The National Employment Training Scheme (NETS) is a collaboration between the Institute for Advanced e-Studies (IAeS), the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and other stakeholders to combat unemployment. In NETS, successful candidates who pass a written examination, are trained for FREE in various disciplines and equipped with the exact skills required by employers. NETS will do the following:

1. Train you for free in various specialized courses;
2. Pay you a stipend during training to handle transport and other logistics;
3. Place you as interns in companies at the end of the training;
4. Facilitate employment interviews for you for certain companies

In NETS, candidates are trained at no cost whatsoever in specialized courses and then placed as interns. At the end of the internship, full employment is offered to the interns based on their performance and at the discretion of the participating company. Employment interviews are also facilitated under NETS based on the request from the participating organization.

NETS is organized by the Institute for Advanced e-Studies and the National Directorate of Employment. Other stakeholders include employers of labour whose firms recruit interns at the end of the programme.

NETS partners cut across various Government organizations, private firms and other Non-Governmental Organizations. NETS intends to widen the participation in the second edition to include agencies such as the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) and other relevant government agencies.
The private organizations are partners in recruiting the trainees of the programme as interns after the completion of the training.

In the recently concluded edition, which was the very first edition, NETS successfully trained all Nigerians who passed the NETS Entrance Examination. Out of the number trained, over 80% have been placed as interns in different organizations across Nigeria. Most of our trainees have been converted from internship to permanent staff in their respective organizations.

The graduation ceremony was a huge success and held the Nicon Luxury Hotel on the 23rd of August 2010. The Special Guest of Honour was the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu and the Chief Host was the Director General of the National Directorate of Employment, Alh. Abubakar Mohammed.

You can reach the NETS Coordinator on coordinator@netsnigeria.org

The exact time of your examination will be communicated to you via email after registration.

The courses on offer are

1. Business Development
2. Information Technology Support
3. Customer Relationship Management
4. Multimedia and web development
5. Telecommunications Network Engineering

The NETS registration will be conducted online

The only medium you can register on is the official website of the National Employment Training Scheme www.netsnigeria.org . Kindly note that any registration done at an office location or a different link from the one provided above is fraudulent.

Registration for NETS will be open to intending participants from the 30th of August.

The deadline for registration is the 30th of September. Kindly note late registration will not be permitted.

The registration for the NETS programme is free, the only charge payable by candidates is the examination registration fee.

Kindly note that late registration will not be permitted. You hereby advised to complete the online registration on or before the deadline date after making your payment to NETS account.

For issues with registration call 07041324088 0r 07041324089 or send a mail to enquiries@netsnigeria.org

To register for the NETS programme kindly follow the steps listed below
Step I: Visit the NETS website www.netsnigeria.org and check out the course that best match your career pursuit.
Step II: Pay the sum of One thousand Naira (N 1000) into the NETS account for your examination registration.

Account Details: Bank: Guaranty Trust Bank
Account Name: National Employment Training Scheme
Account Number: 321 234250 115

Step III: 24 Hours after payment, visit www.netsnigeria.org input your deposit slip (teller) number as your registration code.
Step IV: Complete the registration form with accurate information and click ‘submit’ on completion of the form. A mail will be sent to your mailbox with your examination details
Step V: Check your mailbox and copy out your examination number, date and time
Step VI: Two weeks before your real examination, use the username and code sent to you for the demo examination to log into our examination servers. This will test your browser compatibility with the servers. We recommend the latest edition of Mozilla Firefox.
Step VII: On the day and time allotted to you, input your examination number and complete the examination. Your result will be generated immediately and displayed to you with a congratulatory message if you’re successful. (If you are successful a mail will be sent to your mailbox by the coordinator of NETS informing you on the next screening stage.)

The examination fee is One Thousand Naira (N1000) only.

NETS is fully sponsored by the Institute for Advanced e-Studies which is a private sector concern and has full control of the training, this is why the tuition fee is waived for all participants in NETS. The examinations have been outsourced to an Information Technology company that has decided to charge to defray costs associated with applications development, hosting and other charges for the examination.

The examinations will hold between Monday, the 25th of October 2010 and Friday, the 29th of October 2010 between 09:00AM and 05:00PM daily. You will be informed on your particular date and time in the email. Successful candidates will be notified of the next stage.

The examination will last for 30 minutes on the examination date.

