Eligibility requirement for NTC Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination

The National Teaching Council is mandated by Education Regulators’ Body Act 2020 (ACT 1023) to improve professional standing and status of teachers and to ensure licensing and registration of teachers in Ghana.

The purpose of the Licensing Examination is to enable qualified teachers acquire a professional license and prepare teachers to meet the demands of the National Teachers’ Standards of possessing the minimum knowledge, skills, values and attitudes necessary to deliver effectively in schools.

Today, we take a look at the requirements that makes one eligible to register, sit and write the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination conducted by the National Teaching Council.

Eligibility requirement for NTC Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination

1. All Prospective candidates who hold the Diploma in Basic Education (DBE), Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) or a Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), M.Ed and are desirous of seeking employment as teachers. The candidates are to apply on-line at exams.ntc.gov.gh and complete the application form for the licensure examination.

2. All the above-mentioned candidates who completed in 2020 or before qualify to write the examination at a Centre of their choice.
3. Candidates who wrote the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination but were unsuccessful in some papers may register to re-sit.
4. Fees for registration:

• Fresh candidates are required to pay GHȻ 350.00 to register for the examination.
• Candidates who are re-sitting are to pay GHȻ 150.00 for one (1) Re-sit paper.
• Candidates who are re-sitting all two (2) papers are to pay GHȻ 210.00.
• Candidates who are re-sitting all three (3) papers are to pay GHȻ 350.00.

Source: GESHub.org