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Tinubu Dangles N45,000 Monthly Stipend Before Students At Technical Colleges

The federal government has announced a monthly stipend of N45,000 for students enrolled in technical colleges across the country.

This is in a landmark move to revitalise Technical and Vocational Education and Training.

The Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Idris Bugaje, disclosed this in Abuja on the second-year istration of President Bola Tinubu.

According to him, the initiative forms part of a broader strategy to reposition the TVET sector and make it a more attractive alternative to traditional university education.

Mr Bugaje explained that the new policy aimed to fast-track the development of the TVET sector and expand enrolment at the sub-tertiary level.

He stated that, beyond the monthly stipend, the government would also cover teaching fees, pay industry-based supervisors (known as “master class” instructors) where students undertake industrial attachments, and finance the cost of skill certification.

He added, “With this, young people will find it more attractive to come to a technical college, acquire skills qualification, get jobs locally and even beyond the borders of Nigeria. This way, the whole sector is being repositioned. We are at the moment facing what you may call either a resurrection or a rebirth of TVET. During colonial days and early part of our independence, TVET had received attention. But, since the 1980s, we have been going down the drains. That is why the number of technical colleges has dropped, from 129 at the moment, compared to 15,000 senior secondary schools in Nigeria,” he said.

Mr Bugaje was, however, optimistic that the new initiative would reverse the trend and restore the TVET sector to its former prominence.

He said that the government of Mr Tinubu had allocated a N120 billion grant to students under the new TVET initiative.

He said the grant would be disbursed through the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), signalling a major shift in government strategy to encourage skills-based education.

He said, “The N45,000 is not a loan, but a grant. Students who enjoy this are not going to pay back. We want to encourage more people to enroll in technical education.”

To sustain and expand the programme, Mr Bugaje said the Minister of Education is championing a legislative bill to establish a National Skills Fund under a new Nigerian Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF).

According to him, the bill is expected to be presented to the National Assembly in the near future.

He stated, “This was an idea we have been talking about in the past years, but the new minister has taken it up. The bill shall soon be presented in the National Assembly to establish the Nigerian Skills Qualification Framework and under it, the National Skills Fund. The National Skills Fund will continue to fund TVET institutions, not only those in government colleges, but also those in the private sector.’’

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How many Technical schools still functioning, a government converting polytechnics to universities.

iwaeda:
How many Technical schools still functioning, a government converting polytechnics to universities.

That is,real clowning.
You are converting polytechnics and technical colleges to universities left,right and centre on the one hand,yet on the other hand saying you are paying 45k stipends to technical college students.
Asides being ironic,it also doesn't make any sense.
Next,you pay doctors and nurses during training to incentisize them to stay?
Engineers,okay,more students enroll in engineering and get 60k per month.
Oh,what of agricultural students,go into agricultural studies with 50k every month so that there would be more farmers.Education,ditto and the list goes on and on!

politicians should stop building schools for another person to fund in future

Why pay people to enrol.

seborrhic:

That is,real clowning.
You are converting polytechnics and technical colleges to universities left,right and centre on the one hand,yet on the other hand saying you are paying 45k stipends to technical college students.
Asides being ironic,it also doesn't make any sense.
Next,you pay doctors and nurses during training to incentisize them to stay?
Engineers,okay,more students enroll in engineering and get 60k per month.
Oh,what of agricultural students,go into agricultural studies with 50k every month so that there would be more farmers.Education,ditto and the list goes on and on!

Do you know what is Technical?

seborrhic:

That is,real clowning.
You are converting polytechnics and technical colleges to universities left,right and centre on the one hand,yet on the other hand saying you are paying 45k stipends to technical college students.
Asides being ironic,it also doesn't make any sense.
Next,you pay doctors and nurses during training to incentisize them to stay?
Engineers,okay,more students enroll in engineering and get 60k per month.
Oh,what of agricultural students,go into agricultural studies with 50k every month so that there would be more farmers.Education,ditto and the list goes on and on!

