DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN NYSC INFORMATION SYSTEM

1.1  Background of the Study

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is a programme that involves Nigerian graduates in the development and integration of their country. The scheme covers a one yearprogrammewhere graduates are posted randomly within the country to serve their fathers land with all diligence and patriotism. Every year more than 5,000 corps members are deployed to each state for one yearservice. This deployment is in three (3) batches namely batches A, B and C. BatchesA and B corps members are usually more in number while batch C corps members arefewer.

Out of this number some will relocate from the state they are deployed toanother state because of certain reasons like marital status and health condition.

Corps members should be posted to cities and states far from their homes and states of origin. They are expected to mix with people of other tribes, social and family backgrounds, to learn the culture of the indigenes in the place they are posted to. It is a way to engender unity in Nigeria, to help youths appreciate other ethnic groupings in the country. During the one year period of service, there is an "Orientation" period of approximately three weeks which is spent in a camp away from family and friends. Within these three weeks period of orientation camp, corps members undergo trainings (physical and emotional education) to prepare them for the task ahead.They validate their registration before the camp, they are required to provide some necessary documents before they could be fully registered for the camp. This internal registration is done manually and usually stressful for the corps members.Only corps members who register before the deadline (usually 12 midnight on the third or fourth day depending on the duration of the orientation) are allowed to participate in the orientation exercise. Within this period, they usually face with the trouble of getting the right  information at the right time and also locating the camp region and having all necessary documents at hand.