FG To Begin The Payment Of N75,000 Per Semester To The Students.
As a way of encouraging Nigerians to take up teaching as a career, the Federal Government has made its move in collecting the names of Nigerian Students studying Education in Public Universities order to pay them the sum N75,000 per semester.
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The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, announced this on Friday last week in Abuja.
He said: “Undergraduate students of B.Ed/B.A. Ed/BSc. Ed in Public institutions are to receive stipends of N75,000.00 per semester while NCE students will get N50,000.00 as stipends per semester.
“Federal Government should find the modality through which respective states’ governments could provide automatic employment for NCE graduates at Basic Education level.”
Confirming the development in a telephone interview with Premium Times, the registrar and chief executive officer of the Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Josiah Ajiboye, a professor, said the implementation will commence in 2023.
“It is part of the efforts to reposition the education sector in Nigeria and this has clearly shown the commitment of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari towards reclaiming the glory in the sector,” Mr Ajiboye said.
The registrar, whose five-year tenure was recently renewed by the president, called on relevant stakeholders to ensure the promotion of quality education as the
