FG Plans New Tests for Nigerians Who Study Abroad Before NYSC

(President Bola Tinubu. Photo Credit: Voice of Nigeria)
The Nigerian government is planning to make foreign trained graduates write an exam before they can do NYSC. 

This idea focuses on students graduating from African universities, especially because people are worried that some degrees from other countries might be fake or not very good.

Dr Folake Olatunji David, Acting Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, made the proposal on Monday at the 37th meeting of the National Standing Committee on Evaluation of Foreign Qualifications in Abuja.

She said the test would show whether graduates really have the knowledge and skills their certificates claim.

She said the government supports studying abroad but will not lower its standards.

She noted that more Nigerians are studying in foreign institutions, especially in West Africa, and that the ministry is trying to stop forged certificates.

She also said the ministry has automated and digitalised the evaluation of foreign certificates and the authentication of Nigerian ones since the start of this year.

The committee will also look at several other issues, including rules for registering new private institutions and making sure foreign curriculum secondary schools in Nigeria prepare students for recognised local exams such as WAEC, NECO, NABTEB and NBAIS. Students must sit at least one of these before graduating, no matter where they plan to study next.