2015 NYSC BATCH B TIME-TABLE IS OUT!!!

Soldier go, soldier come, barrack remains static. Many do envy each the NYSC crested vest, especially when Corps Members are on 7/7 dresses. Many will say “I can’t wait to serve this nation because it is our dignity and pride”.

I am imploring the intending Corps Members to make use of their service year for good. Be reminded that you are representing your school, family and you personality. There is no shame and timid in learning what you don’t know. Make use of NYSC opportunity to learn new things and discover yourself.

Never let this your service year go for fun. You can have positive impact in people and always be caution of who you relate with.

Build your spiritual life incase you are lagging shallow.

Let me come in with little story about my case during my service year. When I was in camp, As we all knows that you will meet different people with different background with different characters, we were all one. As an ex-corps member that served in a very industrious and business oriented state, I was hoping to get good job after my service. The journey and otondorialism life started from camp where the state coordinator said “many of you that are professionally certified like that of Computer Scientist, Mechanical Engineers, Lawyers, Medical Doctors, Pharmacists and other professional graduates will be posted to their area of specialization. I really believed her gullibly. Thank God for little privileges I got from my school because I could remember that we were given an opportunity to go for IT when we were in 200 Level. I took the advantage and did a professional course which helped me to gain ground inside the camp.

All programmers, Network administrators, Statisticians and Analysts were called by the ICT director of Umunya camp (Anambra State) just to screen them and permanent them.

I took the step of faith by taken part in the activities. Since then, I didn’t disturb myself much on camp activities.

Be reminded that you should not just go inside the camp as otondo, just do your part and make sure you achieve something. Your little talent may help you during your service year and you may be posted to a very good place. The step of faith I took then didn’t fail me because I served in a good company.

8 months down the line I cant say it was the best decision ever. i ended up teaching one secondary  school kid (3) subjects (Chemistry, Physics and Biology) and the woman was paying (#2000 monthly for the 3 subjects). I was not surprised because we were in Igbo land and not everybody valued Education. Most of my colleagues in camp who were smart ended up getting good jobs in the city just a few months after we started serving. Most of them just went to PPAs to sign monthly clearances and all. LISTEN. You can say its wrong and its illegal against the NYSC scheme but what then is right in this country?

At least, they have added value to themselves. They have gained some hands on experience in the field and are much more confident. They had access to amenities in the cities, and they were open to more opportunities, and yet they dont have two heads. In the end its gonna be us, all of us looking for jobs, opportunities in the 'labor' market.

So to all the prospective corps members, PLEASE if u can help it, Make sure u get a good PPA for yourselves somehow, and also forget the bullshit 19800. The money CAN NEVER be enough to spend sef. UNDERSTAND NOW that the only way service year can be useful is if u add value 100% to yourself in ur career, in skills acquisition (IMPORTANT), and also psychologically, intellectually and spiritually.

MY PIECE OF ADVICE

1.      First understand that it is YOUR service year, and not anybodys business. Dont let anybody make u to do a silly decision out of pressure. If you have to redeploy do it at all costs if u can. Dont waste that opportunity to add value.

2.      For those who spend that one year 'of freedom' visiting their partners and living a reckless life, its not worth it.travelling around wastes money and precious time. Dont expose your life to everlasting regrets. (pregnancy, abortion, stds, HIV or strange SOUL-TIES). Make up your mind to live a decent lifestyle, for the sake of your future. NYSC is just a passing 11 months. At least 60% of corps members live a reckless sexual life. i saw a lot. ITS not worth it really. 1 year is just to small to allow your destiny to be tampered with in the name of sex.

3.      for all its worth, that 3 weeks in camp is just a flying deception. Dont be carried away by the groove, the fun, the partying. Because in the end, that last day of camp u will be left on your own. Some of the friends you have made you might never see them again. Focus on the experience, and enjoy it with your senses intact. Camp is always fun.. but dont mix with the wrong set of people and give yourself a bad name. Make friends with only SMART and FOCUSED people

4.      Understand that after the one year, Job search realities start immediately. So dont wait till then to start looking for a job. Make yourself employable during that one year. Invest in yourself. Professional certifications are always cheaper for corps members. Avail yourself of every opportunity and add RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE to yourself. Dont focus too much on that 19800. INVEST in yourself, with the money and look at the bigger picture after NYSC. Never have an idle moment.

5.      Dont also be careless with your life spiritually. Many corpers forget they are on a strange mans land where they are posted to and just live care-free lives. NO. have a sense of spiritual consciousness always. Belong to a good church, or whatever course you believe in. NCCF, NACC, MCF alone are not enough, but u can join them IF you see that the one around you is cool and serious. Cause, all these bodies too have their own internal issues.. lol (topic for another day).

6.      Finally, JUST commit your ways into Gods hand and trust that the year will be a great and fulfilling one. Wishing you all the best

NYSC Mobilization Time Table For 2015 Batch B

S/NO	Event	Date
1	2015 Batch B pre-mobilization workshop.	21st - 24th July 2015
2	Briefing/Sensitization of final year students/prospective corps members.	4th - 14th August 2015
3	Display of list of all approved programmes for institutions on NYSC portal for cross checking	4th - 14th August 2015
4	Collation of Prospective Corps Members' Data by Corps Producing Institutions CPIs	31st July - 21st August 2015
5	Submission/Uploading of Senate/Academic Board Approved Result for Full/Part-Time Graduates and Revalidation Lists by CPIs	24th August - 2nd September 2015
6	Uploading of Corrected Lists by Corps Producing Institutions	1st - 7th September 2015
7	On-line Registration by Foreign and locally Trained Nigerian Graduates	8th September - 9th October 2015
8	Entertainment of complaints from Prospective Corps Members by the state Deployment and Relocation officers and NYSC Help Desks	9th - 16th October 2015
9	Forwarding of Complaints to Mobilisation Dept by State Deployment and Relocation officers	9th - 16th October 2015
10	On-line Delivery of Print-outs to Corps Producing Institutions CPIs	9th - 16th October 2015
11	Deployment and Printing of Call-up Letters by ICT Dept.	14th - 20th October 2015
12	Notification/on-line Printing of Call-up Letters	21st - 26th October 2015
13	2015 Batch 'B' Orientation Course (stream I)	28th October - 16th November 2015
14	2015 Batch 'B' Orientation Course (stream II)	25th November - 14th December, 2015

Source of time table: http://nysc.gov.ng/mob-timetable/2015/2015b.php