Section 7: Approval of qualifications, etc

(1) The Council may approve an institution for the purposes of this Act, and may for those purposes approve-
(a) any course of training at any approved institution which is intended for persons who are seeking to become or are already teachers and which the Council considers is designed to confer on persons completing it sufficient knowledge and skill for admission as professional teachers;
(b) any qualification which, as a result of an examination taken in conjunction with a course of training approved by the Council under this section, is granted to candidates reaching a standard at the examination indicating in the opinion of the members of the Council that the candidates have sufficient knowledge and skill to practice the profession.
(2) The Council may, if it thinks fit, withdraw any approval given under this section in respect of any course, qualification or institution; but before withdrawing such an approval the Council shall-
(a)
give notice that it proposes to withdraw such approval to each person in Nigeria appearing to the Council to be a person by whom the course is conducted or the qualification is granted or the institution is controlled, as the case may be; and
(b) give each such person an opportunity of making representation to the Council with regard to the proposal; and
(c) take into consideration any representation made in respect of the proposal in pursuance of paragraph (b) of this subsection.
(3) Any period during which the approval of the Council under this section for a course, qualification or institution is withdrawn, the course, qualification or institution shall not be treated as approved under this section; but the withdrawal of such an approval shall not prejudice the registration or eligibility for registration of any person who by virtue of the approval was registered or eligible for registration immediately before the approval was withdrawn.
(4) The giving or withdrawal of an approval under this section shall have effect from such date, either before or after the execution of the instrument signifying the giving or withdrawal of the approval, as the Council may specify in that instrument; and the Council shall-
(a) publish as soon as possible a copy of every such instrument in the newspaper; and
(b) not later than seven days before its publication as aforesaid, send a copy of the instrument to the Minister.