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How To Correct Wrong Date Of Birth (NYSC), Wrong Name, Wrong Course of Study, And Other Mistakes After Nysc Online Registration
Mistakes are part of our everyday life, making a mistake is one thing and correcting it is another thing. The NYSC body has offered opportunity and leverage for prospective corp members to correct some mistakes and errors in their data/details before receiving their call-up letter. Most corrections are usually done after the NYSC online registration.
Part of a recent development by the National Youth Service Corp Management included the correction of date of birth using information from the West African Examination Council (WAEC) to effect some changes. Below are some popular mistakes and errors faced by prospective corp members and how to correct those mistakes.
HOW TO CORRECT A WRONG DATE OF BIRTH
As stated earlier, Aspiring corp members personal details from WAEC is now being used to effect changes on mistakes made in their date of birth on their dashboard. In order to effectively and successfully get this correction done, a PCM will purchase what is known as WAEC verification pin.
The WAEC verification pin is a 10 or 12 digit number which is usually required in a particular field for the correction of date of birth on the PCM's dashboard. To purchase this verification pin a PCM is required to visit any NYSC approved bank where the pin is sold. I always recommend First bank of Nigeria as the bank to visit for the purchase of the pin.
Although there are some agents both online and around that sell the verification pin but one needs to be careful so as not to fall into wrong hands. After getting the verification pin, PCM must login to their account or dashboard then scroll down to the link for date of birth correction and click on it.
You will be directed to another page where you are required to fill in certain empty fields. Enter the 10 or 12 digit WAEC verification pin where necessary, select WAEC Type, Year of Examination and input your Examination Number then click on the Verify button. Make sure that your WAEC date of birth is correct before venturing into this because NYSC will correct the wrong date of birth to the WAEC date of birth, that is to say your WAEC date of birth will reflect on your NYSC.
See the below recent information from the NYSC management on Correction of Name.
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At the moment there is no more option for removal and addition of name. |
HOW TO CORRECT WRONG COURSE OF STUDY
Correction of course of study is very similar to that of date of birth but the good thing is that it doesn't require money. To correct this mistake a PCM must login to his/her dashboard, scroll down to the link for correcting course of study and click on it. On the next page, select the correct course of study and click Submit.
HOW TO CHANGE WRONG OR CLOUDY PASSPORT UPLOADED DURING REGISTRATION.
According to the NYSC management those prospective corp members who have mistakenly uploaded a wrong or blurry passport photograph during the NYSC online registration are required to send their call-up number and full name to NYSC official facebook message box. The link to the NYSC facebook page is www.facebook.com/officialnysc.
Those PCM who fall into this category are to also scan a written application for "take down" of the wrong passport photograph. They are to scan the application to info@nysc.gov.ng so that it can be dropped. This is to enable the uploading of a new passport.
PCMs with wrong thumbprint and passport can also contact the NYSC secretariat where they registered for correction before the commencement of the orientation course.
HOW TO CORRECT WRONG NAME.
Before reading ahead please note this important guide while applying for name rearrangement. NYSC format is SURNAME (comes first), MIDDLE NAME (comes second) and FIRST NAME (comes last). So don't make the mistake of putting the first name you see on your statement of result in the area where you see "first name" during rearrangement hoping that it will be the first name that will show after rearrangement, that is where most PCMs get it wrong while rearranging because the first name like i said earlier always comes last.
If you are still confuse i will elaborate: during rearrangement put the first name you see on your statement of result in the area provided for sur name, put the second name you see on your statement of result in the area provided for middle name and lastly put the third name on your statement of result in the area provided for first name.
Correction of name error is very easy and straight forward. Aspiring Corp members with spelling mistakes or disarrangement in their name should login their dashboard after a successful online registration, scroll down to the name correction link, click on it and correct the spelling or rearrange their name to the right order. Let the name(s) tally with their statement of result. Note that rearrangement of name is very tricky and as such many PCMs have fallen victim of scattering their name arrangement more while trying to rearrange it because all corrections can only be done once. So pay attention to note this down if you are applying for name rearrangement.
Extra tips: If your JAMB name arrangement is different from the name arrangement in your school released senate list or NYSC uploaded senate list or the name arrangement in your statement of result is different from your name arrangement in the NYSC senate list, don't worry because there is an easy solution.
You can either correct the name arrangement in your school before it is sent to NYSC for upload or all you have to do after the NYSC online registration is visit your dashboard and apply for name correction then rearrange the name to the correct order if the arrangement is wrong and reprint your green card once the correction reflects on your dashboard.
The name on your dashboard is the name that will reflect on your green-card when you print it out, make sure it tally with the name on your statement of result.
Note: You can only correct Name spellings or rearrange the name, for those who would need addition or removal of names, they are required to contact their respective institutions where they graduated. Their institution will further communicate with NYSC as regards to the addition or removal of the particular name. Addition or removal of name will not be processed if the institution does not follow the given procedure.
HOW TO CORRECT WRONG GENDER OR STATE OF ORIGIN.
