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Corruption:
We Must Stop Pointing Finger, Shifting Blame – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said for the country to make reasonable results in its anti-corruption fight, it should stop pointing accusing fingers and shifting blame or passing the buck.
He also said that lack of successful prosecution of high profile cases involving some politically exposed persons (PEPs) is giving serious cause for concern both for Nigerians and the international community.
He disclosed this yesterday in Abuja when he gave the inauguration lecture themed, “Leadership, Governance and the Challenges of Development in Nigeria: The Way Forward,” organised by Olusegun Obasanjo Good Governance and Development Research Centre of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).
He said, “We must stop pointing accusing fingers, shifting blame or passing the buck. Indeed, the buck ends with everyone. I believe that if Nigeria arises to its responsibility, Africa has risen, and so we must lead by example.”
According to Obasanjo, fighting corruption is not a popular agenda but the apparent realisation of the negative impact of corruption has promoted the fight against corruption as a measure of good governance.

POP Exam Timetable is OUT

This is to inform all NOUN students that the first draft examination timetable for 2017_1 POP exams is out. You can download it via www.nouedu.net

*ACADEMIC TIME-TABLE & EXAMS NOW STANDARDISED – VC*

NOUN VC, Prof. Abdalla Uba Adamu says the standardisation of students academic time-table and examinations being championed by the Management, is to enable the students have more time to study their programmes and enable them prepare adequately for the examinations.

The Vice Chancellor who stated this at a meeting he held with Deans of Faculties and HODs in Lagos, said members of staff saddled with the responsibility of conducting the examinations, would equally have adequate time to prepare for the huge task ahead of them.

Adamu said the need to clarify this procedure became necessary in view of the numerous complaints of unnecessary delay in academic calendar in some quarters.

He described as unfair, a situation in the past,whereby students commenced examinations barely two weeks after they concluded their registration process.

He said the new procedure would now be such that, as soon as students complete registration for courses,the portal would be closed to new admissions,until ten weeks later,within which they were expected to familiarize themselves with the study materials and also interact among themselves before the commencement of the examinations.

Adamu allayed the fears that examinations might not be twice in a year anymore,insisting that henceforth, examinations would now be held in June and November every year.Adding that for the next round of admissions, the portal would be opened immediately after the Senate approve the results of the 2nd semester examinations.

BENIN-STUDY CENTER : Industrial Training (IT) Defense Holds Friday May 5th, 2017

*IS YOUR REMITA PAYMENT NOT REFLECTING IN YOUR PORTAL? FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE STEPS TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM*

Many people have been complaining that they maid payment through Remita but the money did not reflect in their portal.

Today we will try some things on how to rectify this problem, it is not guaranteed it will work, but after trying this solution and your money is still not reflecting in your wallet, then you need to go and lay a formal complaint at the Account officer/Bursary at your study centre.

The steps can be followed by people who paid online and bank.

*Step 1*

Go to *nouonline.net* (please don’t login to your portal just yet)

*Step 2*

At the menu select Check RRR

*Step 3*

In the page that opens you will be asked to CHECK REMITA PAYMENT STATUS, simply enter your RRR Number (please don’t put any dash or space between the RRR Numbers) and then choose your Transaction Type. Then you click Check.

You should get a success message, in case you did not get a success message you have to keep trying the above steps, sometimes it might take up to *48* *hours* before your payment is approved.

But if after two days payment was made either at the bank or online you still don’t get a success message from *step 3* above, please go to the Account officer/Bursary at your study centre so that he/she can confirm your Remita Number

But if *step 3* was successful then continue with *step 4*

*Step 4*

Go to *nouonline.net* again, but this time you will click on Student Login and login to your portal using your Matric Number and Password

*Step 5*

After successful login click on Manage Wallet, there will be a drop down menu select Check Wallet Payment.

*Step 6*

In the page that opens enter your Matric Number and the RRR Number then click on Check Wallet Payment.

You should also get a success message again or you go to the Account officer/Bursary at your study centre for complaint.

But if you get a success message then all your problems are over you can go ahead to make your *course or exam registration*.

Please note that the money may not appear immediately at the corner where your wallet balance is displayed, but before you panic try to register your course or exam and you will see your main Wallet balance.

Thank You

News Updates:

NOUN has added one field (state of origin) on the registration page. With that they want all students to renew their portal registration in order to add that in their portal. Visit the school webpage www.nouonline.net, click on registration and enter your details all over again to be recognized. Thank u.

NOUN set to host 2017 conference on Literature in Northern Nigeria.

