EDITORIAL: NYSC at 50: Repositioning for survival, better service
The lack of adequate financial resources for the NYSC scheme is a big issue. Currently, there are 1,855,261 undergraduates in Nigerian universities expected to go through the service, sooner than later. This figure will invariably increase with the total number of 258 public and private universities, as of last Wednesday last week, following a Federal Executive Council approval of 37 new private universities in the country. Students from abroad and in the polytechnics spike the number further.
The exponential increase in call-ups to the service, with the earlier inclusion of National Certificate of Education graduates of Colleges of Education, compelled a rethink on how to prune the figure in 1985. With effect from the 1st of August that year, those above the age of 30, military and police personnel, members of staff of the State Security Service, Nigeria Intelligence Agency, Defence Intelligence Service and individuals conferred with national honours, were exempted from service.
In many of these countries, enlistment is highly competitive or for the best. Malaysia has 85,000 vacancies for a three-month programme and selection is by lottery. In Chile, through competition, medical doctors, engineers and lawyers are professionals selected and deployed in rural areas for rural poverty reduction, which lasts for 13 months. In Israel, it is for three and two years for males and females respectively, and only for secularists aged 18, for military training.
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