As stated by the NYSC management, PCMs with such mistakes should wait until they get to the orientation camp. In the orientation camp they are required to lodge a complain in the ICT unit of the camp where all corrections would be made.
Drop a comment if this article was helpful.
See also: How to resolve lost or broken school IDcard for NYSC
Please how do I log into my dashboard to correct date of birth in my waec?
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DeletePlease my course of study was not amongst the options of courses. What do I do?
ReplyDeleteCorrect it from your dashboard
DeleteMy year of graduation on my JAMB admission was 2018 but my institution entered 2019 on my statement of result thus it affected my age and I was disqualified from the service. What am I supposed to do?
ReplyDeleteVisit the NYSC Secretariat for assistance
DeleteHow do I correct my year of graduation because my institution uploaded 2020 in which I graduated 2018 but already affected my age during registration. My institution already withdrawn back our names from Senate list to make all the correction but am not yet sure if it will make effect with the previous registration have done!
ReplyDeleteMy dob in waec is above 30, and in my jamb is 23, please how can I deal with that.
ReplyDeleteBut I have gotten my green card
Would it screen me out
Do you want to be exempted? Because most people with over age issue are looking for this kind of luck you had
DeletePlease I mistakenly upload another passport instead of my own. Please kindly help me to correct this error.
ReplyDeleteCallup No: NYSC/LSU/2021/050214
NAME: ABASS NIMOTA OMOBOLANLE
Please I mistakenly upload another passport instead of my own and also wrong thumbprint. Please kindly help me to correct this error.
ReplyDeleteCallup No: NYSC/LSU/2021/050214
NAME: ABASS NIMOTA OMOBOLANLE
Dear Unknown, kindly be aware that this is not the official NYSC blog or website. Neither are we affliated to NYSC in any way, this blog is solely owned by an individual who is just trying to share NYSC information to the general public. Go through the post again you will see what to do for correction of wrong passport uploaded
DeleteHow can you correct being single instead of putting married
ReplyDeleteYou cannot correct such. If you are a married woman seeking consensual deployment to your husband state of residence and such mistake has been made, all you have to do is go to the camp where you will be posted and apply for relocation on marital grounds with the necessary documents needed for such. You can go through our blog to see how relocation is done through Marital ground
DeleteHow can I change my marital status
ReplyDeleteIt cannot be changed but try laying complain in the ICT Unit when you get to camp.
DeleteHow can I change my marital status
ReplyDeleteHow can you correct being single instead of putting married
ReplyDeleteIt cannot be changed but try laying complain in the ICT Unit when you get to camp
DeleteGood evening, please I'm abit confused about this date of birth correction, my real date of birth is 3rd May ,but waec imputed 14th June. Though I started using the waec date but my school sent 3rd May in senate list and that's what appeared during d online registration. My question now is... Should I still do correction of date of birth changing it to the one in waec or I should leave it since its my real date of birth . Will they require certificate of birth in camp or waec certificate?
ReplyDeleteNo you don't need to do any correction. Since your NYSC carries your main date of birth
DeleteWill wrong arrangements of names be a serious problem?
ReplyDeleteI was admitted 2018 for my HND program and I graduated 2021 but the cafe guy input when I started my ND program which was 2013 to my year of graduation so the green card come in as: Institution from 2013-2021. Hope am safe
ReplyDeleteContact your institution to assist with the correction. Your date of graduation is suppose to tally
DeleteThe ND program was from 2013-2015 while HND was from 2018-2021
ReplyDeletePlease were you able to rectify it because I made the same mistake
DeleteI saw a circular that state that correction of date of graduation will no longer be entertained, can I still lodge a complaint with my institution concerning wrong date of graduation?
ReplyDeleteContact your SAO
DeleteGood afternoon all.
ReplyDeletePlease I'm married but after filling the form, my green card beared my maiden name instead of my present surname. What should I do?
Go with all your necessary documents to camp including evidence of change of name and co
DeleteGood day
ReplyDeletePlease I did a changed of wrong spelling of my name after my online registration but after some hours, a Lady call that I should go to my dashboard to do change of the name but I told her that I have done that when I did the registration but she said I did not follow the actual procedure for it. What should I do because I tried clicking on CORRECTION but it wasn't showing on how to change the name.
You can apply for name correction only once
DeleteGood evening
ReplyDeleteHow will someone correct the class of degree on nysc portal showing second class instead on the first class in their statement??
All my details my Date of birth is 27/08/1989 Like NIN, BVN, NECO Certificate, Birthcertifcate, Voters card, but on my Jamb is 27/08/1994 I hope it will not stop me from participating in NYSC? Am graduating 2022.
ReplyDeleteDid you intentionally reduce the JAMB age so that you can serve?
DeleteHow should I change my course. I applied for economics and the school admitted me computer science I then letter change to economics please help me with possible outcome.
DeleteSecondly the email that I register the jamb with it's been hack would it be possible to change the mail address
You are suppose to undergo JAMB regularization, kindly visit any JAMB CBT in or close to your area and table your matter they will guide you
DeleteAm Using 23/12/1999 in all my papers, but jamb is 22/02/1999 .
