DIRECTOR-GENERAL of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Nnamdi Okore-Affia, Thursday lamented the quality of some of the present corps members, describing them as poor in English Language. He believes it would be a misplacement of priority if such corps members were deployed as teachers in post-primary schools.
He spoke during the 2013 Batch ‘A’ pre-mobilisation workshop in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on the theme, Generating Credible Data for a Perfect Mobilization Process. According to him, the level of academic deficiency among corps members cannot be divorced from prompt rejection of some of them in their places of primary assignments. Therefore, since the contact period between the corps members and the NYSC remains minimal, he noted, it would be wrong for anybody to heap the blame of their ineptitude on the NYSC as a body. “You will agree with me that it is extremely difficult to re-orient a corps member who cannot read,” Okore-Affia said. “To underscore the seriousness of this challenge, we now have a situation whereby principals of schools and other employers reject corps members because they cannot fit into their work schedule.
“Also, JAMB registration number must henceforth be reflected alongside other particulars of every graduate presented to the scheme for mobilization.” Okore-Affia said the challenge of accurate and credible data generation from institutions
producing corps members for the purpose of mobilizing qualified/eligible graduates into national service has been a recurring and Herculean task. According to him, a critical review of the data submitted by corps producing institutions for
2012 service year showed serious flaws which, if unchecked, could have caused grave danger to the NYSC.
This is anotherfall out of a corrupt society.
What a disgrace to the nation! Please don’t blame organizations for rejecting them, what is their use if they can’t represent.
This is to further confirm the sorry state of our educational system. God help our country nigeria.
A Pitiable n regretable bismal dismal
Hmmmm…..The educational system of the country is corrupt, these are things that happens when a student who can’t express herself graduating and included in BATCH ‘A’ due to their Godfather affair.
I believe it’s up to God, but this new policy will affect a lot of candidates who are competent.
The collapse of education in nigeria devastating, may Allah (swt) bring an end to our big problem
the state of deficiency in our educational system began a number of decades a go. i have seen a lawyer(but not legal practitioner)with a MPA, who also showcase herself as a lecturer, yet does not know the content of international law. Students by that so called fake female-lawyer/lecturer are bound not to know any.Iin fact there need for regeneration and reformation of our educational system.
It is quiet pathetic that our educational symtem is decaying day by day. Only GOD can help us