“It is sad that Nigerian teachers resign in droves and take up even some highly degrading jobs. That is unacceptable, and we will reclaim the lost glory,” Mr Ajiboye said.

By Mojeed Alabi


The registrar and chief executive officer of the Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Olusegun Ajiboye, has said the planned payment of N75,000 and N50,000 as bursaries per semester for students studying education programmes in Nigerian universities and colleges of education respectively, will only come with appropriate terms and conditions.

Mr Ajiboye, a professor, made the clarification on Saturday during a virtual lecture organised to commemorate the annual World Teachers’ Day. The event was organised by an online media platform that is dedicated to education reporting -Educeleb.

The guest lecturer spoke on the theme; “Cultivating Teachers’ Professionalism for Education Excellence.”


On bursary

Reacting to inquiries on the modalities for the implementation of the pay package for the students, especially in the face of dwindling revenues in the country, the TRCN boss said the guidelines are currently being finalised by the national implementation committee.

He added that the implementation would not commence until 2022, and that such is not the only item on what he described as the robust welfare package being planned for the Nigerian teachers.

Mr Ajiboye, whose second term tenure of five years was recently approved by President Muhammadu Buhari, said the efforts are geared towards reclaiming the lost glory in the nation’s education sector.

He said; “Of all the items on the list, it is only the implementation of the 65-year-retirement-age that commenced in January, this year. Others are scheduled for implementation next year.

“Apart from the bursary, we also have a rural housing initiative and allowances for teachers who may be posted to remote locations, teaching practice allowances for both students and lecturers, among others.”


On sustainability

The registrar, who thanked both the president and the education minister, Adamu Adamu, for what he described as their strong support for revitalisation of Nigeria’s education sector, and teaching profession in particular, said Nigerians need not nurse any fear about sustainability.

He said apart from currently working on the terms and conditions to be attached to some of the welfare packages, the government is also considering putting in place appropriate laws and regulations to avoid policy summersaults.

“We are aware that one of the major challenges governance faces in Nigeria is policy summersaults. So we are working towards ensuring that relevant laws are passed by the legislators towards ensuring their permanence.

“And apart from that, some of these packages will be enjoyed by only those who satisfy some specific terms and conditions. And we have already concluded that some of the packages will be directly handled by existing funding parastatals like the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund),” the registrar added.’

Mr Ajiboye added that education was too important to be neglected, saying some of the initiatives of his agency towards professionalising teaching in Nigeria including the mandatory qualifying examination, mandatory continuing professional development programme (MCPDP), and partnerships with relevant global, regional and national agencies are already yielding rewarding fruits.

He said; “Today, if you carry TRCN certificates and licence you are qualified to teach anywhere in the world. I can assure you that this year alone, I have signed not less than 40 letters of good standing for Nigerian teachers who relocated to Canada to work as teachers.

“Today, because of 65-year-retirement-age, some civil servants are already seeking conversion to teaching careers, claiming they have a background in education. They should know that terms and conditions apply.”

He added that where the government is driving the teaching profession in the country is to make it highly competitive and very rewarding, saying it is the mother of all professions.

“It is sad that Nigerian teachers resign in droves and take up even some highly degrading jobs. That is unacceptable, and we will reclaim the lost glory. We must emulate Germany’s former leader, Angela Merkel who insisted she could not pay other professionals higher than teachers because they were taught by the teachers,” he said.


Backstory

The education minister, Adamu Adamu, had on October 5 announced the planned payment of N75,000 per semester for every student of public universities studying education programmes.

Similarly, students of colleges of education are also billed to receive N50,000 per semester.

Mr Adamu, who made the disclosure in Abuja during the commemoration of 2021 annual World Teachers’ Day, was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Sonny Echonu.

He said the package was aimed at promoting quality education in the country, and urged the 36 states of the federation and the federal capital territory to support the federal government’s efforts.

However, since the announcement on Tuesday, many Nigerians have queried the sincerity of the government and the sustainability of the initiative.

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PDP govt will build houses for all teachers

Lol... As far as I am concerned, IT IS A SCAM!!!.
So many questions need to be asked.
1. Where will the FG get the money to finance such? Are we still going to borrow? Seems that what's we are known for.
2. How many EDUCATION graduates has the Federal government employed? And here we are talking about giving education undergraduates 75k stipend.
3. How sustainable is this scam? We've heard how this same FG claimed the feeding of primary school students that weren't in school during lock down .

