NOUN Graduates To Participate In NYSC, Attend Law School

Students of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) can
now heave a sigh of relief as President Muhammadu Buhari assents to
the National Open University Amendment Act 2018.

The Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly
Matters, Senator Ita Enang, disclosed this to State House
correspondents on Friday in Abuja.

He said, “President Buhari has also assented to National Open
University Amendment Act, which allows the National Open University
to operate as all other universities, having the same power and
functions and the same administrative structures.”

Before the presidential assent, graduates of the institution
have decried the alleged discrimination to participate in the
one-year national youth scheme, National Youth Service Corps
(NYSC).

The NYSC has, however, been issuing ‘Letter of Exclusionfrom
National Service’ to graduates of the institution.

A sample of the NYSC
exclusion letter issued to NOUN graduates.

While stakeholders in the education sector discuss the issue of
participation in the scheme, NOUN graduates also lamented that they
were not admitted into the Nigerian Law School.

The President’s assent to the National Open University Amendment
Act 2018 has now addressed the issues raised by the students of the
institution.

This is just as the Act eliminates possible discrimination
against programmes and products of the university.

“It has also allowed the establishment of some centres to be
called study centres and given conditions for the establishment of
such study centres,” Senator Enang revealed.

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