TRCN

Exam Syllabus
for

Category “A” Teachers

Teachers with Doctorate degree in Education or

PhD in any other field but in combination with
NCE, PGDE, PDE, or PDDE.

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Teachers on this category are to study the topics

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Categories B, C & D.

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 PQE 001. History of Education

History of Educational development in Nigeria with emphasis on

Western, the evolution of current educational policies and
traditional and practices. Traditional, Islamic and modern systems of
Islamic Education education in Nigeria. The role of educational
in Nigeria and supervisory commissions in policy making. The
their impact on National Policy on Education and the Nigerian
present system of Constitution.
Education in
Nigeria Appraising Nigeria’s general educational challenges
and proposing remedies in the context of historical
lessons and experiences of Nigeria and other
countries.

PQE 002. Philosophy of Education

Philosophical Basic philosophical thoughts in education. Educational

Thought that ideas and practices from ancient times and their
influenced influence on modern practices. Philosophical thoughts
Educational underlying Nigerian education.
development and Appraising Nigeria’s general educational challenges
practices around and proposing remedies in the context plausible
the world and in philosophical thought around the world and Nigeria.
Nigeria.

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 PQE 003. Sociology of Education

Sociological Basic concepts of sociology. Nature of society, primary

foundations of and secondary groups in society, ethnic groups, and
education; minority groups. Education and social change. The
influence of teacher’s role in society. The school as a social
sociological organization. Features of industrial and non-industrial
factors on societies and their influence on education.
Nigerian
education and the
transformation of
society through
education.
Emerging issues
– Gender,
Security, Out-of-
School, Family
Life, Albinism,
Child Trafficking,
etc.

PQE 004. Educational Psychology:

Child, Adolescence & Adult Psychology; Human Learning

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Human Theories of learning; their classroom implications on
Development and various Educational practices. Developmental stages in
Human Learning childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Interaction
processes within the environment and the influence of
this on intellectual, social and Learning how to learn;
barriers to study; identification of student’s reactions
to barriers to study; remedies to barriers to study;
preparation and use of check sheets for instruction;
management of a material- based instruction.
Communication skills for teacher’s emotional
development.

PQE 005. Guidance & Counseling: Theory & Practice

Administration Rationale, scope and nature of Guidance and

and organisation Counselling services in educational and community
of Guidance settings. Multiple approaches of such services with
services emphasis on role of counsellors in needs assessment
programme planning, consultation and coordination of
services for diverse populations. Study of problems,
issues, trends and ethical responsibility in the field of
Guidance and Counselling. Principles and methods of
developing and administering guidance programmes in
the school setting – at the primary, secondary and
tertiary levels. Practical programmes and issues in
Nigeria, e.g. problems connected with testing
programmes, inter-personal relationships, finance, etc.

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 PQE 006. The Teaching Profession

Provisions of the Historical development of teaching as a profession in

TRCN Act CAP T3 Nigeria.
and TRCN
mandates, Provisions of the TRCN Act 31 of 1993.
programmes,
successes, Activities, programmes and policies of TRCN especially
challenges and in the areas of
way forward i. Registration and licensing of teachers
Roles of subject ii. Mandatory continuing professional education.
and professional iii. Induction and internship schemes.
associations in iv. Control of professional misconduct,
the development incompetence and negligence.
of the teaching v. Accreditation, monitoring and supervision of
profession. teacher education programmes. Etc.

Review of TRCN basic publications – Teachers Code of

Conduct, Nigerian Journal of Professional Teachers,
etc.

Comparisons of the regulation of teaching in Nigeria

and abroad.
Comparisons of the regulation of teaching and other
professions in Nigeria. Successes, challenges and
strategies for the advancement of the teaching
profession in Nigeria.

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 PQE 007. Teacher Education

Teacher Concepts, aims and objectives of tertiary teacher

education issues education; roles of the teacher in the school and as a
and strategies for member of a population group in Nigeria;
improvement; Teacher education issues, problems and strategies for
Trends in Teacher improvement.
Education

PQE 008. Classroom Management & School Organisation

Effective Concept of classroom management and organisation -

management of class organisation, classroom leadership, classroom
classrooms and arrangement, class control, class discipline, etc;
schools; concept and essence of school public relations; factors
Management of influencing school-public relations; staff-management
learner and relations; student-staff relations; parent-staff
school records. relations; school environment; school programme;
school performance; school tone.