In fact, everyone in this present government is mad.

THIS IS AN AVENUE TO STEAL PUBLIC FUNDS!

Election don near the bastards don start make promises they can't keep, you want to pay students 75k yet you can't pay their parents 30k minimum wage? APC think say all Nigerians foolish whereas the only foolish ones are the ones that voted for them twice

This government, how sustainable is this? How many of the people will end up in class rooms? How many students do we have in Faculties of Education, all over the nation? How this be funded?

More reckless spending in thier attempt at stimulating the economy further out of recession. The thing is we are sliding deeper and deeper into debt with this approach of paying people without productivity in view.

If you believe buhari's government will pay this money then I'm sorry for you

Conditions:
1. You must be a card carrying member of the APC
2. You must have a picture of Buhari as your screen saver
3. Your name must include a Muslim name
4. You must have been born in the north or reside in the north
5. You must pay tax to Tinubu from the money
6. There must be no record of you complaining about the government and its policies on any of your social media accounts

Wat country?

Lmao , 2022. Make Dem kuku use the money fund election campaign

Talk and do

100% fake promises

Directionless.

How does this benefit their productivity? They are in school to learn. Why not improve the welfare of those already in the teaching line? Perhaps enhanced trainings at subsidized costs or on scholarships?

And the billions that will be transferred to unidentifiable recipients could as well gone into improving structures of most schools, providing educational aids etc.

We need to learn that free transfers does nothing for our nations productivity. It is just a reward for doing nothing. Not even sure it qualifies as social welfare and most of the funds will disappear like the 500million used in feeding kids during lockdown or the CCT of 5k that i have never seen a beneficiary

Why has Nigeria been cursed with bad leaders? 22 years down the drain and another 2 years of ineptitude still looming. The worst part is that whichever party wins in 2023 will still continue with the looting...

izikgiren:
Wat country?

Since 8.54 this morning the thread was opened, still on page 1, if it is news they want to feast on, Useless wailers, if it was Federal Government refuses to pay teachers we would have been on page 17?

I knew it!
They'll be looking to pay out only to 5 pointers, their side chicks, and their pockets.
It is well.

Lie Mohammed

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Wayo Government...

They will always source for means to embezzle.

They should have considered attracting the best hands by improving the welfare of teachers. After acquiring their degrees in education many of them will still leave the system and search for greener pastures elsewhere.

treesun:
This government, how sustainable is this? How many of the people will end up in class rooms? How many students do we have in Faculties of Education, all over the nation? How this be funded?

Good question, especially as 98% of what we generate internally is used for debt servicing.

D

PitexyBaba:

Wayo Government...

They will always source for means to embezzle.

How much did your state Government give you for bursary?

What of increment of the teachers salary dt was announced since last year? Has it been implemented?
And 1st class graduates dt were promised recruitment into teaching profession with high salary to improve standard of education,gas it been done?
Now,it's student teachers dt are beign promised of payment when fg is applying for more loans.

treesun:
This government, how sustainable is this? How many of the people will end up in class rooms? How many students do we have in Faculties of Education, all over the nation? How this be funded?

What concerns you, do you work for the ministry of budget & planning, or the finance ministry?

Islie:
“It is sad that Nigerian teachers resign in droves and take up even some highly degrading jobs. That is unacceptable, and we will reclaim the lost glory,” Mr Ajiboye said.





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Inasmuch as this is commendable, I dare say it's misplaced priority given the excess borrowing habit of Mr President to fund each year's budget.

At this rate, I wonder what would be left of Nigeria in 10 years time.

Sakamaje as usual...

Believe this trash at your peril... Ghost 75k... Lol...

Buckeyemedia1:
What concerns you, do you work for the ministry of budget & planning, or the finance ministry?

This is a no brainer. You need to force yourself to think for once.

deltateam:


Inasmuch as this is commendable, I dare say it's misplaced priority given the excess borrowing habit of Mr President to fund each year's budget.

At this rate, I wonder what would be left of Nigeria in 10 years time.

Haters must find a reason to wail, damned if you do, damned if you don’t?

deltateam:


This is a no brainer. You need to force yourself to think for once.

Go and apply for your 75k make we hear word, Wailer.

Believe the tooth fairy exist, before you should believe these guys.

I hope southerners will follow benefit so

Buckeyemedia1:
Haters must find a reason to wail, damned if you do, damned if you don’t?

Slaves like you must defend your masters!