He said that the hostels, toilets and bathrooms were ready and 24-hour water supply made available to ensure that corps members were comfortable during the orientation course.
Youths are made to go through a three-phase training plan comprising life skills and orientation course, vocational skills training, and business entrepreneurship training.
For example, of 46 first-year business students forced to withdraw for poor academic performance last year, 90 per cent had not signed up for a non-credit orientation course.
Orientation courses in typing, cooking, sewing, knitting and toy making as well as other courses like child welfare, first aid and hygiene were taught.
