The Federal Government has announced that it will pay the sum of N75,000 per semester for undergraduate students studying education courses in public institutions and N50,000 for those who enroll for a Nigeria Certificate In Education (N.C.E.) programme.
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, made this known yesterday during the World Teachers’ Day celebration at the Eagles Square in Abuja as the Federal Government reintroduces bursary awards. He said this was in a bid to attract the best brains into the profession.
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.”
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Union of Teachers has said that primary and secondary school teachers in states yet to implement the new National Minimum Wage may soon be forced to withdraw their services.
