While monitoring the exam at Sascon International School in Maitama, Abuja, Registrar of TRCN Josiah Ajiboye reported that across the country reporting was going smoothly.

Ajiboye said that the highest number of registered candidates for the PQE was from Lagos State, with over 1,500 entrants. Kano and FCT followed as second- and third-most represented states respectively.

The TRCN boss observed that Kebbi State had the lowest number of participants in the exercise, but said it showed tremendous improvement over previous ones.

“Well, generally, all over the country, we have about 11,350 candidates who are writing the exam, with Lagos State having the highest with 1500 plus candidates, followed by Kano State and FCT Abuja; then you have a state like Kebbi with the lowest number of candidates for the examination.

He said that examination had been conducted in all the states of federation, starting on Wednesday and concluding at some point Friday.

Ajiboye commended the candidates for displaying better comportment at this year’s exam, adding that their conduct “shows that people are now realising that driving is a serious examination.”

Speaking on Federal Government’s effort to weed out unqualified teachers, he said the main process of weeding quacks out of the teaching profession is the PQE, since if you don't pass a provisional qualifying examination then nobody will give you a teacher's license.

“Even if you’re a professor in the university, you just have to write this examination before you can get the certificate and the licence. So, part of the process for weeding out this quackery in the profession is what we are on. And another thing that we are doing in that regard is also school monitoring. You will recall that in February 2020, we started the school monitoring programme. two boards.

“Monitoring is a continuous exercise. So, we are still on, we will not relent. And we have also processes for checking our certificates, and the authenticity of those certificates. We have certain features in our certificates and the licence that actually will enable us to know whether it’s really a fake one or a genuine one. So, we are on top of it,” he said.