Section 1: Establishment of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria

(1) There is hereby established a body to be known as the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (in this Act referred to as "the Council") which shall be a body corporate under that name and be charged with the general duty of-
(a) determining who are teachers for the purposes of this Act;
(b) determining what standards of knowledge and skill are to be attained by persons seeking to become registered as teachers under this Act and raising those standards, from time to time, as circumstances may permit;
(c) securing in accordance with the provisions of this Act the establishment and maintenance of a register of teachers and the publication from time to time of the lists of those persons;
(d) regulating and controlling the teaching profession (in this Act referred to as "the profession") in all its aspects and ramifications;
(e) classifying from time to time members of the teaching profession according to their level of training and qualification;
(f) performing through the Council established under this Act the functions conferred on it by this Act.
(2) The Council shall have perpetual succession and a common seal which shall be kept in such custody as the Council may, from time to time authorise.
(3) The Council may sue and be sued in its corporate name and may, subject to the Land Use Act, hold, acquire and dispose of any property, movable or immovable.