The President Muhammadu Buhari Federal Government through the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has on Tuesday, approved and announced a N75,000 stipend per semester for Students studying degree programmes in Education, in Public Universities in the country, .
The Nigeria Certificate in Education Students will also get N50,000 as stipend per semester, as part of the deliberate efforts of the Federal Government to attract the best brains into the Teaching profession, as promised by the President, last year.
The Minister announced this at the World Teachers Day celebration, which held at the Eagle Square, in Abuja.
The Minister’s speech was read by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono.
He stated that the Ministry would collaborate with the State Governments, to ensure automatic employment for the Students on graduation.
His words: “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.”