The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has ranked Kwara State first in Northern Nigeria in the recently concluded Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) for teachers, with a 93.8 per cent pass rate.

The recognition was conveyed in a congratulatory letter addressed to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and signed by the Registrar and Chief Executive of TRCN, Dr (Mrs.) Ronke Soyombo.

According to the council, 678 candidates registered for the examination, 616 sat for it, while 578 passed, representing a 93.8 per cent success rate.

The council said the performance demonstrated the high calibre of educators being nurtured under the AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq administration.

Reacting to the recognition, the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Dr Lawal Olohungbebe, described the feat as an independent validation of the governor's sustained investment in education and teacher quality.

Olohungbebe attributed the achievement to the administration's standardised and merit-based teacher recruitment process, which ensures that only qualified and competent professionals are engaged to teach in public schools.

He also commended the successful teachers for their outstanding performance and commitment to improving the quality of teaching and learning across the state.

The commissioner said the government's sustained investment in continuous teacher development and education reforms had continued to strengthen classroom instruction and improve learning outcomes across the state.

He welcomed TRCN's readiness to partner with the state in addressing identified gaps in mathematics through targeted professional development programmes for teachers.

Olohungbebe reaffirmed the AbdulRazaq administration's commitment to sustaining policies that promote excellence and professionalism in line with global best practices.