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

The Nigeria Certificate in Education students will get N50,000 as a stipend per semester as part of the deliberate effort of government to attract the best brains into the teaching profession as promised by the President last year.

Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, announced this at the World Teachers’ Day celebration held at Eagle Square, Abuja.

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

According to the minister, the initiative is part of President Muhammadu Buhari's efforts to make teaching attractive to the best brains in the country.

"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," he said.

"Federal Government should find the modality through which respective states' governments could provide automatic employment for NCE graduates at Basic Education level."