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NYSC National Headquarters in Abuja Corps members during swearing-in ceremony at a NYSC Orientation Camp. The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is a mandatory, post-tertiary scheme set up by the Nigerian government during the military regime of Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, to "reconstruct, reconcile and rebuild the country after the Nigerian Civil war". [1]
Today, the school is Grade K-12. Over time, the campus expanded from 30 acres (12 ha) to a peak of 550 acres (220 ha), and enrollment peaked at 525 students during the 1960s. Girls have been admitted since 1975. NYMA is a member of the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States as well as several other school associations ...
The Nigerian military school prides itself due to its numerous successes in regional and national quizzes, drama and sporting competition. It is also said to have one of the highest educational and academic standards in the country, more than most conventional civil high schools in Nigeria.
Command Schools are run by the Nigerian Army Education Corps through the Directorate of Command Schools Services. Each Command School is headed by a commandant who is an army officer typically at the rank of lieutenant colonel or major, although the commandant may rarely be a colonel.
Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City (2 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Military facilities in New York City" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
At present, U.S. Army Fort Hamilton Garrison is the home of the New York City Recruiting Battalion, the Military Entrance Processing Station, the North Atlantic Division Headquarters of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the 1179th Transportation Brigade and the 722nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, the latter organization being a ...
Historic Structures Inventory United States Military Academy West Point, NY Vol 2. Washington, DC: National Park Service. Miller, Rod (2002). The Campus Guide: West Point US Military Academy. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1-56898-294-1. Palka, Eugene; Malinowski, Jon (2008). Historic West Point Photographs.
During the 1960s and 1970s, Washington Heights' Black and Latino population increased. New York City public schools also faced serious overcrowding problems. Today, the student bodies of the four George Washington schools are overwhelmingly Latino, with a minority Black presence, and less than 5% of students identify as White or Asian. [9]