Don't Wait For Salary, 6 Lucrative Business Idea For Nigerian Teachers
We use to know that teachers reward are up in heaven. Well I wouldn't know how many exactly want to wait till Thy-Kingdom-Come before they take a bold step out of lack and want. But one staggering reality is that a lot of Nigerian teachers are swimming in the murky waters of near-penury; with delayed salary or the lack of it, the situation appears grimmer than ever. However if you want to break the cord from your neck and walk into financial independence, read this.
Book Writing
Writing,
publishing and selling their own books could probably be the easiest thing any
teacher can do. For one, they create lesson note nearly every day and these
lesson note can be transformed into a bestseller. You could write books on the
subjects you teach or creative story books for children or on any other topic
that catches your fancy. There are teachers out there who are making millions
from creating and selling Do-it-Yourself books, lesson plans, study guides,
quizzes and resource materials for teachers. In today’s world you might not
even need the traditional publisher to get your books out in the market. With the popularity
of Ebooks and social media, you can simply convert your written document into
digital format and put it up on sale on social media or ecommerce platform like
Okadabook (Nigerian based), Amazon
Kindle etc
Sell School Supplies
Teachers could also start making and
selling school supplies within their school and beyond. Lookout for school
items that are relatively scares or anyone that can be produced at home with little
resources, take it up and start supplying local shops and schools. You can also get
contracts to make school uniforms and apparels for as many schools as possible..
Videos & Online Tutors
Just like writing, recording and
selling of educational materials is one booming business any teacher must not
ignore. With the availability of digital marketing platform teachers can
leverage on this to share and sell their videos to willing buyers. You can pick any subject to talk about, get a good mobile
video camera and record your way to wealth. For starters, you take on any of the
professional or standard examination in Nigeria and teach on one of their courses and sell the video
version. Online tutoring companies are also becoming more popular. You can either
choose to start your own online tutoring company, hiring other teachers to be a
part of your team or signing up as an online tutor on one of the existing
online tutoring platforms.
Scholarship Consultancy
By helping students find and access
scholarship opportunities and educational grants teachers can turn this into a
money yielding venture. Scholarship consultancy is also a good business idea
teachers can delve into. Seeking and paying for higher education can often be
expensive and confusing but with your help parents can pay you to help their
kids sort the process out.
Summer Camp Planning
Excursion, boot camp, educational
travel – students love this things. You could also make money from planning and
organizing such camping trips during summer. Summer camps can also be known as,
school holiday clubs, activity day camps, kids clubs or simply holiday activities. And with a good planning and organizing skill you could turn this into a lucrative
enterprise by consulting for schools, creating exiting programs and filling the
void annually with a good outing every summer.
Researching Services
Help companies and individuals with product and marketing survey or any other activity that comes with information
gathering. Companies need feed backs to build on their product and services so
the market for researchers, especially independent researchers can never run
dry. A research business provides consulting services to people who desire to
obtain data about specific topics. The research consultant simply go out
and collate credible feeds from reliable sources and thus reproduce an analysis
of his findings. Research consultants can also interpret outsourced informations for clients.
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