Abstract

Over the years, the status ascribed to the teacher is tenaciously associated with the nature of the teaching profession which can be said to have been warbling when compared with the earlier and more settled professions such as medicine, law and engineering. The picture of the status of the teacher can be figured out from the following questions:  How do people feel generally when the term teaching is mentioned and how do they feel when the three other professions namely medicine, law and engineering are mentioned? To what extent would parents wish their children become teachers and to what extent would they wish them study other professions? To what extent are teachers accorded recognition in the midst of member s of the other professions. However, prospects of the teaching profession lie ahead with the graduation of the profession from a voluntary work to that of a pensionable one. The Nigerian Teachers Registration Council (NTRC) is on the match towards professionalization and the Teachers’ Salary Structure (TSS) has been proposed and is receiving government attention.  It is recommended that teachers should be more involved in curriculum programmes, and entry into the profession should be controlled.

Key words: Teacher, status, curriculum, education.