Successful completion of the National Service year is recognised with a certificate of national service, known also as NYSC discharge certificate and with this, graduates are eligible for employment in Nigeria. The requirements to meet to be able to participate in the one year compulsory service have been dully stated in the NYSC bye-laws.
For instance, a graduate has to be under 30 years below when he or she graduates from the university in order to be qualified to serve. For those who are thirty years and above, a Certificate of Exemption is given to such persons and this is also equivalent to the official NYSC Discharge Certificate.
Also, a person who before the age of 30 graduated but skipped the NYSC service year, will still be eligible for service at the time the person chooses, even if the person in question is 60 years old, or 50 years of age. This is so because his or her certificate of graduation states that he or she graduated before the age of The reason why NYSC is very compulsory is that one can;t work in an organization, federal agency without the certificate.
Before anyone can request for exemption by themselves, it must be based on the following condiitions:. See the lyrics below:. The participation of particular youth categories in the scheme was an important step towardS future changes. It was believed that all Nigerians who went through the program would be provided with a good guidance and orientation according to the needs of the whole Nigeria.
Interesting update on the NYSC allowance increment The document Decree No. This is the document that still outlines the ideas and goals of the scheme in The NYSC corpers are graduates who are under 30 years old who participate in this one-year program after getting their higher education degree. What is the full meaning of NYSC? Graduates scramble to find the easiest and cheapest means of travel. Those who can afford it go by air, but many others make their way by road — sometimes arranging buses and travelling together.
Such road journeys are not always safe, and there have been accidents , but corps members brave it anyway. The trip can take a few days and most graduates arrive feeling tired. But they must immediately sign in, register for their camp IDs, submit their documents, get their mattresses, secure their bed space, and change into their white camp uniforms.
Anyone caught not wearing their uniform will be punished. Every morning, corps members must wake at 5am for physical training.
Lateness can attract penalties from the soldiers training them: frog jumps for two minutes or more before they are allowed to join the parade lines. Members march until the sun comes up, after which they are dismissed for breakfast — which can be anything from pap and akara to bread, tea and a boiled egg or rice and stew. But members say meals are often substandard, and those who can afford it eschew them and instead buy food from the more expensive camp market.
She attended an orientation camp in May in Yikpata, an area on the outskirts of the state. The camp housed 2, people, similar to other orientation camps described by corps members.
Margaret says the camp was unhygienic and the food substandard. Even the bathing area was really disgusting. Even the walls [of the cubicle] were transparent, I could see from one cubicle into another. If I was dressing up, others could see me. There was little to no privacy. For Olasupo Abideen, a youth development expert, this is an extension of the Nigerian education system, which he says does not equip students with the requisite knowledge needed to thrive in a proper work ecosystem.
The education system does not prepare you for the work environment. Entrepreneurship is taught on the board in black and white and that it is irrelevant. By the end of the orientation camp, most corps members are eager to return home.
But it is just a temporary break before they embark on their placement. His disappointment did not end there. Even with the government stipend, it was not enough to pay for his accommodation and transport. The NYSC says it prioritises postings in rural areas and in the agriculture, health, infrastructure and education sectors.
Primary and secondary schools are one of the main destinations for deployed corps members as most states have a chronic shortage of teachers.
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