FG Begins Recruitment Of 500,000 Teachers On June 12

FEDERAL government will on Sunday commence the recruitment of the 500,000 teachers promised by President Muhammadu Buhari in his Democracy Day in his nationwide speech to the nation.

According to a statement on Wednesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice-President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the recruitment would formally be open online to the general public as from Sunday.

Elaborating on the scheme, Akande said the 500,000 Teacher Corps, nicknamed N-Power Teach on the portal, is one of the three direct job creation and training schemes of the present admission aimed at reducing unemployment and simultaneously improve on education of Nigerians adding that providing education is one of the prominent agendas of the President Buhari administration.

Others, according to him, are N-Power Knowledge which will train 25,000 Nigerians in technology, and N-Power Build, which will train another 75,000 in building services, construction, utilities, hospitality and catering, automotive vocations, aluminium and gas services.

“The N-Power Teacher Corps initiative which will engage and train 500,000 young unemployed graduates, is a paid volunteer programme of a 2-year duration.

“Unemployed Nigerians selected and trained will play teaching, instructional, and advisory roles in primary, and secondary schools, agricultural extension systems across the country, public health and community education-covering civic and adult education.

“Besides their monthly take home pay estimated at about N23,000, the selected 500,000 graduates will also get computer devices that will contain information necessary for their specific engagement, as well as information for their continuous training and development”, he said.