Why NOUN Graduates AreNot Qualified To Participatein NYSC

The Former Dean of the School of Arts and Social Sciences at the
National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), and currently the Provost,
Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, Epe, Lagos State,
Professor Olu Akeusola while speaking with journalist disclosed reasons
why graduates of Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) are not qualified to
participate in National Youth Service Corps.
In his words, “You see, we have the tendency of misinterpreting concepts.
NOUN isn’t meant for regular students. It is not meant for anybody that
has just finished his secondary education.”
NOUN is a flexible programme meant for adults – meant for the
working class. It is for people who have sufficient experience, but want
academic knowledge and certificates to back up what they are doing.”
“NOUN got it wrong when they started admitting students that are
JAMB drop-outs—people who are unable to go to conventional
universities through JAMB; and then also fresh secondary school graduates.
Automatically, they would be agitating that they want to serve, after all,
they are graduates."
"But the question you should ask is: If we are talking about NOUN as
flexible, what about graduates from sandwich programmes? Are they
serving? So, what makes NOUN different from sandwich? The only
difference is that sandwich is done only during the holidays and it is like
part-time. NOUN is flexible, but then, they both don’t receive lectures
everyday. They both don’t do face-to-face lectures.”