The Minister of Education, Maruf Olatunji Alausa, has praised the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for doing a good job on its core mandate.
He made the call on Friday when he received the new Director General of NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, in Abuja during a courtesy visit.
The Minister also called for the extension of the one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme to two years and for the expansion of NYSC Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development Training programme content for Corps Members.
“You have done so well as an organisation. Let NYSC give people more opportunity to become job creators that will meet the needs of the country.”
Alausa also informed that efforts are ongoing in the ministry to digitise the verification of foreign-trained graduates of Nigerian origin and assured that the Ministry and NYSC will further strengthen exisiting partnership to enhance education for the benefit of the country.
He stressed the need for the deployment of more graduate teachers to serve in rural schools in order to fill the manpower gap in the schools.
The Director General praised the Ministry for it’s innovation and giant strides in the education sector and called for the establishment of a database of Nigerian youths going abroad to study for degree programs.
He explained that this would help the government and other stakeholders in the education sector to have detailed records of Nigerian students studying abroad and eliminate fake graduates.
“NYSC is ready to comply with policy guidelines as directed by the federal government. We are also trying to reform the scheme to conform with the present national needs,” he said.