ReplyDeleteWill there be problem please?
Dear Dagwala, kindly check the NYSC senate list to know which date of birth is there, only then can you know whether or not you will make correction.
DeleteHow can you check the date of birth on senate list coz I just verified mine but didn't see that.
DeleteHello, My Names was disarranged in my Statement of Result, while the names in my School Senate List and the names on my JAMB all are aligned. I hope it won't cause a problem?
ReplyDeleteDear Anonymous, of your name in the NYSC senate list doesn't correspond or is not the same with the name on your statement of result you will not be allowed to proceed for documentation in the NYSC camp. Contact your SAO to assist in getting you a new statement of result with the right names
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ReplyDeletePls my jamb dob is different from my Credential what will be my solution pls Sir
ReplyDeleteGo to search menu in the blog and type HOW TO CORRECT DOB then search, that will answer your question
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ReplyDeleteGood evening, please I hv one of my name totally omitted on the senate list.
Please how do go about the rectification
Contact your SAO
DeletePlease I mistakenly wrote 2019 for the year I was admitted for HND but it's 2018 how do I change that
ReplyDeleteIf the main date of graduation on the left hand side is correct then you dont have a problem, care less about the FORM & TO and the right hand side of your greencard
DeleteJamb did a mistake on my d.o.b. instead of 1997, they put 1992. I graduated this year.
ReplyDeleteBut bearing in mind that even with the 1992, I can still go to service, will it still affect me?
Correct it if. necessary, Go to search menu in the blog and type HOW TO CORRECT DOB then search, that will answer your question
DeleteSir, dob on my jamb is 1989,but no dob on the neco that I use
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ReplyDeletehello good afternoon which D.O.B NYSC followed is the one sch sent to the NYSC or the one on jamb result assuming if its not corresponds
ReplyDeletePls how can I correct mistake made on primary school institution that was mistakenly filled by someone?will it affect me in camp? Or is primary school certificate been asked in camp?what should I do
ReplyDeletePls can they help me correct my year of graduation when I get to camp? I contacted my school and they said it can only be corrected in camp.... Can they correct it for me when I get to camp
ReplyDeleteThe date of graduation on my result is different from that of my green card, how can I correct it?
ReplyDeleteHello sir am using two name after I finish my regularization is only two by the time I get admission I see Three name how can remove the middle name sir
ReplyDeleteHello sir am using two name after I finish my regularization is only two by the time I get admission I see Three name how can remove the middle name sir.
ReplyDeleteAll my credentials are carrying March 13th 1996
ReplyDeleteMy WAEC certificate is carrying September 10th 1993
My dashboard is showing March 13th 1995
My Jamb portal is showing March 13th 1996
What should I do?
Good morning sir/Ma I was registered since on 12-7-2022 still my dashboard has not change to green. After registration I apply for change of date of birth please I need help I don't want to loose camp batch B 2
ReplyDeleteHow long does the correction of date of birth take before it take effect on nysc board?
ReplyDeleteGood evening sir/ ma’am, my notification of results both ND and HND carries Azeez Azeez Babatunde. But I normally Write my name as Azeez Babatunde Azeez. And While registering, my name show as Azeez Azeez Babatunde on my dashboard as well. but after I’ve being successfully registered, I applied for name arrangement on my dashboard which it has been approved and changed to Azeez Babatunde Azeez.
ReplyDeleteHope this won’t be an issue for me in camp since my notification of results carries Azeez Azeez Babatunde while My name has changed to Azeez Babatunde Azeez on my dashboard?
DeletePlease the State of Origin through out my school life is Ogun state, but when i did jamb 2015 the State of origin on my jamb profile is Oyo state, is this going to affect me on camp?
ReplyDeleteHello, pls how long does it take for correction of misspelt name to be approved. Mine has been pending for 4 days now. Camp is in 3 days time.
ReplyDeleteHello ,my gender was changed to female instead of male how do I go about this error
ReplyDeletePlease I want to correct my place of birth as it's wrong during online registration. Thank you!
ReplyDeletePls I found out that after nysc approve my rearrangement of name, the name still comes out the previous way and now is showing approved hope it's no problem can I correct it at the camp
ReplyDeleteHello
ReplyDeleteWhy Nysc will only eccept change or correction of date of birth by using only WEAC. And also, what about those with only NABTEB or NECO result means they haven't chance to make correction of DOB.
Pls i made a mistake in my year of completion instead of from year 2019 to year 2023 i wrote 2019 to 2023
ReplyDeleteIntead of 2019 to 2022 i wrote 2019 to 2023 how can i correct it
ReplyDeleteGood morning sir/ma, my name has already sent to nysc my middle name was been abbreviated during registration but the nysc list shows omitted the middle name. When I went back to the school and told my nysc laison officer he told me he had send the name already that thier is nothing he can do about it. Please will I be able to make the correction during the registration or at the camp?
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