The President, speaking through the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, on Mondy in Abuja, at an event to mark the approved special pension scheme that would enable the teaching profession retain its experienced talents, also extended teachers’ retirement age to 65 years and teaching service years to 40.
He reintroduced bursary award to education students in universities and colleges of education with assurance of automatic employment upon graduation and directed the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to make financial provisions for teaching practice in universities and colleges of education, stating that the special packages was to attract and retain the best brains into the teaching profession and also encourage best graduates to take up careers in the teaching profession.
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