The 11th conference will hold from 28 - 31st August, 2017 at the university's headquarters in Abuja.

VC, Prof Abdalla Uba Adamu (Centre)addressing the press conference on the upcoming inaugural lecture to the Olusegun Obasanjo Good Governance and Development Research Centre, to be held on May 2nd, in Abuja.

The centre, established by the National Open University of Nigeria, was named after Olusegun Obasanjo for many reasons, among which are his resuscitation of NOUN and the unchallenged contribution to the fight against corruption.

The centre’s director, Professor A. Y. Shehu is seated by the left of VC.

DSS INVITES NOUN LAW GRADUATES CHAIRMAN OVER PROTEST AGAINST LAW SCHOOL

Following the notice of protest issued to the federal government and security agencies by Law Graduates Forum (LGF) of National Open University Of Nigeria (NOUN) over its face-off with Nigerian Law School, the Department of State Service (DSS), has invited the graduates’ chairman, Carl Umegboro, to DSS office at Asokoro on Thursday, 20 April, 2017 at 10.00am.

Mohammed Bashiru, the DSS personnel who signed the letter, said the invitation was at the instance of the Director General, Lawal Musa Daura.

It explained that the DSS boss seeks alternative measures to address the contentious issues, noting that in most similar public protests in the past, miscreants and unscrupulous elements hijacked it and utilized the opportunity to attack innocent citizens and involved in sundry crimes.

DSS, however, commended the forum for maintaining peace and reaching out to the authorities ahead of the actions, saying it’s indicative of maturity and willingness to allow the matter to be gently resolved.

Reacting, Carl Umegboro, told DAILY POST that, “As a law-abiding citizen, I will honor the invitation as scheduled.”

“So far, our discussions have been cordial, and even if reverse is the case, I will still honor it.

“The Law Graduates Forum (LGF) has articulated 20 points and issues for consideration on the Law School crisis for presentation at the meeting.”

NOUN Law Graduates Forum had written to then Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo on alleged failure to deliver judgment in their case against the Council of Legal Education (CLE).

They sought his intervention in the case challenging their non-admittance to the Law School.

LGF had sued at the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, following CLE’s refusal to extend admission quotas to NOUN in the Law School despite the open university’s accreditation by the National Universities Commission (NUC).

The law graduates alleged the case spent three years in court due to “unjustifiable delays and politically-motivated technicalities,” which it said were adopted to frustrate them.

They said the case was argued on December 7, 2016, after which Justice B.O. Quadiri fixed January 27, 2017, for judgment.

“As scheduled, on our arrival from all geographical zones as delegated to the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, the ugly news was broken that the judgment we travelled far distances to witness would not be delivered as the judge has been transferred to Abuja Division after fixing the judgment but without directives on the matter,” they lamented.

“We reject such vindictiveness and undue influences, and request that you (Osinbajo) use your good offices to see that the needful is timely done.
“We also solemnly call upon all well-meaning Nigerians and civil society groups to stand against tyranny and acts capable of thwarting the rule of law before it is too late”.

LGR said its members had gone through “agonising intimidations and frustrations by the CLE in conjunction with the judiciary as a whole over our rightful admission and training in the Law School, a facility solely-owned by the Federal Government.”

OBASANJO TO DELIVER NOUN’s GOOD GOVERNANCE LECTURE


The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) says the inaugural lecture for its Olusegun Obasanjo Centre for Good Governance will be delivered by the former president.

NOUN’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Abdalla Adamu, who disclosed while addressing newsmen on Thursday, said the lecture was scheduled for May 2 at Yar’adua Centre, Abuja.

He said that the centre was named after Obasanjo in order to honour him for his rare achievements and for reviving NOUN.

Adamu said that President Muhammadu Buhari would be the special guest of honour, while former Ghanaian President, Mr John Mahama and former Chief Justice of Nigeria Aloma Mukhtar would co-chair the occasion.

The vice-chancellor said that the essence of setting up the centre was to facilitate research toward achieving excellence in good governance and development in Nigeria.

“Part of the effort to make NOUN visible and re-position it was to create centres of excellence.

“The Centre for Good Governance and Development was named after Obasanjo because he resuscitated NOUN in 2003 after it was abandoned in 1984.

“It was our honour and privilege to request from him that we name the centre after him and he obliged; we appealed to him to deliver the first lecture of the centre and he accepted.

“He is currently pursuing his Ph.D in NOUN; he is not pursuing it because he needs money or job but because he needs knowledge,’’ he said.

Adamu added that Obasanjo was one of the few presidents in Africa that went back to school after leaving office.


