National Youth Service Corps - This is to inform all prospective corps members, i.e. Nigerians who have graduated from Universities and Mono/Polytechnics both at home and abroad that the NYSC Online registration portal will be opened from Monday 8th February to Saturday 28th February, 2016 to enable them register for the 2016 Batch 'A' mobilization.
Requirements For Registration/Mobilization of Graduates
In order to ensure a seamless registration, prospective corps members are to note the following for strict compliance:
- Prospective Corps members should ensure that they have functional e-mail addresses with valid password and Nigerian (GSM) telephone numbers with which to register
- Locally trained prospective Corps members are expected to use correct JAMB and Matriculation numbers to register
- For locally-trained graduates, only those whose names appear in the Senate/Academic Board Approved Result lists submitted by their Institutions will have access to the NYSC portal.
- Foreign-trained prospective corps members should ensure that their Institutions are accredited, Where in doubt, it is their responsibility to approach Federal Ministry of Education for verification..
- Those who graduated from Institutions outside Nigeria, (Foreign-trained graduates), are to visit the NYSC portal, register and upload the following documents:
- West African School Certificate(WASC) (with not less than 5 Credits at 2 sittings) or its equivalent, or
- General Certificate of Education (GCE O’ Level) (with not less than 5 Credits at 2 sittings) or its equivalent, or
- NECO (with not less than 5 Credits at 2 sittings) or its equivalent or
- High School Diploma
- First Degree or Higher National Diploma (HND) Certificate (Second Degree or Ph.D not necessary).
- Transcript of the first Degree or HND.
- International travelling Passport showing data page and date of departure.
- It is the responsibility of the prospective corps members who studied in non-English speaking countries to get their Certificates and Transcripts translated into English language before uploading.
- All graduates of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Physiotherapy, Radiology, Optometry, Medical Laboratory Science and Pharmacy are expected to have their Certificates of Registration with their professional bodies. Payment receipts are not acceptable.
- Unlike in the past, Foreign-trained graduates should not visit NYSC Headquarters, Abuja for verification of their documents. This exercise will now be done at the Orientation Camps. They should simply print their call-up letters online and report at the Orientation camps in their States of deployment, but should come along with the original documents they uploaded for verification.
- Anybody who presents any fake document will be demobilized and decamped.
- Prospective corps members should ensure that passport photograph used meet the following specification:
- Ensure your face (eyes, nose, ears, mouth and jaw) is fully shown without bending
- Ensure the picture fills the frame and centralized.
- Ensure the Photo background is white or off-white with no shadow.
- On no account should prospective corps members register by PROXY. They should also remember the finger used for their biometric capturing as these will be used for data verification at the orientation camp. Those who cannot be verified with their biometric at the orientation camp will not be registered.
- Only prospective corps members who want their call-up numbers sent to them through SMS and wish to PRINT their call-up letters online are expected to pay the sum of Three Thousand Naira (N3,000.00) (see NYSC Portal on how to make payment).
- Prospective Corps members who do not want to pay the N3,000.00 have the option of going to their schools to collect their call-up numbers and call-up letters.
- All prospective corps members who paid for the online registration before but where not mobilized need not pay again.
- Married female prospective corps members (Whether locally or foreign trained) should upload copies of their marriage Certificate, evidence of Change of name and their husband’s place of domicile during registration.
- The orientation camps is highly not ideal for pregnant and nursing mothers. Prospective corps members in this category are therefore, to note that they will not be accommodated.
- Prospective corps members who graduated from Institutions located in the following Geo-Political Zones with challenges related to mobilization should contact the following Telephone Numbers between 8th and 27 February, 2016:
- North Central - 08092142614
- North East - 08102790538
- North West - 08092142661
- South East - 09038034460
- South West - 07019190810
- South South - 08092142616
- All Part time graduates are expected to register online and wait for collection of their Letter of Exclusion at their various Institutions. For those willing to print the Letter of Exclusion online, this can be done on payment of Three Thousand Naira (N3, 000.00) only.
Application Start Date
Monday 8th February, 2016.
Application Closing Date
Sunday 28th February, 2016.
Method of Application
In order to ensure a seamless registration, prospective corps members are to note the following for strict compliance:
The Website address is any of the following:
www.nysc.gov.ng
www.nysc.org.ng
www.portal.nysc.gov.ng
Click the Link below to View the 2016 Batch 'A' Time-Table:
NYSC Mobilization Time-Table for 2016 Batch 'A'
Note: That once the portal is closed on Sunday 28th February, 2016, there will be no further registration.