A teacher is s person who has undergone a formal training in a
teachers training college, a college of education or a university and
has obtained a professional certificate ranging from teachers grade two
certificates (TC II), National certificate in education (NCE) to B.A or
B.SC in education.
A diligent teacher can make money in one or more of the following ways.
SALARY: A teacher can seek for a paid employment in any private or
public educational institution where he will be entitled to a monthly
salary.
PRIVATE TUTORIALS: A teacher can earn additional income
by organizing extra tutorials or private lessons for students who wants
to excel in examination like SSCE, JAMB, SAT, GCE, O & A levels etc
and also in special subjects like further mathematics. Another income
generator for a teacher is to organize an adult literary class.
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CONSULTANCY: A teacher can offer consultancy services to students as a
carrier counselor especially in the area of subjects and carrier choices
He can also be a consultant to parents who want their children to be
admitted into special schools like command schools, federal government
college, foreign universities e.t.c.
He can as well become a country
representative of a foreign educational institution in his home country
e.g. a Nigerian teacher representating the University of London in
Nigeria.
WRITING: A teacher can make a lot of money through
writing textbooks, novels, handouts, pamphlets and even becoming a
correspondent or columnist in a newspaper or magazine.
As a matter
of facts most of the books being read in schools today are written by
teachers in their various areas of specialization. This has then
potential of earning a residual income for the teachers even after his
retirement.
RESOURCE PERSON: A teacher who is in the field or
working in the state or federal ministry of education can become a
resource person when educational seminars are organized thereby earning
extra income for himself.
ONLINE TUTORIALS: A teacher can
establish an educational website or portal to impart knowledge online.
The students will pay before they can login thereby generating income
for the teacher who has now become a web master.
COMPUTER SCHOOL:
A teacher who read computer education can setup a computer school or
college whish is very lucrative in Nigeria today because of the
communication revolution going on in the country.
SCHOOL
SPONSORSHIP: A teacher as an educationist is qualified to open a crèche,
nursery, basic or secondary school and or even a university as a
proprietor or proprietress.
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This is where the real money is for
the teacher as it is the most lucrative endeavor for the teacher, but it
is very capital intensive because education is no longer a matter of
blackboard and chalk but a matter of computerized classrooms and
computer literate teachers and these hard wares, soft wares and people
ware are not cheap at all.
In conclusion, a diligent and innovative teacher’s salary is no longer in heaven but right here on earth.
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