Varsity accuses NYSC of discrimination

olamide oni

January 21, 2016 2:47 PM

The VC lamented the discrimination of its graduates by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and the Nigerian Law School.

Authorities at the National Open University (NOUN) has accused the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and the Nigerian Law School of discrimination against their graduating students, Leadership reports.

The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof Vincent Ado Tenebe at the 5th Annual Convocation ceremony, said that the graduates of the school are not given equal opportunities with fellow graduates from other institutions to participate in the NYSC.

He also added that the law students are barred from attending the Nigerian law school.

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Tenebe said an internet search shows that there are 59 open universities in countries throughout the world and there is no evidence that graduates of their open universities are treated differently from the graduates of their traditional regular universities.

The VC therefore called on the appropriate agencies responsible for NYSC and legal education in the country, to reconsider their positions, especially against the background of the “latest results of University Rankings” by Webometrics which placed NOUN as number 23 out of the “100 Best Universities in Nigeria for 2015.”

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