toprealman:

I'm happy you expressed yourself fully and totally get your point. Try and read up the allegory of the cave. Keep an open mind too.
Back to the question raised by the OP. As a STEM teacher actively involved in teaching for some years, hopefully, she can be employed in virtually any country. All she needs is to get the right certification and information and the rest will be happy ending
Which industry pays well in Nigeria? Do you know what professors earn? If not for grants etc......let's leave it their.
With her current salary, she is not doing badly going by Nigerian standard.
Act locally, think globally.

ewa20buredi100:
I have a neighbour who resides in Benin city, works as a Physics teacher in a private school and earns 60k as salary, plus extra 55k as a private lesson tutor.

She was recently given a job offer, after applying, in one Microfinance bank in Trade fair, Lagos state. The Microfinance bank has its headquarter in Europe.
The pay is 76k for the first 6 months. After which there will be an upward review to 96k.


Problem is she doesn't know which one to choose, as she is tired of teaching and life in Benin. And wants to experience Lagos life.

I wanted to tell her of the life, stress and traffic in Lagos. But had to withdraw, because I haven't been in Lagos for years now. So chances are that i may tell her what is not true.

And secondly, she has no accommodation in Lagos, but wants to go stay with a friend.

I do not know what to tell her.

Your suggestion highly needed.

Thank you.

ewa20buredi100:
I have a neighbour who resides in Benin city, works as a Physics teacher in a private school and earns 60k as salary, plus extra 55k as a private lesson tutor.

She was recently given a job offer, after applying, in one Microfinance bank in Trade fair, Lagos state. The Microfinance bank has its headquarter in Europe.
The pay is 76k for the first 6 months. After which there will be an upward review to 96k.


Problem is she doesn't know which one to choose, as she is tired of teaching and life in Benin. And wants to experience Lagos life.

I wanted to tell her of the life, stress and traffic in Lagos. But had to withdraw, because I haven't been in Lagos for years now. So chances are that i may tell her what is not true.

And secondly, she has no accommodation in Lagos, but wants to go stay with a friend.

I do not know what to tell her.

Your suggestion highly needed.

Thank you.

ewa20buredi100:
I have a neighbour who resides in Benin city, works as a Physics teacher in a private school and earns 60k as salary, plus extra 55k as a private lesson tutor.

She was recently given a job offer, after applying, in one Microfinance bank in Trade fair, Lagos state. The Microfinance bank has its headquarter in Europe.
The pay is 76k for the first 6 months. After which there will be an upward review to 96k.


Problem is she doesn't know which one to choose, as she is tired of teaching and life in Benin. And wants to experience Lagos life.

I wanted to tell her of the life, stress and traffic in Lagos. But had to withdraw, because I haven't been in Lagos for years now. So chances are that i may tell her what is not true.

And secondly, she has no accommodation in Lagos, but wants to go stay with a friend.

I do not know what to tell her.

Your suggestion highly needed.

Thank you.

Raxxye:

Experience in the banking sector is not comparable to experience in secondary school teaching. I've made my point anyways. It's left for whoever has the options to choose whatever suits her best!

MichaelSokoto:

5am too late!

toprealman:

Glad you expressed yourself fully and I totally get your point. Try and read up the allegory of the cave. Keep an open mind too.
Back to the question raised by the OP. As a STEM teacher actively involved in teaching for some years, hopefully, she can be employed in virtually any country. All she needs is to get the right certification and information and the rest will be happy ending
Which industry pays well in Nigeria? Do you know what professors earn? If not for grants etc......let's leave it there.
With her current salary, she is not doing badly going by Nigerian standard.
Act locally, think globally.

toprealman:

Did you see microfinance bank which claims to have their headquarters in Europe (God bless my African people ) is paying their staff £680 monthly......it is well.

ewa20buredi100:
I have a neighbour who resides in Benin city, works as a Physics teacher in a private school and earns 60k as salary, plus extra 55k as a private lesson tutor.

She was recently given a job offer, after applying, in one Microfinance bank in Trade fair, Lagos state. The Microfinance bank has its headquarter in Europe.
The pay is 76k for the first 6 months. After which there will be an upward review to 96k.


Problem is she doesn't know which one to choose, as she is tired of teaching and life in Benin. And wants to experience Lagos life.

I wanted to tell her of the life, stress and traffic in Lagos. But had to withdraw, because I haven't been in Lagos for years now. So chances are that i may tell her what is not true.

And secondly, she has no accommodation in Lagos, but wants to go stay with a friend.

I do not know what to tell her.

Your suggestion highly needed.

Thank you.

Raxxye:

I don't agree with you. Teaching in Nigeria is about the worst profession anyone can go into.
The pay is very poor; the experience cannot be used to get any other job outside teaching in another Private secondary School. In private schools, you'd hardly have time for any other thing because you're always overloaded with work.
So you lose on all fronts: no money, no useful experience, no mobility and the society doesn't even regard you!

fados4sure:

Are you in Benin? What is your area of specialization and location?

