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Who says being a teacher isn't a good job? What if I say that's a down right lie. That's right, teachers can get a good income even higher than those who have white-collar jobs
Unfortunately, teachers have a low income in Nigeria, except those working in Federal or Multi-million naira schools. However, teachers can back up their peanut salaries with the following ways
1) Organizing Workshops and Seminars-If you have studied a specific course, especially English and Mathematics, you can organize a workshop/seminar around different schools in you area. All you have to do is to make brochures and letters and distribute them to different schools. You have to make sure you letter is good so as to easily attract schools. I can assure you its worth the stress as multi million naira schools in places like Abuja,Lagos or Port-Harcourt end up going home with 250,000 naira or more depending on the schools. Some mushroom schools pay 10-20,000 naira but if you are really good, you can charge higher.
2) WAEC,NECO,GCE supervision/marking- This is the second term and so preparations for WAEC is going on. You can supervise or mark WAEC depending on how experienced you are. Nigeria is a corrupt country and you can find 'Miracle Centres' everywhere. I'm not patronizing them but I'm just saying. An average Nigerian can earn up to 100,000 naira or more just by supervising difficult subject like English or Mathematics in any of these centers.
You can also supervise other external exams like
NECO,GCE,Common Entrance,First School leaving,MOCK etc just for the cash.
3)Private Lessons-you can also make money by organizing private lessons for interested students in your school this kind of lessons are mostly enjoyed by Mathematics teachers but can still be done by other teachers. Think about it, if you end up having 5 students in your class,and each is paying 2000 naira, you will end up with another 10,000 naira added to your salary at the end of the month or even more depending on the number of students. You can also organize lessons for those who are about to write external exams. You can charge higher at this point because parents want their children to pass. You can even do private lessons for university, polythecnic etc students and make money


There are still more ways a teacher can earn money in Nigeria. In conclusion, teachers should learn how to take care of themselves without depending on Government for job. Like it or not, government organizations can't take in the whole youths in Nigeria

Good evening