NYSC 2018 Batch "A" Camp Registration Stages, Requirements and Guidelines

The National Youth Service Corps (NOUN) has released and published the 2018 Batch ‘A’ Camp Registration Stages, Requirements and Guidelines Out Online.

All Prospective Batch “A” Corp members are going to Orientation camp this week Thursday, 19th April 2018. 

Below are the requirements for the registration at the camp for all prospective corp members:

(a) Original Call-up Letter or Call-up Letter printed on-line
(b) Statement of Result endorsed by authorized officer with authentic signature.
(c) School Identity Card, including traveling Passport for Foreign-trained graduates.
(d) Medical Doctors, Pharmacists, Physiotherapists and Optometrists are to produce evidence of Registration with their Professional Bodies.
(e) Prospective Corps members should go to Camp with Functional Account Number and Bank Verification Number (BVN) to facilitate online payment of entitlements.
(f) In addition, each prospective corps member MUST present Certificate of Fitness from a Government or Military Hospital showing his/her health status before he/she will be registered and admitted for the orientation course.

Below are the registration Stages in the camp and the guidelines:

Stage One:

At the Gate: Right at the gate that allows entrance into the camp, the camp security men would demand you show them your “Call-up Letter“; when you show them, they will search your luggage and, depending on the method adopted by your camp management, give you a tag number.

Stage Two

Bed Space/Hostel: From the entrance gate, proceed to the second registration point where you would be allocated a hostel and bed space. At this stage, they would collect the tag number, that is, if any was given to you by the gate security men, and ask you to write your name; after which a bed space would be allocated to you.
After taking out the camp required documents, locate your bed space and drop your luggage(at owners risk) and proceed to the next stage 3.

Stage Three

Verification: At this stage you would be required to provide the original of the following documents (Of course you must have made about six photo copies for each of):
Call-up letter, Statement of result, Green card, School I.D card and the Medical certificate of fitness.
After verification and confirmation, then proceed to stage 4.
NYSC dictionary: definition of Nysc terms for every PCM

Stage Four

Bio-metric Registration: At this stage, they will take your thumb print; if match with the one you did at cyber café. They will cross check your information; if everything matched, then they will determine the platoon you belong. And you will be given, “Camp Corps Member Registration Slip” and Temporary I.D, Certificate format, Performance report form, and Bio-data form.

Locate the photo copy centre and make two photocopies of the slip, and keep the slip for further use.
Check the last digit number in your state code. It ranges from, 0 to 9.

0 is platoon 10;
1 is platoon 1;
2 is platoon 2;
3 is platoon 3
.
.
.
9 is platoon 9.

Stage Five

Platoon: All platoon will be directed to gather at different locations.
Your platoon officer will be there to receive you.
Locate your platoon with the camp corps member registration slip, Green Card, Call up letter, statement of result, to get your file, Meal ticket, and NYSC Kits.

Stage Six 

Bank Account Opening: At this stage all PCMs would be required to open a new bank account…

Stage Seven

First parade:
“Pam…papa pam…; pam papa pam…; pi…po…pi…po…­pam…papa paaaaaah” when you hear this sound from military trumpet, usually by 4:00am, those who have completed their registration and are kitted in white camp kits must head to the parade ground for the very first parade.