BinamRex:
If the Microfinance job doesn't involve marketing or stressful fieldwork, she should accept it.

I am also a teacher in Benin and without mincing words, I am tired. Teaching is mentally draining and energy-sapping.

I'd rather earn 60k doing other jobs that teach and earn 120k. Teaching is only fun if you have passion for it and you are willing to endure the shit you get from parents and their kids during school hours and home lessons.

engrpheleeks:

It's very easy to write STEM and give motivational speech. But my bro, there is nothing 'STEMmy' about being a science teacher. It most times end at that and nothing more. Teaching in a private school in Nigeria is about the worst profession anybody can think of. It takes a whole lot from you and offers very little. The ratio of what teaching takes from you to what it gives you is 90:10

Dshocker:


She shouldn't think or dream of it at all.

Minus the stress and cost of accommodation (because the friend or relative won't tolerate her for long before they kick her out).... The micro finance will kick her out before 6 months, if she doesn't meet up her target, and that is after she has laboured under the sun.

And if care is not taken, she go enter street begin do ashawo for Lagos.

Lagos no be your mate oooO.

Make she dey manage her sweet life for Edo state, because everybody wey dey waka for Lagos road na one bar dey there life.

engrpheleeks:

Hmmmm, my dear... As we speak, I am currently jobless and though I'm not happy about it, but I have my sanity intact. Can you imagine that I got a teaching job early January as a science teacher in a private school. Their previous science went on maternity leave and I was employed to fill in the vacancy, pending when she'll be back. We had agreed on 32k and 3 subjects (physics, chemistry and maths js1-ss3). I said lemme manage it as job no dey. Only for them to add further maths and basic tech, on top 32k, that was after I resumed. I complained and they said when she resumes we will split the work... To cut the long story short, she resumed and they gave me the options of accepting 25k or resigning. From 32 to 25k. I resigned immediately and I was paid off

Chinks:
I read some comments here and I can't help but laugh at some people's view about STEAM. I'll link their views to inexposure. I teach one of the STEAM subjects here in Abuja (Robotics) and I can tell you that it's highly rewarding. You can't be ICT inclined and suffer in Nigeria of today whether you're teaching or in other sectors. Of recent, I declined 4 other jobs in different organizations in Abuja here because of the school I'm teaching. I'll advise anyone who is really good at STEAM to relocate to better cities to enjoy teaching and make good money from it. Guys are really chilling in Abuja with this teaching job ooo. I'm in a cab going home. So I don't have all the time to type long epistle about teaching in a good school in Abuja.

Delightsome2023:
this is gross. me dey earn 15k here teaching all subjects in a nursery School. The stress alone is killing gosh

Delightsome2023:
bro I'm in Benin as well.
i have a B.sc (Ed) and a TRCN certification.
I'd be so grateful if you could connect me to a teaching job.

fados4sure:

Area of specialization and location in Benin?

ewa20buredi100:
I have a neighbour who resides in Benin city, works as a Physics teacher in a private school and earns 60k as salary, plus extra 55k as a private lesson tutor.

She was recently given a job offer, after applying, in one Microfinance bank in Trade fair, Lagos state. The Microfinance bank has its headquarter in Europe.
The pay is 76k for the first 6 months. After which there will be an upward review to 96k.


Problem is she doesn't know which one to choose, as she is tired of teaching and life in Benin. And wants to experience Lagos life.

I wanted to tell her of the life, stress and traffic in Lagos. But had to withdraw, because I haven't been in Lagos for years now. So chances are that i may tell her what is not true.

And secondly, she has no accommodation in Lagos, but wants to go stay with a friend.

I do not know what to tell her.

Your suggestion highly needed.

Thank you.

Delightsome2023:
I Studied Library and Information Science at the University of Benin.
Graduated Last year and I reside in Ugbowo, BDPA 19th Street by The Pedestrian Bridge, Benin-Lagos Expressway after UBTH.
I can teach English, Literature, CRK, Government and History.

Raxxye:

I don't agree with you. Teaching in Nigeria is about the worst profession anyone can go into.
The pay is very poor; the experience cannot be used to get any other job outside teaching in another Private secondary School. In private schools, you'd hardly have time for any other thing because you're always overloaded with work.
So you lose on all fronts: no money, no useful experience, no mobility and the society doesn't even regard you!

MichaelSokoto:

I studied industrial physics in UNIBEN...

solid job dey?

MichaelSokoto:

5am too late!

BinamRex:
If the Microfinance job doesn't involve marketing or stressful fieldwork, she should accept it.

I am also a teacher in Benin and without mincing words, I am tired. Teaching is mentally draining and energy-sapping.

I'd rather earn 60k doing other jobs that teach and earn 120k. Teaching is only fun if you have passion for it and you are willing to endure the shit you get from parents and their kids during school hours and home lessons.