By Grace Udofia
The Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), has revealed that N75, 000 and N50, 000 bursaries each semester promised by the Nigerian Government to students who are studying Education courses in the country’s public universities and colleges of education, would be paid Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund).
The Registrar of TRCN Olusegun Ajiboye who disclosed this during a virtual lecturer, said the feat announced by the government would become a policy for implementation next year, adding that the national implementation committee is working on the terms and conditions for the would-be beneficiaries.
Ajiboye, who spoke on the topic, Cultivating Teachers’ Professionalism for Education Excellence said, “The bursary awards are one of the Federal Government’s robust welfare packages to make the teaching profession more attractive to many young and competent Nigerians.
“Another package was the rural housing scheme and allowances for teachers who might be posted to remote communities as well as teaching practice allowances for both students and lecturers, among others.
“To make the bursary awards policy workable and sustainable was the sole reason the Federal Government tied the payment to TETFund as an existing financing parastatal.
“Teaching in a formal classroom setting was no longer an ‘all-comers’ affair in Nigeria but strictly for professionals.
“Nigerian teachers who had received the TRCN certificates and licences were qualified to teach in any classroom and anywhere globally.
“I can tell you that this year alone, I have signed up to 40 letters of good standing for Nigerian teachers who had relocated to Canada to work as teachers.”
The Federal government had during an event to mark the 2021 World Teachers Day announced that it will pay the sum of N75,000 and N50,000 each semester to all students studying in all higher institutions in the country.
