The Government of Nigeria, supported by the private sector is offering unemployed graduates in Nigeria clear progression pathways into gainful employment
Application Deadline: Ongoing. Apply now
Eligible Countries: Nigeria
To be taken at (country): Nigeria
Eligible Fields of Study: 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.
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N-Power has 3 main Fields:
• N-Power Teacher Corps
• N-Power Knowledge
• N-Power Build
N-Power Teacher Corps Programmes
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. They will be encouraged to think critically, and be entrepreneurial and creative in applying their skills in their areas of endeavour. The 4 main focus areas are in primary and secondary education, agriculture, public health and community education (civic and adult education).
The graduates will work in their immediate rural communities, where they will assist in improving the inadequacies in the education, health, and agriculture sectors. Among the key selection criteria for the N-Power Teacher Corps will be a predisposition to work in proximate communities.
The N-Power Teacher Corps will engage and train 500,000 young unemployed graduates. It is a paid volunteering programme of a 2 year duration. The 500,000 graduates under the N-Power Corps programme will get computing devices that will contain information necessary for their specific engagement, as well as information for their continuous training and development. Participants will provide teaching, instructional, and advisory solutions in 4 key areas:
- N-Power Agro
- N-Power Teach
- N-Power Health
- N-Power Community Education
N-Power Knowledge Programmes
The N-Power Knowledge programme is the Federal Government’s first step towards diversifying to a knowledge economy. This programme will work alongside the planned eight innovation hubs across the country to provide incubation and acceleration of the technology and creative industries. The programme is a ‘Training to Jobs’ initiative, essentially ensuring that participants can get engaged in the marketplace in an outsourcing capacity, as freelancers, as employees and as entrepreneurs through these three areas:
- N-Power Creative
- N-Power Tech Hardware
- N-Power Tech Software
N-Power Build
N-Power Build is an accelerated training and certification (Skills to Job) programme that will engage and train 75,000 young unemployed Nigerians in order to build a new crop of skilled and highly competent workforce of technicians, artisans and service professionals.
The focus industries include:
- Building Services
- Construction
- Built Environment Services
- Utilities
- Automotive
- Aluminium and Gas
About the Programme: The Federal Government of Nigeria has designed the N-Power Programme to drastically reduce youth unemployment. The focus is to provide our young graduates and non-graduates with the skills, tools and livelihood to enable them advance from unemployment to employment, entrepreneurship and innovation. The first phase of N-Power will target Nigeria’s critical needs in education, agriculture, technology, creative, construction and artisanal industries. N-Power is also preparing Nigeria for a global outsourcing push where our young Nigerians can export their services to work on global projects that earn Nigeria, foreign exchange.
Type: Paid volunteer programme
Eligibility:
- Currently Unemployed
- No degree or diploma requirements
- Aged between 18-35
- Interest in teaching, building and creating things
Number of Awardees: Five Hundred Thousand (500,000) graduates
Value of Programme: All trainees would be paid for the duration of their training.
Duration of Programme: Two(2) years
How to Apply: Interested applicants can send in their applications from the 29th of June 2020 using the form in the link below
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