PQE 009. Educational Technology/Information and

Communication Technology in Education

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Appreciation, Meaning, value, varieties and uses of Educational
design, process, Technology. Audio-Visual materials, school
application and broadcasting and ICT applications in Education.
effects of Selection of appropriate aids for specific lessons.
techniques in the Evaluation of effects of teaching aids on lesson
teaching/learning effectiveness.
situation. Introduction to Information and Communication
Integration of Technology.
ICT in teaching The role of ICT in Education.
and learning Computer appreciation.
process. Computer operations – Typing skills.
Other new Computer operations – MS Word, Excel,
technologies. Power Point, Publisher, etc.
ICT tools for Education – Use of emails, internet,
virtual library, etc.
One computer programme along with current ICT
concepts and operations.
Use of the internet – browsing, searching, mailing,
social media, etc.

PQE 010. Subject Methodology

Principles and Course ware development for higher education.

Theories of Designing new courses for higher education, writing
teaching specific course objectives, basic steps in course ware,
development of courses for online learning.

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subject matter
areas. The aims and objectives of teaching specific subjects.
Current trends in Approaches to the teaching of the subjects. Selection
subject and evaluation of materials and resources for
methodology. teaching. Implementation of curriculum. Teaching and
Improvisation; examination of syllabi. Preparation of course
Open and description and outlines. Benchmark considerations.
Distance Learning
(ODL) E-learning planning. Peer teaching. A survey of
curricular in relevant disciplines. Analysis of
examination syllabi. Practice in test construction.
Selection, evaluation, and preparation of materials and
resources for teaching.

PQE 011. Theory and Practice of Child-Friendly Schools

(CFS)

Creating enabling Concept, principles and models of CFS – definition of

environment for CFS, Key generic principles of CFS based on the
teaching and Convention on the Rights of the Child, child-
learning in centredness democratic participation, inclusiveness;
Nigeria. quality as holistic and multi-dimensional;
characteristics of CFS – Principle 1 (child rights and
inclusive education), Principle 2 (effective teaching
and learning environments), Principle 3 (safe
supportive and protective learning environments),

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 Principle 4 (healthy and health-seeking learning
environments), Principle 5 (gender sensitive learning
environments), Principle 6 (democratic participation
and partnership building); Policies in Nigeria that
promote CFS; Child friendly school standards and
indicators for teacher education; teacher preparation
for CFS – child centred interactive methodologies
based on constructivist principles and activity based
learner centred approach; facilities and resources
required for CFS; Assessment of teaching in a CFS;
Technology on a CFS learning and teaching; strategies
for mainstreaming CFS concepts and principles in
Nigeria.

PQE 012. Curriculum Studies

Curriculum Models of curriculum development and design;

development and organisation, selection and evaluation of curriculum.
implementation Principles of supervision, visitation, and accreditation.
Preparation of relevant reports.

PQE 013. Measurement and Evaluation

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Test construction, Concepts of measurement and evaluation in
administration, education. Types and uses of tests. Statistical
analysis & methods in testing. The characteristics of good test –
interpretation validity, reliability and usability. Measurement and
evaluation at tertiary education level, e.g. computation
and analysis of students results such as good-
stranding, GPA, CGPA, weighted average, weighted
score/point, and classification of students
performance. Computer based testing, online
presentation of students’ results, etc.

PQE 014. Educational Management

Management of Theories and principles of educational management.

educational History of Educational planning and management.
programmes,
institutions, Types of planning; Manpower and social demand, rate
personnel and of returns, conditions for success in educational
other resources. planning and management. Problems and issues in
Quality Assurance educational management in Nigeria. Staff
concepts, recruitment:- selection, utilization and incentive
processes and policies.
types.
Enrolment, administration and student welfare
programmes. Staff-student relationship. Analysis of
education statistics.

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 National, state and local government budgets in
relation to education. Government and private
financing of primary, secondary, tertiary institutions
and non-formal education. Principles and practice in
school budgeting, wages and salary administration.
A holistic approach to study and understanding of man
emphasizing techniques of self-analysis. Social Skill
training and techniques of communication.
Interpersonal relationships, conflict situations and
resolutions.

MDGS in Education; concept of Education For All

(EFA), New Partnership for African Development
(NEPAD), National Economic Empowerment and
Development Strategy (NEEDS), HIV/Aids in
Education, Public-Private Partnership Initiative in
Education. The role of NGOs and other agencies in
Education.

PQE 015. Special Education

Strategies for Basic concepts and principles in special education.

enhancement of Recognition of students with special needs. Curriculum
education of and instructional needs of gifted and physically
persons with challenged students
special needs.

