NYSC Orientation Camp Tips For Prospective Corp Member (PCM)

The national youth service corps (NYSC) was established after the Nigerian civil war by the then president of Nigeria, Yakubu Gowon. In this programme, graduates of tertiary institutions in Nigeria and foreign countries must participate in nation building. The requirements used to be very simple. Graduates above the age of 30 or those who have served in the military or graduates of other programmes are exempted. However, the programme has endured so many reforms over the years.

Read Also: National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Registration For Pharmacy Students This blog has many tips on NYSC. They are all tailored to answer the many questions of NYSC by prospective corp members (PCM) and corp members (CM). And just recently, the management of NYSC have just released recent updates concerning the programme that will affect many CM. This current tip covers others found on this blog. I will do well to modify all my old posts on this site.

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Tips For Deployed Prospective Corps Members

1. Report on your scheduled Camp reporting date. 2. Do not travel to the Orientation Camps at night. Break your journey when necessary. 3. You must register for the COVID-19 Test using the link in your dashboard once deployed. 4. After Documentation in the Camp your Date of Birth cannot be changed. Apply for DOB correction before the commencement of the Orientation Camp. 5. After Documentation in the Camp your Date of Graduation cannot be changed. 6. After Documentation in the Camp your Course of Study cannot be changed. 7. Make sure your Date of Graduation and Course of Study are correct before reporting to the Camp. Do not report to the Camp if there is any discrepancy with the Date of Graduation on your Statement of Result and your Call-up Letter. If you have any issues, return to your Institution to sort it out.

8. After Documentation in the Camp, passport photographs cannot be changed.

Read Also: NYSC Registration Of Nigerian Foreign-Trained Pharmacy Graduates 9. If you are deployed and refuse to report to the Orientation Camp, you will not be automatically moved to the next Stream. 10. You can apply for correction of wrong Gender and Title in the Camp. 11. You can also apply online for corrections to your Class of Degree, Qualification and Course of Study, Your Student Affairs Officer (SAO) will treat it. 12. If there is disparity in the name on the Statement of Result and that on the Call-up Letter, apply for Name Addition and Removal on your dashboard. Your SAO will process online by uploading backing documents.