The Ghana National Service Scheme (NSS) has officially released PIN codes, Postings and guidelines for the National Service Registration for final year students from all accredited tertiary institutions in Ghana to enable them to register for their mandatory national service for the service year. The NSS announced to prospective service personnel and the general public that the online registration starts on Friday, 24th April and ends on Thursday 31st May . Pin codes for the national service registration has therefore been released for the national service registration for final year students from all accredited tertiary institutions in Ghana to enable them to register for their mandatory national service for the service year.
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The Official Statement On Release Of Pincodes:
The National Service Scheme ( NSS ) Has today April 24th released pincodes for registration a total of One Hundred And Eleven Thousand Thousand Six Hundred and Thirteen (111,613) pincodes for all eligible final year students from all accredited tertiary institutions in the country to do their mandatory national service for the service year. The official statement reads:
All prospective national service personnel are hereby requested to visit the National Service Scheme ( NSS ) website at www.nss.gov.gh to access their PIN codes with their respective Index Numbers And Date Of Birth and proceed to any branch of ADB Bank LTD throughout the country to make payment of an amount of GHC 40
However the use MTN mobile money is advised to reduce the frequency of human contact in the wake of the covid 19 pandemic. For those who resort to pin code activation via MTN mobile money, payment of an amount of GHC 41 is required.
Management urges all prospective National Service Personnel to ensure that they complete their enrollment process on or before Thursday 31st May .
This article contains details of all you need to know about the entire Ghana National Service Scheme Procedures from registration, to earning your monthly allowance, to receiving your national service certificate. Detailed topics covered in this article include: The Online National Service Registration Procedures, National Service Requirement, How To check and Pay for National Service Pin Code, Things To Note When Filling The National Service Enrollment Form, How To Do The Ghana National Service Online Registration If Your ID Is Rejected On The Enrollment Page, Posting To Preferred Institution For National Service Without Paying A Dime, How to Check For National Service Postings / Placement After Registration, How To Print Your Appointment Letter And What To Do Next, How to schedule Appointment For National Service Validation After Registration And Placement, The National Service Validation and Biometric Registration, Things To Note About the Validation process and Biometric Registration and how to request for your national service certificate online and have it delivered to you
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Overview Of The Entire National Service Procedures From Registration To Earning Your Allowance
Note that the procedures listed below are covered in detail in this article:
National Service Registration Requirements:
For a complete requirement, rules and regulation check ; National Service Requirement, rules and regulation
Ghana National Service Registration Procedures
Pin codes for registration for the final year students from all accredited tertiary institutions in Ghana has been released. Postings will follow several days after the registration deadline of Thursday 31st May. And the national service is to begin a while after that.
To register for (enroll unto) the Ghana national service scheme as a prospective service follow the guide below
Ghana National Service Online Registration Procedures
- Enter your index number and and your date of birth in the provided fields and click the “Search” button to generate your pin.
- Your pin code summary page would show up, Containing your pin code and your personal details.
- Afterwards, Write down the pin code that is generated, as you would use it to make payment before entering the registration page. The number might be something like this GMYGCW793418. There would be an option to choose payment option, where you would have to select the network you are on eg MTN, afterwards enter your number that is registered on mobile money. The Mobile Money payment might look like below: a screen like this would pop up on your phone for you to confirm payment:
- Just enter your mobile money pin to pay. It is 41 cedis as of the academic year. You would see a payment confirmation and receive SMS confirming payment.
- There are two other options by which you can activate your pin code after checking it, the first option is to proceed to any branch of ADB Bank Ltd. throughout the country to make payment of an amount of GHC 40.00 or GHC 41.00 to activate your pin code. The second option is using MTN Mobile Money to activate your pin code, follow this guide to activate your pin code on mobile money: How To Pay for NSS Pincode On MTN
Your name on the id card you use must match the name provided by your school to the NSS secretariat. If all the names do not match, you cannot access the NSS enrollment form in the next step.
Example if your full name is Yaw Manu Antwi but for some reason the name on the id you entered is Kofi Smith Yeboah then the system would not let you register. But don’t panic there is a way around this. Read On How To Register If Your ID Is Rejected During NSS Online Registration.