On his part, Prof. Abdullahi Shehu, Director, Olusegun Obasanjo Centre for Good Governance, said that the centre was to immortalise Obasanjo for his contributions to good governance.

He listed some of the aims of the centre as undertaking research related to good governance and development with particular focus of Nigeria.

Others are to focus on intellectual research on corruption, provide knowledge for the prevention of corruption, and to develop programmes on good governance.

Shehu said the choice of Obasanjo was informed by the fact that he acknowledged that corruption was pervasive and made efforts to curb it.

“The first bill he presented to National Assembly was the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) bill.

“`He also went ahead to establish Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the first of its kind in Nigeria.

“He established due process to ensure transparency and accountability which transformed into Bureau of Public Procurement.

“He established the Financial Intelligence Unit which helped the Ministry of Justice in the recovery of stolen fund—the highest sum recovered so far was during his tenure,’’ Shehu said.

The professor of criminology said that activities of the centre would be more of research and psychological than being a watchdog.

*CONFIRMED: DROPPING OF COURSE HAS COMMENCED*

This is to inform students that *DROPPING*  of wrongly registered course has commenced at various study centres. Students are to visit the ICT departments or an Admin officer. 

The affected students are to go along  with the course or exam registration slip and follow the format written below;


*On the course or exam registration slip you are to write *

I   *Your name (e.g Haruna Emeka Ayo)*        
*Wish to drop  (course codes and title), Signature and Date*

Once the above steps and format are followed,it will be treated within a short time and you have your money reversed back.

ATTENTION! ATTENTION!! ATTENTION!!!

To All NOUN STUDENTS
FOR THIS A VERY SERIOUS AND IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO TAKE NOTE OF....... DIS INFORMATION IS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE YET TO REGISTER INTO THE NEW PORTAL
WE CANDIDLY ADVISE THAT, FOR THIS STUDENTS THAT HAVE SKIPPED UP TO ONE, TWO, OR THREE SEMESTERS, MAYBE BECAUSE OF ONE REASON OR THE OTHER, BEST KNOWN TO THEM, THIS INFORMATION IS FOR YOU ALL....
PLEASE KINDLY REGISTER INTO THE NEW PORTAL, WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO RETURN THIS SEMESTER,.... REASON BEING THAT, IF YOU DO NOT REGISTER NOW ON THIS NEW PORTAL THIS SEMESTER, IT MAY BE RATHER TOO LATE FOR YOU BY NEXT SEMESTER, BECAUSE THE PORTAL WILL NOT RECOGNIZE YOUR DETAILS WHEN EVERYTHING IS SET ON THE PORTAL..... IN OTHER WORDS, PLEASE AND PLEASE, NO MATTER WHICH EVER SEMESTER YOU ARE, WHETHER YOU ARE A CURRENT STUDENT OR YOU SKIPPED SOME SEMESTERS BEFORE, PLEASE KINDLY REGISTER INTO THE NEW SCHOOL PORTAL TO BE ON A SAFER SIDE, SO THAT WHENEVER YOU RETURN, YOUR LOGIN DETAILS CAN BE RECOGNIZED.... AND LASTLY, PLEASE ENSURE DAT YOU UPLOAD YOUR PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPHS, SO YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO A VALID STUDENT I.D, WHICH IS A PREREQUISITE TO GAINING ADMISSION INTO THE EXAMINATION HALL....
THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND ANTICIPATED COOPERATION....

PLEASE SHARE IT TO OTHER STUDENTS!!!

5 ACTIVITIES YOU CAN ENGAGE IN WHILE SCHOOLING IN NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

As an Open University student, you will have a lot of free time, because you don’t have to confine yourself to a school hostel and also there will be no daily lecture schedule which you have to keep up with.

The problem is that most students use these free times to engage in all kinds of illicit activities, things that will neither benefit them or their community.

A wise student can channel this “free times” into meaningful and productive activities, things that can be of immense good to them and their society at large.

I have compile a list of activities that an open university student can take interest in and still have enough time for his academic activities. You can simply pick any one that interest you and start working toward it.

Remember the old adage that says “An idle mind is the devils work shop”, it is definitely true.

1. GET A JOB

We all know the slogan of the school – work and learn. There are stress free and good paying jobs that a NOUN students can get. Just remember when looking for a job, get the once that will give a enough study time.

You should take a government job or other skilled jobs like Hotel worker, Secretary, sales person and so on, most of the times this jobs are rationed among staffs, this way the days you have off can be used for study.

