Nigerians who graduated from foreign universities without possessing basic
requirement entry as demanded by Nigerian universities are henceforth to
be barred from participating in the mandatory National Youth Service
Corps (NYSC) programme.
The Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai, disclosed this
yesterday, while receiving the Director General of the NYSC, Brigadier-General
Nnamdi Okorie Affia, in her office in Abuja.
The minster reiterated the possession of the minimum entry requirements
before gaining admission into any foreign university as fundamental to being
accorded recognition as a graduate. She decried the rush by students to gain
admissions abroad with deficient basic requirements only to return and pester
the ministry for clearance to serve.
She said: ‘’We might not certify any graduate that does not meet up with basic
entry requirements and who did not follow the internationally recognised
bridging requirements’’, the minister said.
On the upgraded list of accredited foreign universities, the minister said
that the recognition of universities is usually done globally following
internationally approved standards.
Earlier in his remark at the occasion, the NYSC boss had said that his
delegation had come to seek clarifications on the issue of the mobilization for
NYSC, graduates from foreign universities, and the clarification on the minimum
basic requirements that must be met before being mobilised.
Source: Blueprint
