Undergraduates studying education to get N75K per semester
The Federal Government has approved the sum of N75,000 as stipend per semester for students undergoing degree programmes in Education in public universities in Nigeria.
Also, the Nigeria
Certificate in Education students will get N50,000 as stipend per semester as
part of the deliberate effort of the government to attract the best brains into
the teaching profession as promised by the President Muhammadu Buhari last
year.
Minister of Education,
Adamu Adamu, announced this on Tuesday at the World Teachers’ Day celebration
held at Eagle Square, Abuja.
Adamu, whose speech was
read by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono,
said his ministry would collaborate with the state governments to ensure
automatic employment for the students on graduation.
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.”
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