- The first step is to fill your applicant information. This include your name, sex, name of institution, course of study, date of birth, nationality, email, contact, region, residential address, Ghana post gps address, guardian information, next of kin. You would have to upload a passport size picture on this page.
- The second step is to fill your service information. This include whether you are currently employed, on study leave, have done service before, have military training, your height and clothing size details.
- The third step is your posting preference. This is where you choose three regions that you would like to be posted to, in order of preference. And your industrial preference option, this has three slots; you can choose educational support, business support or entrepreneurship in order of preference for the three slots. If you are not sure of which of these options to choose read on Things To Note When Filling TheNss Enrollment Form.
- The fourth step is to preview your form. This shows a summary of all the details you have entered.
- The fifth step is where you print your form or save it as a pdf. You would see a congratulations page detailing your NSS number, your pin code and index number.
How To Pay for National Service Pin code On MTN During The National Service Online Registration
The National Service Online Registration requires that you make payment for the pin code through an accepted medium.
If you did not see a payment option in the registration step 1 above where you were to enter your mobile money number to receive a prompt of payment and enter you pin to make the payment. Or just because you prefer to use your mobile money short code to do the payment instead. Then you are at the right place.
MTN Mobile Money happens to be one of the convenient payment methods. here is how to make payment for the pincode using MTN Mobile Money.
Things To Note When Filling The Nss Enrollment Form
How To Do The Ghana National Service Online Registration If Your ID Is Rejected On The Enrollment Page
The first thing you would see after signing into the Ghana national service enrollment system for the national service online registration, is a page that requires you to choose a means of identification by entering the ID number of a supported ID card.
The supported ID cards are; a voters id, national id, ssnit id, drivers license or a Ghanaian passport. But what if for some reason, you do not have any of the cards. Either because you have misplaced it or because you have not acquired one yet.
The system would not allow you to move unto the enrollment form until you have provided a means of identification.
But do not worry, there is a workaround. This is what you can do.
First Option: If You Had Misplaced Your voter’s ID:
Just go to the electoral commission district or regional office in the town where you registered the card. Request for just the ID number by providing them with your your full name. All you need is the ID number and not the card itself. You would have to be humble as they are not obliged to provide you with that information.
Upon getting the ID number, you can move on to enter it on the enrollment page to verify your identity and register.
Second Option: If You Do Not Have Any Of The Cards:
Go to a SSNIT office and request for a SSNIT card. SSNIT would not give you the card just because you need it. You must satisfy a condition. They require a letter of appointment from an employer that shows you have been recently employed. And that your employer is ready to pay your SSNIT contribution.
How do you get an appointment letter? Any registered business can give you an appointment letter. Even an MTN mobile money vendor business that is registered at a district assembly or similar authority.
You would have to admit that you have been recently employed by the said institution. And that you need a ssnit number. Your position of employment, employment date and all that is required in an appointment letter must be present. You can google online for a sample appointment letter.
SSNIT card takes almost a month, but its not the card that you need, you need a ssnit number. Upon registering with snnit you would receive your ssnit number in a week’s time.
Upon getting the SSNIT ID number, you can move on to enter it on the enrollment page to verify your identity and register.
Third Option: Get A Passport
The third option is to apply for a passport. This is not the safest option since we all know that even the expedited application takes more than a month. By then the national service enrollment would have been closed. Unless you have a connection man to fast track the process. Read on How To Apply For A Passport In An hour.
Posting To Preferred Institution For National Service Without Paying A Dime
You might be wondering how to get the Ghana national service secretariat to post you to your institution of choice during the posting period. While there are middlemen who claim to do the Ghana National Service posting for a fee during the posting period, you can do this without paying a dime.
It Is good to know that the Ghana national service secretariat officially does not post people to their institutions of choice during the posting period, and dealing with any middleman is at your own risk.
I must say there are some genuine middlemen who have links with people working at the secretariat. I know a couple of people who payed the said amount and got posted to their institution of choice.
I also know tons of people who payed such amount and were not posted to their institution of choice. This brings the question to how genuine it is, because everyone claims to be genuine.
