FG Begins Recruitment Of 500,000 Applicants

The Federal Government’s intervention scheme in job creation begins this Saturday with the commencement of recruitment the 500,000 direct teaching jobs for Nigerian applicants. The programme is one of the N500 billion social investment schemes of the Buhari administration.http://bizwatchnigeria.ng/fg-seek-british-council-support-recruitment-500000-teachers/

The media office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo revealed in a statement that the portal would become live on Saturday June 11, with applications expected to start coming in on June 12.

The 500,000 Teacher Corps, nicknamed N-Power Teach on the portal, is one of the three direct job creation and training schemes Nigerians can start applying for from Sunday, June 12.

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

It also advised young unemployed Nigerians to visit the website and apply, noting that all trainees would be paid for the duration of their training.

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

”Unemployed Nigerians selected and trained will serve in 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. They get to keep the devices even after exiting the programme,” it added.

“According to the statement, the N-Power Teacher Corps programme is an invaluable opportunity for young Nigerians to make immense economic and social contributions to the nation while developing their skills. It will also help to address the problems of inadequate teachers in public schools.”

”Also, persons enlisted under the scheme will gain work experience and acquire key competencies through academic and non-academic capacity building programmes intended to improve their competitiveness in the workplace. Their devices will come loaded with knowledge-oriented applications and software that will enable them acquire the skills and capacity.

Under the N-Power Knowledge scheme, which have three aspects: Creative, Technology Software and Hardware. These three sub-divisions would train 25,000 young Nigerians in all. Five thousand of them would be trained in animation, graphic design, post-production, script-writing.”

“The N-Power Knowledge scheme also has a technology category in two aspects: hardware and software. Ten thousand Nigerians will be trained, and equipped in the area of software development, including web designers, and another 10,000 in hardware expertise, including to repair, maintain and assemble mobile phones, tablets, computers and other devices.”