Senate Approves NYSC Programme For National Open University of Nigeria

The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has finally gotten the approval from the Senate for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for all her students to participate in the NYSC programme. 

 

Students of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) can now be able to participate in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) following the approval by the Senate.

 

This was made known by the Director, Ilorin Study Centre of NOUN, Michael Abikoye, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin.

Mr. Abikoye, who was NOUN first Acting Registrar, attributed the exclusion of NOUN graduates from the scheme and Law school to public misunderstanding of the difference between Open and Distance Learning (ODL) and part time studies.

He expressed optimism that with the ongoing talk between the management of the Open University and the relevant stakeholders, NOUN students would be absorbed into the scheme.

 

It would be recalled that graduates of the NOUN were months ago assured that they would soon be allowed to participate in the NYSC and the Nigerian Law School Programme.