About UNN
The University of Nigeria, commonly referred to as UNN, is a federal university located in Nsukka, Enugu State, Eastern part of Nigeria. Founded by Nnamdi Azikiwe in 1955 and formally opened on 7 October 1960.
The University of Nigeria has three campuses in Enugu State– Nsukka, Enugu, and Ituku-Ozalla.
The University of Nigeria is the first full-fledged Indigenous and first autonomous university in Nigeria, modeled upon the American educational system. It was the first land-grant university in Africa and one of the five most reputed universities in Nigeria.
The university has 17 Faculties and 102 academic departments. The university offers 108 undergraduate programs and 211 postgraduate programs.
Department Of Adult Education| Faculty of Education
Adult Education is a practice under the faculty of Education in which adults engage in systematic and self-engaging activities to acquire new forms of knowledge, skills, activities, or values and to also improve their technical or professional qualifications and further develop their abilities.
Objectives
The objectives of the academic program of the department are:
1) To train graduates who will facilitate learning for adults and youths who have never had the opportunity of formal education or who did not complete their primary or secondary schooling.
2) To produce personnel who will work in the non-formal education component of the National Education System.
3) To provide continuing education in emerging fields of the lifelong learning process and the knowledge-based society such as community development, workers education, adult literacy education, women’s education, environmental education, peace education, continuing professional education, and in all fields of learning in which people require basic education skills, knowledge and other competencies for survival, growth, and development.
4) To provide educational services as enshrined in the provisions for Adult and Non-formal education in the National Policy on Education (NPE).
Scope
The department offers two major degree options:
- Professional Options and
- Related subject combination options
The Department offers four-year, three-year, and two-year B.Ed. standard programs. Students opting for professional courses in Adult Education have a choice in the following major areas;
- Literacy Education
- Community Development
- Adult Education Administration
The options are primarily for students who want to combine Adult Education with related subject areas. Such students choose the related subject from the following areas;
1) Igbo/Linguistics
2) English
3) Religion
4) Economics
5) Government
6)Health Education
Students are given the theoretical and practical background required to function optimally in their respective areas of adult education specialization.
In addition, students are given a liberal arts background as well as a sound knowledge of the social, political, cultural, and economic foundations of the society in which they are being prepared to work.
Admission / Entry Requirements
1) University Matriculation Examination (UTME) Admission
Candidates possessing any of the following qualifications may be admitted into the four (4) Year Degree Programs:
- i) Candidates seeking entry into the four-year degree program in the six professional courses must satisfy the minimum university requirements.
- ii) Candidates seeking entry into any of the six (6) Adult Education subject combinations must meet the University requirements in addition to the Departmental requirements into which they are seeking admission.
iii) Candidates must possess credit passes in the Senior Secondary School Certificates (SSCE) or GCE, including English, and a credit in Mathematics at not more than two sittings. In addition, an acceptable pass in the University Matriculation Examination (UTME) qualifications for admission into the University’s four (4) year degree program in Adult Education is required.
2) Direct Entry (DE) Admission
Candidates possessing any of the following qualifications may be admitted by Direct Entry into the Three (3) Year Degree Programs.
1) Candidates who hold either a Diploma in Adult Education, Social Work, Religion, Health, and Physical Education, NCE with at least merit, or any other Diploma recognized by the University of Nigeria Senate, are eligible for admission.
2(a) Two (2) credit passes in a relevant subject at Advanced Level with SSCE/GCE O’ level credit passes in three other subjects including English and Mathematics at not more than two sittings or,
(b) Two (2) passes in relevant subject areas at an advanced level with SSCE/GCE O’ level in three other subjects including English and Mathematics at not more than two sittings.
3(a) Passes in two (2) major subjects in relevant areas in NCE with SSCE/GCE O-level credit or its equivalent in five (5) other subjects in not more than two sittings.
(b) Education is acceptable as a third “A” level subject for those taking courses in education.
(c) Two passes in 3(b) above with a school certificate credit or its equivalent in any three other subjects. The above qualification in (3a) should apply to students in Colleges of Education to qualify for admission into the B.Sc. (Ed) degree programs.
Jamb UTME Subjects Combination
Government/ History, one social science subject English, and any other subject.
O ‘Level Subject Combination
Five (5) O-level credit passes including English and Mathematics and three (3) other subjects like Literature in English, history, French, Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Christian religious studies (CRS), Islamic studies, geography/ physics, economic and government or TC II.
Departmental Cut-Off Mark
The departmental cut-off mark has not been released.
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