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*Non-graduates’ training programmes also open for additional 100,000 young\u00a0<\/em>Nigerians<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n IN WHAT IS THE FIRST ROLL-OUT OF ITS N500B SOCIAL INVESTMENT PROGRAMMES,<\/p>\n the Buhari presidency will start taking applications online for positions<\/p>\n in the 500,000 direct teacher jobs scheme, through an internet portal<\/p>\n named npower.gov.ng.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A statement signed by Laolu Akande, Spokesperson to the Vice President<\/p>\n said while the portal would be live on Saturday June 11, applications are<\/p>\n expected to start coming in on June 12, the beginning of next week. Young<\/p>\n unemployed Nigerians are advised to visit the website and apply.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari in his May 29th<\/p>\n Democracy Day broadcast to the nation formally launched the unprecedented<\/p>\n social investment programmes already provided for under the 2016<\/p>\n Appropriation by the administration.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The 500,000 Teacher Corps, nicknamed N-Power Teach on the portal, is one<\/p>\n of the three direct job creation and training schemes Nigerians can start<\/p>\n applying for from Sunday, June 12.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Others are N-Power Knowledge which will train 25,000 Nigerians in the area<\/p>\n of technology, and N-Power Build, which train another 75,000 in the areas<\/p>\n of building services, construction, utilities, hospitality and catering,<\/p>\n automotive vocations, aluminium and gas services.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n All trainees would be paid for the duration of their training.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The N-Power Teacher Corps initiative which will engage and train 500,000<\/p>\n young unemployed graduates, is a paid volunteer programme of a 2-year<\/p>\n duration. Unemployed Nigerians selected and trained will play teaching,<\/p>\n instructional, and advisory roles in primary, and secondary schools,<\/p>\n agricultural extension systems across the country, public health and<\/p>\n community education-covering civic and adult education.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Besides their monthly take home pay estimated at about N23,000, the<\/p>\n selected 500,000 graduates will also get computer devices that will<\/p>\n contain information necessary for their specific engagement, as well as<\/p>\n information for their continuous training and development. They get to<\/p>\n keep the devices even after exiting from the program.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to the plan of the Buhari administration, the N-Power Teacher<\/p>\n Corps programme is an invaluable opportunity for young Nigerians to make<\/p>\n immense economic and social contributions to the nation while developing<\/p>\n their skills. It will also help to address the problems of inadequate<\/p>\n teachers in public schools.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also, persons enlisted under the scheme will gain work experience and<\/p>\n acquire key competencies through academic and non-academic capacity<\/p>\n building programmes intended to improve their competitiveness in the<\/p>\n workplace. Their devices will come loaded with knowledge-oriented<\/p>\n applications and software that will enable them acquire the skills and<\/p>\n capacity.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Under the N-Power Knowledge scheme, there are three aspects: Creative,<\/p>\n Technology Software and Hardware. These three sub-divisions would will<\/p>\n train 25,000 young Nigerians in all.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 5000 of them would be trained in Animation, Graphic Design,<\/p>\n Post-Production, Script-Writing. All of those under the sub-division of<\/p>\n N-Power Knowledge-creative category.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The N-Power Knowledge scheme also has a technology category in two<\/p>\n aspects: hardware and software. 10,000 Nigerians would be trained, and<\/p>\n equipped in the area of software development, including web designers, and<\/p>\n another 10,000 in hardware expertise including to repair, maintain and<\/p>\n assemble mobile phones, tablets, computers and other devices.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also the N-Power Build category was designed realizing that the presence<\/p>\n of a well-trained and highly skilled youth population in any economy has<\/p>\n direct impact on entrepreneurship\/wealth creation, which in turn leads to<\/p>\n a decline in unemployment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n N-Power Build is therefore an accelerated training and certification<\/p>\n (Skills to Job\/Enterprise) programme that will engage and train 75,000<\/p>\n young unemployed Nigerians in order to build a new crop of skilled and<\/p>\n highly competent workforce of technicians, artisans and service<\/p>\n professionals.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The other schemes in the Buhari presidency Social Investment Programmes<\/p>\n which would soon be rolled out in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n These include the Conditional Cash Transfer that pays N5000 monthly to one<\/p>\n million Nigerians, the Micro-Credit Scheme for more than 1.5 million<\/p>\n Nigerians, the Home Grown School Feeding programme that will serve 5.5<\/p>\n million Nigerian pupils in primary school a free hot meal per day this<\/p>\n year and the Education support grant programme for 100,000 tertiary<\/p>\n students in Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics, STEM and<\/p>\n education.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" *Non-graduates’ training programmes also open for additional 100,000 young\u00a0Nigerians IN WHAT IS THE FIRST ROLL-OUT OF ITS N500B SOCIAL INVESTMENT PROGRAMMES, the Buhari presidency will start taking applications…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n