He is even lying he not going to pay anything, that's how he promised workers 35k palliatives to cushion his disastrous economic policy before his miserly minimum wage, he also promised pensioners 25k,over a year now he is yet to fulfill it,even the minimum wage not fully implemented for both workers and pensioners
Is it the same person that will pay students, Tinubu government is like yahoo government, scamming everybody
But has good systems that does not make it obvious like, useless NLC,weak opposition, and a good media buy which helps with propaganda or suppression of information or news

Hahahahahah.. If you visit any of these technical colleges, you will shed tears. Instead of invest it into revamping the schools as usual na stomach infrastructure important to them

iwaeda:
How many Technical schools still functioning, a government converting polytechnics to universities.

Ask the governor of your state now

While teachers are being paid peanuts. Graduates can't get a job

Islie:


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Better late than never. I just thought about this today.,.it's the only way to go now...

iwaeda:


Do you know what is Technical?

Tell us about it.

by 2027 everyone in this Government will have nothing less than 6 bullion vans to themselves grabbing from all angle

We need to reinvest into our technical colleges gone are those days

Tinubu's government seems to be making the right noise lately. This is a great move.
I sincerely hope they also follow through with their proposed electricity infrastructure upgrades - At least creat a blueprint for it to be realised.

Good idea but the money is too small.

Haba.

That's the cost of a platter of crocker fish and potato chips in Lekki Phase one (One meal oo)

That's what stipend they want to give students.

Good news everywhere

God Bless President Bola Tinubu
God Bless Federal Republic of Nigeria

This is a good idea if only the government will implement it effectively
Am a beneficiary of a vocational school @ mainland technical college Oron in Akwa ibom state where i study electrical engineering
I was surviving very well with this field even before i further my studies at uniuyo.

Another opportunity for corrupt government officials to steal money don come.

The names of ghost students go boku for that list

It's actually very good... We need more people to learn technical skills.... But pls they should fix the technical secondary schs we have in d country.... D last one I saw in Niger state, has a lot of delapitated buildings....

🫤

Hmm

Is this idea sustainable?

I believe by next session all parents will fight to enroll their kids in Technical colleges.

seborrhic:

That is,real clowning.
You are converting polytechnics and technical colleges to universities left,right and centre on the one hand,yet on the other hand saying you are paying 45k stipends to technical college students.
Asides being ironic,it also doesn't make any sense.
Next,you pay doctors and nurses during training to incentisize them to stay?
Engineers,okay,more students enroll in engineering and get 60k per month.
Oh,what of agricultural students,go into agricultural studies with 50k every month so that there would be more farmers.Education,ditto and the list goes on and on!

I think Doctors and Technical students should be the primary focus as that's what the country needs badly. Technical student because we need to drive innovation.

Better not to put your mind on this, the 35k wage award to all federal workers we never see till now.

seborrhic:

That is,real clowning.
You are converting polytechnics and technical colleges to universities left,right and centre on the one hand,yet on the other hand saying you are paying 45k stipends to technical college students.
Asides being ironic,it also doesn't make any sense.
Next,you pay doctors and nurses during training to incentisize them to stay?
Engineers,okay,more students enroll in engineering and get 60k per month.
Oh,what of agricultural students,go into agricultural studies with 50k every month so that there would be more farmers.Education,ditto and the list goes on and on!

So you don't know what is technical college? Jesus Christ of Nazareth....haba mallam....see the kind of people we argue with

Lanruze:
Good idea but the money is too small.

Haba.

That's the cost of a platter of crocker fish and potato chips in Lekki Phase one (One meal oo)

That's what stipend they want to give students.

Far better than nothing... Infact it's very big.... I live in reality, u live in the social media... These students are secondary skl students still living with parents...

It seems u guyz dnt know which one is technical skls... Una think say na poly..?

Jagaban. See ways to lure people into learning a skill.

All this APC socialist idea of throwing money into the air is counterproductive
What technicians and artisans need is access to modern techniques and methods of doing their jobs not stipends
With that, they'll be able to become more productive and even export their skills
Imagine that most mech, carpenters, bricklayers, welders in Nigeria cannot compete favourably with the ones from Benin and Togo in of modern methods of carrying out their crafts
They are only useful to the politicians to cajole them to vote during elections after which they are abandoned to their fate!!

Great move. Enrolment will skyrocket.

iwaeda:
How many Technical schools still functioning, a government converting polytechnics to universities.

Oh I've forgotten you mean technical college and not technical high school.

Islie:


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This is a great move if done properly . Our issue na just implementation. Technical people can soon be the wealthiest in this country