If you have a teaching qualification to teach 11 to 16 year olds and a subject specialism in languages, mathematics or sciences you are eligible to apply for QTS from Nigeria.
You will not have to pay a fee or undergo further training. However, to be awarded QTS you will need to meet certain criterias including the ones above.
How to Apply for QTS
1. About You
Enter your personal information and upload your identity document
You will be required to enter your name and your date of birth. You will also be required to upload a valid identification document.
The document must show your date of birth and your nationality. If your ID document has several pages, you can merge them into one PDF file and upload.
Acceptable documents include:
- passport
- driving licence
- National identity card
- birth certificate.
You can upload your files in PDF, JPG, PNG, DOCX or DOC format. Each file must be no larger than 50MB.
2. Your Qualifications
Add your teaching qualifications
This is the qualification that led to you being recognised as a teacher. It might be part of your university degree course, or it could be a separate qualification.
The National Certificate in Education (NCE) or the Teachers Certificate Grade II from Nigeria is not accepted as these do not meet the required level.
You’ll need to provide evidence that EITHER your teaching qualification specifically shows you can teach one of these subjects, OR at least 50% of your university degree was in one of them.
You’ll need to upload your certificate, along with a transcript that shows all the modules you studied and the scores you achieved.
Enter the age range and the subjects you can teach
The QTS only accept applications from teachers who are qualified to teach children aged 11-16 in one of the following subjects:
Maths, Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish.
3. Your English language proficiency
Verify your English language proficiency
There are 2 ways you can do this:
- Upload an official document that shows your teaching qualification or university degree was taught exclusively in the English language.
This type of official document is sometimes called a ‘Medium of instruction’ (MOI). You can get it by contacting the institution where you studied and it will need to be provided by a senior member of that institution. - Upload proof of a Secure English Language Test (SELT) at B2 level, from one of the approved providers.
The test must have been taken within the last 2 years. English language proficiency tests from a provider that does not appear on the list will not be accepted.
Approved test providers
If you are outside of the UK e.g Nigeria,
You can only take a SELT with one of the following providers:
- LanguageCert
- Pearson
- PSI Services (UK) Ltd
- IELTS SELT Consortium.
For your results to be accepted, your test must:
- be on the list of approved English language tests
- have been sat at an approved test location
- have been awarded in the two years before the date of your application
- The list of approved English language tests has been assessed as meeting Home Office requirements under the secure English language testing arrangements. Only those tests and test levels specified are approved. If you intend to use an English language test in your immigration or nationality application, you must take one of the tests on the list.
You should make sure the test that you book is the one approved for SELT:
- Pearson: ‘PTE Academic UKVI’ or ‘PTE Home’
- PSI Services: ‘Skills for English UKVI’
- IELTS SELT Consortium: ‘IELTS for UKVI’ or ‘IELTS Life Skills’
- LanguageCert: ‘LanguageCert International ESOL SELT’.
4. Your Work History
Add your work history
You need to add the current or most recent role you’ve held since completing your teaching qualification.
You need to show you’ve been employed as a teacher in a school for 1 UK school year (9 months of active teaching time) or more, since becoming recognised as a teacher.
You’ll need to provide the name and email address of a contact who can confirm that during your professional work experience you:
- worked unsupervised with children aged between 5 and 16 years
- were solely responsible for planning, preparing and delivering lessons to at least 4 students at a time
- were solely responsible for assessing and reporting on the progress of those students.
The Department for Education will contact the referee you’ve provided to verify your work history before they award QTS.
Every role you add must meet ALL of the requirements above.
Any teaching role that do not meet ALL of these requirements will not be considered.
5. Proof that you’re recognised as a teacher
Provide your written statement
You’ll need to provide a Letter of Professional Standing (LoPs) from the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN).
You should request it by emailing LoPs@trcn.gov.ng.
You cannot send this document yourself – instead, you must contact the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) by emailing LoPs@trcn.gov.ng and ask them to send it directly to The Department for Education at ApplyQTS.Verification@education.gov.uk.
The document must confirm:
- that you’ve completed a teaching qualification/teacher training
- that you’ve successfully completed any period of professional experience comparable to an induction period (if required)
- that your authorisation to teach has never been suspended, barred, cancelled, revoked or restricted, and that you have no sanctions against you
- the age ranges and subjects you’re qualified to teach
- that you’re qualified to teach at state or government schools.
This must be dated within 3 months of you applying for QTS.
If the document is not received within 90 days of the date that you submit your application, your application will be closed.
You should request your Letter of Professional Standing (LoPs) from the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) by emailing LoPs@trcn.gov.ng). You can only do this after you’ve applied for QTS.
TRCN will require you to pay them a fee of ₦60,000 and provide copies of your teaching documents. You’ll also need to provide your QTS application reference number as proof that you’ve applied.
6. Submit your QTS application
After you have entered the required information and uploaded all your documents correctly, you can then submit your QTS application.
CLICK HERE TO START YOUR QTS APPLICATION
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