Allow graduates do post-graduate without NYSC certificate, Reps tell NUC

The House of Representatives on Wednesday advised the National Universities Commission (NUC) to allow fresh graduates enroll for Masters Degree Programmes in universities without requiring them serve in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme.

The resolution of the House was sequel to the adoption of a motion sponsored by Hon. Muhammad Sani Zorro

The lawmaker noted that fresh graduates from Nigerian Universities are barred from enrolling for Masters Degree Programmes in Universities without having participated in the National Youth Service Corps scheme as a prerequisite.

He said conversely, graduates who schooled abroad are freely admitted for the Programmes without being required to have participated in the National Youth Service Corps scheme as a pre-condition.

“The N.Y.S.C scheme should be restructured to accommodate those who want to go for their Masters Programme before they undertake the mandatory 1 year N.Y.S.C service scheme.

“The House Should also through its relevant mechanisms ensure students who studied in foreign Schools of higher learning are seamlessly incorporated into the scheme with their peers as they do not get their names automatically forwarded by their schools to N.Y.S.C as is enjoyed by their peers in local schools of Higher learning,” he said.

Zorro noted that there is no policy by the National Universities Commission (NUC) that bars fresh graduates of Nigerian Universities from enrolling into Masters Degree Programmes without having participated in the NYSC scheme as a stop gap.

After voting on the motion, the House charged the National Universities Commission (NUC) to make a clarification on why there is the disparity between fresh graduates of Nigerian Universities and their foreign counterparts.

Henry Omunu , Abuja