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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.

Verify a teacherRegister for PQE

1.61M

Certified teachers

Teachers recorded on the national TRCN register.

37.6K

Active PQE candidates

Candidates currently in the Professional Qualifying Examination process.

65K

Active digital licences

Teachers with active digital licence records.

84K

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.

50.0%

Category C is rising

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

64K

Re-verification is growing

Teachers have completed the live NIN verification gate.

Teachers

Registered teachers, licences and digital accounts

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

Data snapshot: 3 June 2026. Counts are rounded for public reporting.

1.61M

Teachers on the register

The national count of teachers certified by TRCN.

65K

Active licences

Teachers with active licence records in the digital registry.

84K

Digital accounts

Teachers who have created accounts for online TRCN services.

64K

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.

26.3K
Qualification category

Candidate qualifications are shifting toward Category C.

CategoryTeacher registerPQE candidatesWhat it means
DFoundational tier54.7%47.5%Largest share of registered teachers.
CBachelor's-level tier36.2%50.0%Largest share of current PQE candidates.
BGraduate tier1.8%1.9%Small specialist cohort.
AHighest tier0.3%0.4%Smallest registered cohort.
States

Where teachers and candidates are recorded

Top certification states

  1. 1Lagos
    125K - 7.8%
  2. 2Oyo
    93K - 5.7%
  3. 3Delta
    91K - 5.6%
  4. 4FCT
    81K - 5.0%
  5. 5Kwara
    72K - 4.4%
  6. 6Kaduna
    70K - 4.4%
  7. 7Anambra
    70K - 4.3%
  8. 8Kano
    63K - 3.9%

Top PQE pipeline states

  1. 1Borno
    3.7K
  2. 2Lagos
    3.3K
  3. 3Rivers
    2.8K
  4. 4Niger
    2.5K
  5. 5FCT
    1.8K

Digital licence rollout

  1. 1Ekiti
    11.7K
  2. 2FCT
    10.6K
  3. 3Akwa Ibom
    7.7K
  4. 4Ebonyi
    6.6K
  5. 5Enugu
    5.5K
  6. 6Delta
    5.3K
  7. 7Adamawa
    5.3K
  8. 8Cross River
    4.6K
Profile

Gender and subject areas

Female teachers59.2%
Male teachers39.8%
Female PQE candidates65.3%
Male PQE candidates34.5%

STEM

6.9K

Biology, mathematics, chemistry, computer science

Social sciences

5.0K

Social studies and economics

Languages

4.9K

English education and English language studies

Education

3.9K

Education, research and education studies

Business

1.6K

Business teacher education

State-by-state snapshot

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 teachersActive licencesDigital accountsPQE candidates
Abia32.9K1.0K2.6K0.6K
Adamawa34.9K5.3K0.9K1.5K
Akwa Ibom47.7K7.7K1.5K1.0K
Anambra69.8K0.5K1.2K1.1K
Bauchi20.8K0.2K0.4K0.3K
Bayelsa18.8K0.4K0.4K0.9K
Benue45.2K1.5K1.3K1.2K
Borno22.2K2.0K1.6K3.7K
Cross River47.9K4.6K0.4K0.6K
Delta90.7K5.3K1.4K0.2K
Ebonyi29.9K6.6K0.3K0.8K
Edo42.9K2.1K1.6K1.1K
Ekiti38.1K11.7K1.4K1.2K
Enugu54.4K5.5K3.5K0.8K
FCT80.8K10.6K0.3K1.8K
Gombe20.2K-0.3K0.3K
Imo47.0K-1.5K0.6K
Jigawa12.2K-0.9K0.5K
Kaduna70.4K-1.5K0.8K
Kano63.0K-0.6K0.8K
Katsina26.0K-0.8K0.7K
Kebbi10.8K-0.2K0.4K
Kogi53.4K-1.0K0.4K
Kwara71.6K-2.6K0.9K
Lagos125.1K-1.9K3.3K
Nasarawa23.3K-0.6K1.0K
Niger41.4K-1.3K2.5K
Ogun48.1K13.0K0.4K
Ondo38.9K-2.2K1.7K
Osun40.0K-2.0K0.8K
Oyo92.5K-4.8K0.7K
Plateau50.2K-1.2K0.8K
Rivers48.0K-2.0K2.8K
Sokoto13.2K-0.2K0.6K
Taraba16.3K-0.3K0.3K
Yobe13.7K-0.5K0.2K
Zamfara11.6K-0.2K0.5K
Training institutions

Where registered teachers were trained

1National Teachers' Institute, Kaduna
2.1K
2Tai Solarin University of Education
1.4K
3National Open University of Nigeria
0.8K
4Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto
0.7K
5Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
0.7K
6Ekiti State University
0.6K
7University of Ilorin
0.6K
8University of Maiduguri
0.6K
Subject fields

What teachers studied

1English Education
3.0K
2Social Studies Teacher Education
3.0K
3Education
2.6K
4Biology
2.1K
5Economics
2.0K
6English Language Studies
1.9K
7Business Teacher Education
1.6K
8Mathematics Teacher Education
1.5K
9Education Studies and Research
1.3K
10Chemistry
1.2K
11Computer Science
1.2K
12Mathematics
1.0K