FG Proposes Two-year NYSC To Boost Youth Employment
The Federal Government has proposed the extension of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme from one year to two years as part of efforts to deepen skills acquisition and boost youth employment.
The proposed extension includes an expansion of the NYSC Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme to better equip corps members with practical skills for job creation and national development.
This development was revealed during a courtesy visit by the Director General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, to the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Olatunji Alausa, in Abuja.
A statement signed by Caroline Embu, Acting Director of Information and Public Relations in the NYSC, detailed the discussions and proposals raised during the meeting.
“You have done so well as an organization. Let NYSC give people more opportunity to become job creators that will meet the needs of the country,” said the Minister.
Dr. Alausa commended the NYSC for its proactive and digitalised approach to the mobilisation process, which he said has helped address certificate racketeering involving some foreign-trained graduates within West Africa.
He also praised the Scheme for resolving the long-standing issue of Ordinary National Diploma (OND) part-time graduates who obtain full-time Higher National Diploma (HND) qualifications but were previously exempted from national service.
According to him, “Efforts are on-going in the Ministry to digitize the verification of foreign-trained graduates of Nigerian origin.”
He added that the Ministry and the NYSC would continue to strengthen their collaboration to improve the education sector and support national development.
In addition, the Minister advocated for the deployment of more graduate teachers to rural schools. “This would fill the manpower gap in the schools,” he said.
SOURCE: VANGUARD
