The Federal Government has made plans to woo the best brains into the field of education as it rolls out stipends for students studying Education in the higher institutions in the country.
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu made the announcement yesterday at the World Teachers’ Day celebration which took place at Eagle Square, Abuja.
Following the announcement, 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.
Adamu also said that his ministry will collaborate with the states’ government to ensure automatic employment for the students on graduation.
He also said that Federal Government should find the modality through which respective states’ governments should provide automatic employment for NCE graduates at Basic Education level.
