UK Releases Update List of Priority Subjects for Interested Teachers From Nigerians,Other

Cursory: The eligibility criteria for the United Kingdom teachers employment programme has been updated. Based on this, not all subjects will be considered for the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) by the Teaching Regulation Agency. The TRA however promised to give more information by May on other subject specialism.

Following the new update by the United Kingdom Department for Education for those who are interested in applying for the qualified teacher status through the Teaching Regulation Agency from February 2023, many Nigerians are now ineligible to obtain the QTS status. According to the update, some subjects which are much needed in the UK will be prioritised.

Here are the subject specialisms that will be considered:

Mathematics

Science Languages (excluding English)

French

German

Italian

Japanese

Latin

Mandarin

Russian

Spanish

The UK department of Education added:

“A teaching qualification that meets the standard of a level 6 qualification qualifying you to teach children aged 11 to 16, and a bachelor’s degree made up of at least 50% mathematics, science or a language (excluding English) taught in English state schools.”

The department of education also added that there will be an update on other subject specialism by May.

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