National Service Scheme

Orientation
Steps To Your Mandatory National Service
 STEP ONE:
Enrollment PIN
NSS secretariat will generate an Enrollment PIN (personal
Identification Number) for you using final year class list
obtained from your educational institution.

As a prospective National Service Personnel, you are

required to check with the students affairs
office/students representative council/ office of the dean
of Students at your institution to pick up your PIN.

Enrollment PINs are usually released in February.

 SSTEP TWO:
Payment of Processing Fees &
NASPA Dues
Once you picked your PIN, proceed to any
branch of Agricultural Development Bank (adb
bank) and pay your required enrollment
processing fees and dues (currently 40 Ghana
Cedis) in order to access the online registration
platform. Note that without the payment you
will not be able to register for your mandatory
national service.
 STEP THREE:
Online Enrolment
After payment of your processing fees, please log on to
www.nss.gov.gh.

Move your mouse cursor towards the Registration menu, click on

the Enrol submenu, which will open the online registration system
for you to provide all the necessary personal details needed for
your postings. Please click on submit after completing the online
registration form, and print a copy of the receipt.

The receipt will contain a unique NSS alphanumeric code that will
be used to identify you throughout your period of national service
and beyond.
 STEP FOUR:
Deployment
Once you have properly registered to be deployed,
visit www.nss.gov.gh regularly for news about
release of posting or deployment.

According to the NSS posting schedule,

announcements about deployment will not be later
than June of the year.

Deployment news is also often released to the

popular press and on social media platforms
 STEP FIVE:
Check Posting
As soon as postings are released, you can check
for where you will be doing your national
service by sending your NSS alphanumeric code
via SMS text on your phone to a shortcode to be
announced by NSS, and details of your posting
will show up on your phone screen immediately
 STEP SIX:
Appointment Letter
Once you know where you are posted for your
national service, you can log on to www.nss.gov.gh
click on Check Postings.

After following the required process online, your

appointment letter will appear on the screen of
your computer.

Print at least three (3) copies of your appointment

letter to complete the necessary processes for
commencement of your national service.
 STEP SEVEN:
Report @ The Regional Office
With your appointment letters in hand, proceed
to Region in which you will be doing your
national service and report at the NSS Regional
Office for the Regional Director of the scheme
to endorse your appointment.

Contact numbers of Regional Offices can be

found on our website www.nss.gov.gh under
the Contact Us menu
 STEP EIGHT:
Report to Your User Agency
From the regional office proceed to User
Agency where you will be doing your
national service for the head of that
institution to also endorse your appointment
letters to testify that you have reported as
posted.

It is important that the date of endorsement

is indicated on your appointment letter
 STEP NINE:
File A Copy of Your Letter @
NSS District Office
Send the fully endorsed and dated letter to your
district office.

Give a copy of your endorsed appointment letter to

the NSS District Director to place on file in the
office.

Contact details of our District Offices can be found

on our website www.nss.gov.gh under the Contact
Us menu.
 STEP TEN:
Back To Your User Agency To Start

Once your appointment letter is filed, you are

required to return to your User Agency and start
your national service as required in September
of the year in which you were posted.
 STEP ELEVEN:
Monthly Duty Reporting Form

Once you begin, you will be required every

month to submit to your NSS District Office, a
Duty Reporting Form endorsed by the supervisor
at User Agency where you are doing your
national service.

This form is designed not only to facilitate the

processing of your allowances, but also to serve
as a tool to obtain performance information
about you from your supervisor.
 More Information?
Please visit: www.nss.gov.gh

Call Numbers: 029-937-0105

029-937-0117
029-937-0118
029-937-0119
0299370203
Email: info@nss.gov.gh
The End
Thank You