Federal Government approves money as stipend for education students in public universities
The federal government of Nigeria has approved some amount of money as stipend for education students in public universities
Good news as federal government approves N75,000 Stipends Per Semester for Nigerian Students in Public Universities
The federal government has taken a strong step to ensure the best brains return to the teaching sector in the country.
Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) students are not left out as they will also get N50,000 as a stipend per semester.
Many students in Nigeria are running away from studying any educational course, because they don’t want to become teachers.
Some that study educational course have no choice just because they don’t get any admission from the course of study of their choices.
Because of this, the federal government of Nigeria has apporved some amount of money to be given to any students undergoing programmes in Education, just to attract students to study educational courses.
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, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), 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 Arc. Sonny Echono, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, said his ministry would work with state governments to ensure that students are automatically employed upon graduation.
He said: “Undergraduate B.Ed / B.A. Ed / BSc. Ed students in public institutions will receive stipends of N75,000.00 per semester, while NCE students will receive stipends of N50,000.00 per semester.”
He added: “The Federal Government should find a way for state governments to provide automatic employment for NCE graduates at the Basic Education level.”
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Federal Government approves money as stipend for education students in public universities