The Muhammadu Buhari government has approved the sum of N75,000 as a stipend for students undergoing degree programmes in Education in public universities in Nigeria.
Also, the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) students will get N50,000.
The monies will be paid per semester, education minister Adamu Adamu announced at the World Teachers’ Day celebration held at Eagle Square, Abuja, on Tuesday. He said the move is part of the administration’s efforts to attract the best brains to the education sector.
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.
“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,” he said.
“The federal government should find the modality through which respective states’ governments could provide automatic employment for NCE graduates at the basic education level.”
