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Recipients are expected to commence repayment two years after the completion of their youth service. But the Act states this assuming that every graduate will be gainfully employed immediately after graduation.
I have read a variety of fascinating narratives from former participants of the National Youth Service Scheme. While many of these narratives were expressed with considerable positivity, I believe that the positivity is not intrinsically connected with the perfection of the scheme but are drawn through a long journey of disappointment, frustration, and then acceptance of the reality of ‘national service’. Even the most well-crafted narrative I read did not completely mask the failures of the scheme in welfare provision, organization, and perhaps in fulfilling the ultimate reason for which the scheme was established.
