FG approves N75,000 as stipend for undergraduate students, N50,000 for NCE students

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FG approves N75,000 as stipend for undergraduate students, N50,000 for NCE studentsFG approves N75,000 as stipend for undergraduate students, N50,000 for NCE students

The Federal Government has approved N75,000 as a stipend per semester for students undergoing degree programmes in Education in public universities in Nigeria.

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This was announced on Tuesday by Minister of Education, Malam Adamu at the World Teachers’ Day celebration held at Eagle Square, Abuja.

Furthermore, the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) students will get N50,000 as a stipend per semester as part of the deliberate effort of the goverment to attract the best brains into the teaching profession as promised by President Muhammadu Buhari last year.

Adamu whose speech was read by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Arc. Sonny Echono said his ministry would collaborate with the states’ government to ensure automatic employment for the students on graduation.

His statement reads: “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.” Click HERE for more

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Source: Edustuff

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