NSS seeks collaboration with KNUST
National Service Scheme (NSS) has made a significant move to explore opportunities and seek collaboration to enhance its relationship with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to mutually benefit each other in the coming years.
A key area the National Service Scheme considers important is a Memorandum of Understanding. Under the proposed partnership between the two institutions, the memorandum of Understanding shall cover fields such as Agricultural Engineering, Sports Science, business and Accounting.
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Osei Assibey Antwi, the current Executive Director of the NSS, made clear this suggestion during his courtesy call on the Vice Chancellor, Rita Dickson, of the KNUST in Kumasi.
Osei Assibey Antwi also called for a consideration for KNUST to collaborate in the areas of research and data analysis with the National Service Scheme, NSS, to enhance and train graduates to meet the demands of the job industry. He calls for industry market players to train these graduates.
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The Executive Director of the NSS utilized the visiting opportunity to inform the Vice Chancellor that the National Service Scheme (NSS) is planning to build an edifice to serve as a campus office to help NSS Personnel and staff with technical and logistic issues they go through.
The campus office would provide technical assistance and receive monthly evaluation forms which currently is being submitted to only Municipal and regional Secretariat.
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The proposed KNUST campus NSS office would also help facilitate easy processing an payment of monthly allowance to personnel working around KNUST.
The Ashanti Regional NSS Director, Prince Kankam Boadu, who accompanied the Executive Director, commended KNUST for its exemplary organisation of a recent orientation program for National Service Personnel, which saw a significant turnout at the university.
The Vice Chancellor of KNUST, Professor Mrs. Rita Dickson, welcomed the NSS’ proposals for their mutual interest.
She reaffirmed KNUST’s commitment to supporting the NSS in enhancing their systems and providing essential support to graduates.
Also present at the meeting was the Registrar of the KNUST, Andrew Akwasi Boateng.
About The National Service Scheme NSS
The scheme is mandated to deploy a pool of skilled manpower drawn primarily from tertiary institutions to support the development efforts of both the public and private sectors in Ghana.
Established in 1973, the National Service Scheme (NSS) is a Government of Ghana program under the Ministry of Education of Ghana with a National Secretariat in Accra, and offices in all administrative regions and districts across the country.
The scheme is mandated to deploy a pool of skilled manpower drawn primarily from tertiary institutions to support the development efforts of both the public and private sectors in Ghana.
Although it is a citizenry requirement for all Ghanaians who are eighteen years above, it is currently limited to, and mandatory for all Ghanaians graduating from tertiary educational institutions who are not less than eighteen years old.
The original intent of deploying freshly graduating youth under the NSS arrangement is to ensure that priority sectors of our national life are never lacking in the requisite human resources needed for development.
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