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 PQE 016. Education of Special Target Groups/Adult
Education

Strategies for Introduction to adult education.

education special A survey of the purpose and scope of adult education.
target groups
The psychology and characteristics of adult learners.
Community development, lifelong learning, distance
learning, non-formal education, functional literacy,
continuing education and mass literacy education.

Methods of teaching adults.

Non-formal education in Nigeria.
The role of adult education in the development of
Nigeria.

PQE 017. Comparative Education

Comparing Meaning and scope of comparative education.

Nigerian Methods appropriate to its study.
education system
with the The relationship between the state and education.
education Factors that influence the character of any educational
systems in other system.

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countries and
drawing from the Aspects of systems of education from Nigeria.
best practices 1-6-3-3-4 Education system in Nigeria: principles,
Guidelines and implementation.

EFA and the MDGs in education.

Education in other countries of the world (a study of
good programmes in selected countries in Africa, Asia,
America and Europe); Post 2015 Development
Agenda.

PQE 018. Educational Statistics

Statistical Basic statistical methods in Education. Hypothesis

foundations for formulation and testing. Non-parametric analysis.
educational Analysis of variance and covariance in educational
research and experiments. Regression analysis, correlation and
measurements. other measures of association. Use of ICT tools in data
analysis.

PQE 019. Educational Research Methods

Identification of Definition of a problem and formulation of hypotheses.

educational Research types in education, e.g. historical, survey,
problems, experimental, etc. Proposal writing for theses and

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research design, grants. Data gathering tools in education. Data
data gathering, analysis techniques in educational research. Research
processing, reporting.
analyzing,
interpreting,
inferences and
reporting.

PQE 020. English Language & Communication Skills

Use of effective Nature and Importance of Classroom Communication.

communication Types of language problems among learners and
skills and fluency strategies for improvement.
in English Grammar: Parts of speech (nouns, pronouns, verbs,
language adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, etc); verb tenses,
teaching and agreement/concord, auxiliary/models, questions,
learning statements, commands; phrases, clauses, sentence
situations and types and patterns; direct and indirect speech,
day-to-day common errors; etc.
interaction.
Writing: Punctuation, outlining, logical presentation of
ideas; paragraphing/structure/development, logical
sequencing of paragraphs; compositions – narrative,
descriptive, argumentative, explanatory, letter writing
formal/informal; report writing, memos, speeches,
minutes; writing styles – inductive/deductive,
generalizations, etc.

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 Reading: Reading problems; principles and techniques
for effective reading; reading for various purposes
(research, inferences, pleasure, scanning for key
ideas, etc); creative reading; etc.

Listening: Listening types; listening defects; strategies

for effective listening.

PQE 021. Use of the Library

Effective use of Examination of the nature and operations of specific

the library for Library services. Bibliographic searching. Objectives,
academic and characteristics and operations of the e-library. Online
educational search of materials and information on the various
research educational disciplines.
purposes;
The concept and
use of virtual
library

PQE 022. Basic Mathematics

Application of Binary numbers, conversion from base 2 to base 10

basic and vice versa; sets definition, notation and diagrams;
mathematics in basic operations on factional and whole numbers;

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teaching and Fractions, decimals, and approximations; indices and
learning and day- surds; graphs; change of subject of formulae.
to-day living
Expansion and factorization of simple algebraic
expressions; simple algebraic equations and methods
of solutions; simple word problems; ratios,
percentages, simple and compound interests;
variations (direct and inverse).

Units of measurement for money, length, mass,

weight, area, volumes; calculations of areas and
volumes of 2 and 3 dimensional shapes e.g. triangle,
square, rectangles, cylinder.

Properties and classification of 2 and 3 dimensional

shapes; types of angles, horizontal, vertical, parallel
and perpendicular lines; representation of data –
pictogram, bar and pie charts. Frequency distribution
– histogram and cumulative frequency distribution;
mode, median and mean; range, mean deviation, and
standard deviation; simple probability and application.

PQE 023. Micro Teaching Theory

Principles and Origin, development, meaning, aim and scope of

practices of micro-teaching.
Basic principles and phases.

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functional micro Components of micro-teaching and their values.
teaching; Techniques/skills of micro-teaching.
Peer teaching Functions of the student in a micro-teaching situation
as a teacher, a learner, a source of feedback, an
evaluator, a video operator, and an organiser of a
micro-lesson session.
The use of the micro-teaching laboratory.
Merits and demerits of micro-teaching.
Sessions of supervised micro-teaching.

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 RECOMMENDATION

The above topics are where your TRCN exam

questions for this year will be asked from,
especially under ICT, English Language, Use of
Library, Mathematics, and Educational
Statistics/Research.

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and also study past questions to be well-
prepared for your exam.

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