This Nigerian University plans to admit 1 million students

The authorities of the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN have announced that the institution is planning to increase its admission to one million students.

The Chairman of the University's Governing Council, Prof. Peter Okebokola said this at the Council meeting in Abuja on Friday, August 31, 2018.

According to Okebukola, the open university currently admits 450,000 students.

He said ''the new council would work with the Senate of the university to double enrolment to one million through the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in the next couple of years.

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“We have about 450, 000 for now but more importantly for us is that the quality of delivery of NOUN programmes will be significantly enhanced that in another two years, graduates from NOUN will be the best in Nigeria.

“We intend to pick and work with 10 programmes from the university to achieve this goal.”

The university council Chairman added that students seeking admission into the NOUN would not write the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to get enrolled but would be registered within the system of JAMB.

Prison inmate emerges best post-graduate student at NOUN

Chukwunonso Nomeh, an inmate of the Enugu Maximum Prison has reportedly emerged as the best post-graduate student at Special Study Centres of the National Open University, NOUN.

The spokesperson of the Nigeria Prison Service in Enugu State, Chukwuemeka Monday announced Nomeh's academic achievement in a statement issued on Friday, January 12.

Monday said Nomeh who was convicted and sentenced in 2010, gained admission into the open university for Masters in Business Administration (MBA) programme.