Following that path is purely a high risk. You might be posted to where you want but upon reaching there you are told to go for re-posting since the place is full. You get no refund of money.
The price of the said amount ranges from three hundred cedes and up as of the 2018 service year. This amount increases over 50% every year.
You can get posted to your institution of choice for free. Yes, for free. Here is how. This is for educational institutions but may apply for other non-educational institutions.
How To Get The Posting To National Service Institution Of Choice For Free
All you need for your National Service posting after your registration is an assurance letter from your institution of choice with your national service ID in the heading of the letter. Read on How To Get Assurance Letter And A Sample Assurance Letter.
It is good to know that the NSS identifies you with your national service ID number. The ID you get after a successful online registration. This is what you get, right after your online registration. When you have gotten your national service ID number, let your institution of choice type and print you an assurance letter stamped and signed by the institution’s head, assistant or the right person responsible for endorsing such letters.
You can choose to let you or the institution post it by EMS but that is another risk. EMS can take up to a week to arrive. There is a big chance that your letter might not arrive early, the earlier this letter gets there the better.
There is another chance that your letter would not be touched since the NSS gets lots of letters from institutions during this period.
Send The Letter Yourself
So send the assurance letter to the head office in Accra yourself a day or two after the online registration ends, not to your regional office because all postings are done at the head office in Accra.
Upon arriving at the head office do not give it to the people over the counter especially when there are a lot of people there, they would put it somewhere without touching it. Try entering through the door and say you are submitting a letter from an institution.
You would know your letter is in good hands when your letter is removed from the envelop and added to other letters or just added to other letters without being removed from the envelope. You would know this by keeping a study eye to see where it was placed.
With this done your placement (posting)is assured. I did this in the 2018 service year and got posted without paying a dime. I was taught this by two national service alumni who did same in the 2017 service year.
And I know up to five people who have done this. Actually this used to be a norm a while ago. But too many people where refusing to be posted to other places. They go for reposting as soon as they get there. It is good to know that as of the 2018/2019 service year reposting’s are cancelled. It is for only those whose institutions do not need their service, pregnant women and those with serious health issues that their environs may not be conducive. Thank me latter. Read More On The Ultimate National Service Online Registration Guide.
How To Get The Assurance Letter For The National Service Posting After Your NSS Registration
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It is good to know that you must go in person to request for the letter. Since you would need to send it as soon as possible and you get reply as of whether they are giving you or not instantly. If you are asked to put it in writing still present it by hand. Posting it and receiving reply through the posting is a long process. You can google around for a sample assurance letter, or you can Join Our Facebook forum through this link: NTC Licensure Exams And GES Recruitment Forum to get the sample of the assurance letter I sent to the National Service head office that got me posted to my institution of choice. The forum deals with all details and guidance about the National Service Procedures, National Teaching Council Licensure exams, Ghana Education Service teaching and non teaching staff recruitment. No enquiry goes unanswered in the forum.
National Service Postings (Placement) And Biometric Registration
Here is a complete post Ghana National Service registration guide. It contains all you need to do after your national service registration such as check placement, how to print your appointment letter and schedule appointment for your subsequent biometric validation.
At this point you have already done the national service online registration and you are awaiting placement. If you have not, check this article : Ultimate Ghana National Service Online Registration Guide . If you would like to be posted to your institution of choice for national service, check this guide: Posting To Preferred Institution Without Paying.
Check For National Service Postings / Placement After Registration
The national service postings for final year students from all accredited tertiary institutions in Ghana has been released. Follow the guide below to check postings. In a letter signed by the Executive director of the national service Hon. Mustapha Ussif, the management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) wishes to inform all final year students from all accredited tertiary institutions in Ghana awaiting their postings that the national service postings have been released. The Letter reads.
The management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has released postings of fifteen thousand six hundred and nine (15,609) final year students from all accredited tertiary institutions in Ghana for the service year to various schools accross the country to undertake their mandatory one-year national service.
All newly-trained teachers who registered for national service are kindly requested to log onto www.nss,gov,gh on the Schems’s website to check their placements and to proceed to the various NSS registration centers to complete their registration process.
Prospective service personnel and the general public are to note that registration and validation starts on Tuesday, 3rd December.
