Federal government considers new policy that will allow undergraduate go for an extra year of studies before embarking on mandatory NYSC exercise

Federal Government has initiated a new policy for University graduates before embarking on the mandatory Nigerian Youth Service Corps. The Minister of State For Education, Anthony Anwukah revealed plans by federal government to introduce new policy that will allow undergraduate go for an extra year of studies before the NYSC exercise. According to the Minister, several university graduates are not knowledgeable enough for the labour market. He also said the proposal was similar to the extra one year taken by the medical and law student to practise their course of study professionally.
Anwukah mentioned this at a two-day retreat for governing councils of Federal Universities in Abuja yesterday May 8th. In his words, “The universities are producing products that are not matching the needs of the industries. I urged the Committee of Pro-chancellors and Committee of Vice-Chancellor to end the decline in the standard of education. Law students attend Law School for one year before going for NYSC and medical students go for one year Housemanship before they are allowed to practice fully, so it will be necessary for other courses to also go through this process. The Lagos Business School can also serve as a one-year after-school training.”
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