's private interest could improperly influence professional judgment, such as paid tutoring of a learner they formally assess.

Mandatory reporting duty

The obligation of a teacher to report suspected abuse, examination malpractice, or serious colleague misconduct to the school head or TRCN rather than conceal it.

Deregistration

The most severe disciplinary sanction, removing a teacher's name from the Register of Teachers and barring lawful practice as a teacher.

Proportionate discipline

The ethical requirement that corrective action match the seriousness of the learner's misbehaviour and never involve physical or psychological maltreatment.

TRCN statutory mandate

The legal authority of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria to register teachers, issue licences, set standards, and discipline erring practitioners.

Register of Teachers

The official TRCN record listing persons recognised as registered teachers; only listed persons may lawfully practise in regulated teaching settings.

Teachers Professional Qualifying Examination

The TRCN professional examination that candidates must pass as part of the process of qualifying for registration as a teacher.

Licence to practise

A time-limited TRCN authorisation issued to a registered teacher that must be renewed periodically to keep practice lawful.

Provisional registration

A temporary registration status granted to candidates still completing qualification requirements, subject to conditions and later conversion to full registration.

Practising without registration

An offence under the TRCN Act committed by teaching in regulated settings without valid registration or a current practising licence.

Licence renewal condition

The requirement that a teacher show evidence of continuing professional development before a practising licence is renewed for a new cycle.

Accreditation defined

Formal recognition that a teacher education programme meets minimum standards in curriculum, staffing, facilities, and assessment arrangements.

NCCE minimum standards

The benchmark document issued by the National Commission for Colleges of Education specifying requirements for programmes in colleges of education.

NUC role

The National Universities Commission sets and enforces minimum academic standards for education faculties and programmes within Nigerian universities.

Joint accreditation inspection

A quality assurance exercise in which TRCN and sister agencies assess teacher education institutions against agreed national standards.

Teaching practice requirement

A mandatory supervised practicum in teacher education, reviewed during accreditation for duration, supervision quality, and assessment records.

Re-accreditation cycle

The periodic review of an accredited programme, after which it may receive full accreditation, interim accreditation, or be denied accreditation.

NCE qualification

The Nigeria Certificate in Education, the minimum teaching qualification recognised for basic education teaching in Nigeria.

Conditional accreditation

Accreditation granted with specified deficiencies to be remedied within a stated period, failing which accreditation may be withdrawn.

CPD meaning

Continuing Professional Development: structured learning activities undertaken after initial qualification to maintain and improve professional competence.

MCPD requirement

The TRCN mandate that registered teachers accumulate continuing professional development points as a condition of licence renewal.

CPD credit points

Numeric values assigned to approved learning activities, accumulated by a teacher to satisfy the minimum requirement for a CPD cycle.

CPD portfolio

A documented record of a teacher's professional development activities and earned points, presented as evidence at licence renewal.

Accredited CPD provider

An approved organisation or body whose programmes carry recognised CPD point values acceptable toward the MCPD requirement.

Action research as CPD

Systematic classroom-based inquiry by a teacher into their own practice, recognised as legitimate professional development activity.

Reflective practice

The disciplined habit of reviewing one's teaching decisions and outcomes to inform improvement, counted within professional development frameworks.

CPD planning cycle

A sequence of identifying needs, setting goals, selecting activities, implementing, recording evidence, and evaluating impact on practice.

Mentoring as CPD

A structured developmental relationship in which an experienced teacher supports a colleague's growth, earning recognised CPD credit for both parties.

CPD categories

Groupings of professional development activity, commonly knowledge-based, skills-based, and values or ethics-based, with required coverage across them.

Minimum CPD per cycle

The total CPD points a registered teacher must accumulate within a defined multi-year cycle to keep the practising licence valid.