It is important to note that the service year for the newly trained teachers starts on wednesday, 8th january.
Management wishes to urge all posted teachers to accept their placements and consider them as part of their contribution towards building a prosperous Ghana.
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If postings are not out you would see record not found. After postings are out, if you still see record not found, wait for a day or two, it will be added by then. If you still see record not found after a day or two contact your head of department in your school to resolve it.
Check For Your Postings On Your Dashboard ( How To Access Your Dashboard)
You can also check for your postings on your dashboard. However the above method is the best to use to check your postings than on your dashboard. It takes a while for postings to appear on your dashboard after being posted.
About Your National Service Dashboard.
Your dashboard is were every information about your entire national service would be presented, it is where you would view and edit your registration details, change your password, view your registation progress, view your postings, enter your payment information, print your monthly evaluation form, print your annual evaluation form among others.
To access your national service dashboard;
How To Print Your Appointment Letter And What To Do Next
At this point you have successfully checked your placement. If you have not follow this guide How To Check For Postings or Placement As A Prospective NSS Personel.
Now that you know the institution you are going to work with. You would have to print your appointment letter and send it to your institution for approval. The option to print the appointment letter would be in the placement (postings)page. The question now is what next after knowing your placement. Here is what to do.
Schedule Appointment For National Service Validation After Registration And Posting (Placement)
- Start by selecting your preferred appointment date, then click “find available slot” button below
- then select a a preferred time slot in the time slot available for your chosen date
- and then click “schedule appointment” button to complete your booking.
To view your appointment details anytime just login and click on the “YOUR APPOINTMENT” menu on the left side of the page. At this point you have successfully booked appointment. You are to print the appointment form and take it along to your national service regional office when the time arrives.
If you miss the exact appointment time don’t panic. After booking appointment the page to print the scheduled appointment form would look like this.
Things To Note About Biometric Registration And Placement
The National Service Allowance
The national service allowance is paid days after the end of every month. The amount payed is GHC 559 since its increment in 2017 that took effect from the 2017 national service year. Payment of the allowance can delay at times to as much as 10 days after the end of the month. Note that you will not receive payment if you do not submit your monthly evaluation form to the district national service office by 15th of the moth under review.
National Service Certificate Request Procedures
Here is a detailed guide on how to request your national service certificate and have it delivered right at your door step in no time. This includes how to get a PDF copy of your national service certificate even before it arrives or to even print it yourself to attach to your Curriculum Vitae (CV) for a job application even before you receive the certificate . This is quite important for those awaiting their national service certificates to use it for job applications. Specifically the national service year group who have just finished their national service and awaiting their national service certificate. It applies to those who completed their national service a few or many years before the national year batch.
How To Request For Delivery Of Your National Service Certificate
• Dial *170# select Option 7, My Wallet.
• Select Option 3 for My Approvals.
• Enter PIN to get your Pending Approval List
• Select pending transaction to approve
• Select Option 1 YES to approve the transaction
How To Get A PDF Copy Of Your National Service Certificate Instantly
On the stage five above where you see “CLICK HERE TO VIEW YOUR CERTIFICATE”, click on it to see your certificate nicely previewed. To get a PDF copy, you have to print the page as PDF. If you are using windows 10, you usually have the print to PDF option in your printing menu. Here is how.
This will save the national service certificate as a PDF for you to use for any online job application.
If you do not have windows 10. Search and install any print to PDF software for browsers. Note that after installing the software you would be required to restart the computer for it to take effect. Your browser and the page will have to be closed but do not worry. You can login again and print the preview page as many times as you want. How to access your national service certificate preview page to reprint it is covered below.
How To Access And Print / Save Your National Service Certificate As PDF Anytime
Even after exiting the national service certificate request page after making the request for the first time, you can login anytime and preview and print / save your national service certificate as a PDF for any online job application that requires your national service certificate. Here is how.
How To Print Your National Service Request Form
You can also print the national service certificate request form details for reference. To print the national service certificate request form navigate to the lower left corner of the page where you will see a “View Details Of Your Request Button”. Click on it to preview your national service certificate request form. To print the form as PDF follow the guide below:
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