NSS Releases Postings for the 2024/2025 Service Year

The Management of the National Service Secretariat (NSS) has officially released the postings for 106,223 national service personnel to undertake their mandatory national service for the 2024/2025 service year.

These personnel include the 2024 batch of Ghanaian graduates from all accredited universities in the country, Ghanaians who have completed studies abroad, defaulters, and private applicants who registered for their national service.

How To Check Your NSS Placement

Log onto the Authority’s website to check for placement.

How To Print Appointment Letter

Print the appointment letter and proceed to the place of posting for endorsement of the appointment letter.

Printing your NSS appointment letter is very easy. Here is how to do it.

1. Visit your NSS dashboard using this link.

2. Enter your username and password to log in

3. Once you are in your portal, click ‘print appointment letter’ in your dashboard.

4. A pop-up menu will appear, select ‘show appointment letter’

How To Book NSS Appointment for Registration

You can only Book appointment once your have visited your place of posting for verification and validation. Book an appointment online for the date and time for registration after the endorsement.

Proceed to the assigned Regional Validation and Registration Centre with an endorsed appointment letter and a valid Ghana Card to complete the process. Validation and registration at all the regional centres across the country will begin on Thursday, September 12, 2024, and close on Monday, September 30, 2024.

When WILL 2024/2024 NSS START

The 2024/2025 National Service begins on Tuesday, October 1, 2024.

HOW TO KNOW IF I AM PLACED IN SUBVENTED OR NON-SUBVENTED CATEGORY

Personnel are placed in two different categories; Subvented and Non-Subvented. Let’s take a look at the difference between the Subvented and Non-Subvented Categories.

Subvented Category.

This is the most popular category where about 90% of service personnel are being placed in this category. Personnel under this category are those who are placed in institutions like schools, hospitals, agencies, ministries, departments, etc. On the appointment letter, personnel will find the following indicating that they have been placed in a subvented category. The government or NSS is responsible for the payment of your allowance.

“Please note that appointment is under a SUBVENTED CATEGORY. Service personnel under this category are those posted to Ministries, Agencies and Departments that depend entirely on Government for financial support.”

Non-Subvented Category

This is the opposite of the subvented category. Here, the organization personnel are placed will be the one responsible for the payment of monthly allowance. Such institutions include, private businesses, SSNIT, Cocoboard, Banks, etc

Personnel under this category will find this in there appointment letter.

“Please note that appointment is under a NON-SUBVENTED CATEGORY, Service personnel under this category are those posted to financially self-supporting User Agencies including Non-Governmental Organisations, and other organisations in both public and private sectors.

During your period of your national service, you will be paid a monthly non taxable allowance of seven hundred and fifteen Ghana cedis will be paid by the User Agency to which you are attached. Please note that this monthly allowance would be calculated on the basis of the number of working days you show up for work with your User Agency.

In addition, your User Agency is further required to pay 20% of the personnel allowance as service charge through the Executive Director to the National Service Scheme in a cross check. By endorsing, your attachment. your User Agency accepts to pay the service charge. You are however encouraged to inform the supervisor at the User Agency, and follow up regularly to ensure the amount due each month in respect of this service charge is, promptly paid.

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