WHY THE NYSC SCHEME SHOULD BE SCRAPPED
1. The scheme was created to help the nation heal quickly from the effects of the Civil war: Now the civil war is over and we should be focused on avoiding another war- an intra personal war. This is a war that a person fights with himself otherwise known as Confusion.
How do you expect someone who studied Biochemistry to teach intergtated science effectively? First of all, the graduate studied Biochemistry and not Biochemistry education! The former is practical and field related while the latter has to do with class activities)
2. Too much money is expended on this scheme and there are no visible results: I personally believe that the money spent on the NYSC scheme will be enough to create jobs for these graduates. Its not yielding results because after the 1-year mandatory service most of the graduates are left jobless and without savings to start up a business of their own – they don't have savings not because they don't want to but because the cost of 'survival' is high. NOTE that I used 'cost of survival' and not 'cost of living' that's simply because the latter is not affordable!
3. Looks Like A Use-and-dump Scheme: After the one year compulsory service I said earlier that the graduates end up as jobless people. This is because there is NO system, not to talk of having an organized one. The companies (most times schools) that the corpers are posted to milk them of every dime the FG is paying (a paltry 19,800 most of which will be spent on transport). These people will still rent an apartment if they are so unlucky to be posted to a state where they know no one (80% of youth corp members fall in this category).
4. No relevant experience is gained in most cases: I need not to talk too much about this but I'll say a little.
Now, of what relevance is the teaching experience a Banking and Finance graduate gets from teaching a primary school student? He/she will be dealing with adults on the job after NYSC, he/she can't probably use whatever experience gotten.
Total Waste Of Time You'd Permit Me To Say !!!