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TRCN teacher data

Nigeria's teacher register in numbers

A public summary of teachers registered with TRCN and candidates taking the Professional Qualifying Examination. Compare registration, licence, digital adoption, state, category, gender, subject, and training-institution data in one place.

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Teachers

Registered teachers, licences and digital accounts

These figures show the size of the national register, the licence records, and the number of teachers already using TRCN online services.

Registered Teachers count calculated on 22 October 2026. Other register, licence and digital-account figures calculated on 22 October 2026. Candidate, state, category, gender, subject and institution figures calculated on 22 October 2026 at 18:20 (Lagos time) and refreshed every 6 hours. Counts are rounded down for public reporting.

2.06M

Teachers on the register

The national count of teachers registered with TRCN.

187.9K

Licence records

Every licence recorded on the TRCN register, current and expired.

88.1K

Digital accounts

Teachers who have created accounts for online TRCN services.

68.1K

NIN re-verified teachers

Teachers with NIN-verified digital accounts.

Candidates

PQE candidate progress

The Professional Qualifying Examination is the main route into the teaching profession. These numbers show active candidate forms, exam registrations, and registrations marked successful.

PQE candidate forms

Candidates with active PQE records.

37.6K

Exam registrations

Candidates with an exam registration record.

30.4K

Successful registrations

Registrations marked successful for the exam process.

26.2K
Qualification category

Most PQE candidates are in Category C.

CategoryTeacher registerPQE candidatesWhat it means
DFoundational tier54.4%47.5%Largest share of registered teachers.
CBachelor's-level tier36.5%49.9%Largest share of current PQE candidates.
BGraduate tier1.7%1.8%Small specialist cohort.
AHighest tier0.2%0.4%Smallest registered cohort.
States

Where teachers and candidates are recorded

Top certification states

  1. 1Lagos
    126.9K - 7.7%
  2. 2Oyo
    94.4K - 5.7%
  3. 3Delta
    90.7K - 5.5%
  4. 4FCT
    81.9K - 5.0%
  5. 5Kwara
    73.2K - 4.4%
  6. 6Kaduna
    70.8K - 4.3%
  7. 7Anambra
    70.3K - 4.3%
  8. 8Kano
    63.1K - 3.8%

Top PQE pipeline states

  1. 1Borno
    3.6K
  2. 2Lagos
    3.2K
  3. 3Rivers
    2.8K
  4. 4Niger
    2.4K
  5. 5FCT
    1.7K

Digital licence rollout

  1. 1Lagos
    33.4K
  2. 2Ekiti
    13.2K
  3. 3FCT
    10.5K
  4. 4Enugu
    10.5K
  5. 5Akwa Ibom
    10K
  6. 6Nasarawa
    9.6K
  7. 7Kaduna
    8.9K
  8. 8Plateau
    8.8K
Profile

Gender and subject areas

Female teachers59.2%
Male teachers39.7%
Female PQE candidates65.3%
Male PQE candidates34.5%

STEM

18.9K

Biology, mathematics, chemistry, computer science

Social sciences

12K

Social studies and economics

Languages

9.5K

English education and English language studies

Education

18.6K

Education, research and education studies

Business

5.9K

Business teacher education

State by state

Teachers, licences, digital accounts and PQE candidates by state

Use this table to compare where teachers are certified, where digital services are being taken up, and where PQE candidate activity is strongest. Digital account counts use the state recorded on each teacher profile.

StateCertified teachersLicence recordsDigital accountsPQE candidates
Abia32.9K2.7K2.7K578
Adamawa35.1K5.2K1.1K1.5K
Akwa Ibom48.3K10K1.6K978
Anambra70.3K7241.3K1K
Bauchi20.8K608426269
Bayelsa18.8K438439894
Benue46K1.6K1.3K1.2K
Borno22.4K2.4K1.7K3.6K
Cross River47.9K4.7K453617
Delta90.7K8.1K1.5K176
Ebonyi29.9K6.6K335837
Edo42.9K2.6K1.9K1.1K
Ekiti38.6K13.2K1.5K1.2K
Enugu54.9K10.5K3.6K797
FCT81.9K10.5K4291.7K
Gombe20.3K214364325
Imo47.3K5.5K1.6K606
Jigawa12.2K732922483
Kaduna70.8K8.9K1.5K766
Kano63.1K2.3K658839
Katsina26K501877662
Kebbi10.9K382266374
Kogi54.2K1.1K1.1K354
Kwara73.2K1.1K2.8K910
Lagos126.9K33.4K2.1K3.2K
Nasarawa23.6K9.6K648987
Niger41.6K1K1.4K2.4K
Ogun48.7K6.2K3.3K352
Ondo39.5K7.2K2.3K1.6K
Osun40.2K5.4K2.1K839
Oyo94.4K6K5.1K713
Plateau50.4K8.8K1.3K845
Rivers48.8K3.8K2.1K2.8K
Sokoto13.6K214251644
Taraba16.4K2.9K297265
Yobe13.8K1.6K525215
Zamfara11.9K155260495
Training institutions

Where registered teachers were trained

1National Teachers' Institute (NTI)
4.3K
2National Open University of Nigeria
1.9K
3University of Maiduguri
1.4K
4Tai Solarin University of Education
1.4K
5University Of Nigeria Nsukka
1.2K
6University of Ibadan
1.1K
7Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
1.1K
8Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto
1.1K
Subject fields

What teachers studied

1English Education
4.1K
2Education
3.7K
3Social Studies Teacher Education
3.6K
4Economics
2.7K
5Biology
2.7K
6English Language Studies
2.3K
7Business Teacher Education
2K
8Mathematics Teacher Education
1.9K
9Chemistry
1.5K
10Computer Science
1.4K
11Mathematics
1.3K
12Education Studies and Research
1.3K

1.63M

Certified teachers

Teachers recorded on the national TRCN register.

37.6K

Active PQE candidates

Candidates currently in the Professional Qualifying Examination process.

187.9K

Licence records

Licences recorded on the TRCN licence register, current and expired.

88.1K

Digital accounts

Teachers using TRCN online services.

37

The register is national

Every state and the Federal Capital Territory is represented.

59.2%

Women are the majority

Female teachers make up the larger share of the certified workforce.

49.9%

Category C among candidates

Share of current PQE candidates in the Bachelor's-level category.

68.1K

Re-verification is growing

Teachers have completed the live NIN verification gate.