NYSC is not 2 year - Minister of Education

The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has made it he was misquoted. He said it during a convocation lecture at Lagos State University (LASU) on Tuesday.  The news that NYSC will be 2 years has been trending on social media and online reports last week,  and prompting confusion about the future of the NYSC programme.The minister explained that the idea he had suggested was the creation of a special teacher corps for graduates of National Colleges of Education, not an extension of the NYSC service year.According to him, " there was never a time that I said youth service should be extended to two years. I never said that. The minister clarified that his proposal was aimed at addressing the shortage of teachers in rural areas. He suggested that a voluntary, optional teacher corps could be established under the NYSC to send teachers to underserved areas for two years.“We are training many graduates from National Colleges of Education, but there aren’t enough jobs for them. This imbalance between supply and demand leads to challenges. Rural areas suffer from a lack of teachers in subjects like mathematics, science and English,” Alausa added.The minister also revealed that the government is conducting an audit of teachers employed by Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) in unity schools and plans to integrate qualified PTA teachers into the federal civil service.