To successfully complete the examination, you will need the following:

1. Computer with a minimum specification of 512MB RAM, 40GB HDD and processor speed of 500MHz;
2. Internet browser with recent updates installed. We strongly recommend Mozilla Firefox;
3. Good internet speed with at least 32/32 kbps

The results of the examination will be displayed on the last screen immediately after you click the ‘Finish’ button during the examination. Successful candidates will also be notified as the system will be configured with the pass mark. The successful candidates will also receive an email with details for the next step of the screening exercise.

You will be sent details for a demo examination during registration. The demo examination will help you determine the following:

1. The compatibility of your system with the examination servers. Where the systems are not compatible, which will manifest itself through your inability to write the demo exam without any issues, please find a system that you can use to write the exam without any hitches before the real test date;


2. The type of questions in the examination;


3. The format of the examination;

You are advised to join the NETS Facebook page as our consultants and support team will be logged on for the entire duration of the examination. This will help you report your issues real time and give us the opportunity to respond to your issues in real time as well.

To register for the NETS programme kindly follow the steps listed below
Step I: Visit the NETS website www.netsnigeria.org and check out the course that best match your career pursuit.

Step II: Pay the sum of One thousand Naira (N 1000) into the NETS account for your examination registration.

Account Details: Bank: Guaranty Trust Bank
Account Name: National Employment Training Scheme
Account Number: 321 234250 115

Step III: 24 Hours after payment, visit www.netsnigeria.org input your deposit slip (teller) number as your registration code.
Step IV: Complete the registration form with accurate information and click ‘submit’ on completion of the form. A mail will be sent to your mailbox with your examination details
Step V: Check your mailbox and copy out your examination number, date and time
Step VI: Two weeks before your real examination, use the username and code sent to you for the demo examination to log into our examination servers. This will test your browser compatibility with the servers. We recommend the latest edition of Mozilla Firefox.
Step VII: On the day and time allotted to you, input your examination number and complete the examination. Your result will be generated immediately and displayed to you with a congratulatory message if you’re successful. (If you are successful a mail will be sent to your mailbox by the coordinator of NETS informing you on the next screening stage.)

After the screening process, the successful candidates for the NETS programme will undergo an orientation session at the training locations where the NETS programme pack will be handed out to all participants.

The NETS training will commence on the 3rd of December 2010

The training will run for a period of 4 months

The training will be conducted at the Institute for Advanced e-Studies study centers, located in:

1. Abuja
2. Lagos
3. Port Harcourt

The NETS participants will be on full scholarship, the training will be conducted free for all participants.

All participants will be paid a stipend to assist in transportation and feeding during the period of the training.

The training will be conducted between Mondays to Fridays, successful candidates should check with their study center manager for their training schedule

The requirements for each course are listed below:

Business Development
A degree holder (B.Sc./HND) of any discipline

Information Technology Specialization
A degree holder (B.Sc./HND) of any computer or electronics related discipline

Customer Relationship Management
A degree holder (B.Sc./HND) of any discipline

Multimedia and Web Development
A degree holder (B.Sc./HND) of any discipline

Telecommunications Network Engineering
A degree holder (B.Sc./HND) of any computer or electronics discipline

The NETS training will adopt various teaching methodologies, these include;

1. Instructor lead training
2. Hands on (Practical Based) training
3. Group Learning (Learning by participation)
4. Computer Based Training (Video Simulations)
5. Research and Project Development

Performance of participants will be reviewed through a continuous assessment format, these assessment formats will include;

1. Tests
2. Examinations
3. Quizzes
4. Assignments
5. Project Review/Defence

All training materials will be provided by the NETS programme

All participants who meet the minimum attendance requirements for the programme will be awarded a certificate emphasizing their specialization area.

The provisional admission cannot be differed to a later date.

The NETS internship programme provides a platform for all participants to demonstrate their competencies and skills acquired, this is achieved by posting NETS participants to various companies to work as interns for a period of 3 – 6 months with the intention of the participant being retained as full time staff. Kindly note that the retention of interns as full time staff is at the discretion of the participating organization.

Every participant in the NETS programme who meets the minimum attendance requirement automatically qualify for the NETS internship.

The internship will run for a period of 3 – 6 months.

The internship commences a month after the NETS training and final assessment has been concluded.

The list of participating companies and location will be published upon completion of the final assessment of the NETS participating companies.

The salary or wage to be paid to interns during their internship period is at the discretion of the participating organizations.

The specialization course you have been trained in will determine the company you will be posted to.

NETS does not guarantee your full employment after the internship, however based on the training received and the discussions with the firms, it is our main objective that all trainees in the next edition of NETS secure full employment after the internship.