2. START YOUR OWN BUSINESS

If you have the capital and technical know-how, you can start up a small business that will not affect your study time.

3. ACQUIRE A NEW SKILL

You can use your free time to acquire skills like bead making, tailoring, computer literacy, catering and the likes. These skills can come in handy after you finish school, they can keep you busy and give you little money while you look for a job with your degree

4. LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE

You can use your free time to learn a new local or international language. It can be fun and adventurous for you.

5. ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICES

You can engage in actives that help to improve your community. Here is a list of community services you can engage in

*Do environment cleaning for widows and physically handicapped*
*Tutor someone learning your language.*
*Organize an emergency preparedness seminar for your neighborhood.*
*Clean out your closet, and donate clothes you no longer use.*
*Tape record the newspaper for any blind people in your community.*
*Keep your room clean — a great service to your parents.*
*Run errands for people unable to leave their homes*


Think of any good community service activity that is applicable to the local community you leave in.

Follow These Simple Steps to Become the Best You Can Be In Your Studies

BY PAUL WHITE · APRIL 17, 2017

I was listening to the song “I can” by NAS, most of you know the song the chorus of the song goes like this:

I know I can (I know I can)

Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)

If I work hard at it (if I work hard at it)

I’ii be where I wanna be (I’ll be where I wanna be)

So I thought that I can give you guys some tips on how to be the best you can be in your studies.

We all know studying in an Open University is not an easy task – no lectures, no one to direct you on what to do, you have to organize your studies by yourself and so many difficult tasks to carry out.

Most of us have our daily jobs to tend to or we might even have children to take care of (the married Students) and all these just weigh us down and make us lose courage to make better grads in our studies.

But if you believe you can be what you want to be, no one and nothing can stop you, all you need is a little faith and put in some work and you will see yourself doing better after this semester exam.

I have compiled some few steps that every student (no matter the nature of your studies) can take and make some progress in their studies.

Take time to study your materials

There is no shortcut to this, you need to go through you study materials provided for every course, don’t just read it on one seating like a novel, take time to read and understand each line.

You can get an hard copy (printed copy) of study materials from your study centers or Visit nouedu.net for soft copy.

To have a good study time you need to do away with all distraction, here are some steps you can take to make your study time more effective.

Don’t look at your watch while studying, it is distracting and makes you get tired quick.
If you have kids, get someone to take care of your kids during study time.
Make note of key points.
Try to shot your phone down or put it on silent (not vibration, but silent).
Study at a very quiet corner or room, were there is no distractions like people walking by or TV or radio playing.
Make researches on what you have studied.

Don’t just read your materials along, take time to make researches either online or at the library, it helps to put more understand on what you have read.

There are a lot of library own by National Open University of Nigeria, you can go to your study centre and ask for the closest one to you. They are free to use, all you need to do is to present your Student ID Card to the attendants and your will be allowed in.

Take notes

Notes can be a life saver; if your notes are neat and correct you can use them for revision during exams.

Pay attention during Lectures

No one can be an highland, so I will strongly advice you join a good tutorial centre around you and take the lectures serious, most tutorial centers have weekend classes for people who are busy during the week days.

Another important thing it to pay serious attention during lectures, if you don’t pay attention during lectures you may not understand anything that was taught. And always participate during lectures; ask questions and also make contributions if the lecturer gives opportunity for that.

Create time for fun with family and friends

You can’t study 24/7 so always make time for fun and spend quality time with your friends and families, it helps to relax your brain and prepare you for your next study time.

Sleep a lot too; nothing makes your body feel more refreshed than having proper sleep.

Finally

I really hope I have help boast your study mural. You can never achieve anything if you don’t believe in it, you must have faith that you can do better and you will see yourself succeed and always remember that faith without work is useless. So work on becoming a better student daily.

ATTENTION! ATTENTION!! ATTENTION!!!

The peace and conflict resolution students of NOUN, wish to announce their upcoming departmental meeting for all department students. The meeting is very is very crucial because important issues will be discussed, in a move to make the students academic viable and positioned our career for greatness. Some of the high point issues include:

1. The future of the students forum will be determined, i.e what we have to prioritize among our programmes to make the students forum relevant and highly competitive.

2. Models will be adopted on who will succeed the current executives of the forum. E.g the coordinator, secretary, treasurer e.t.c...

3. Decision must be reached on the exact date that our 1st ever department get together and award party will hold.

Other issues on the forum: t.shirt;WhatsApp group abuse; dues e.t.c will also be considered

Date: Saturday, 22nd April,2017
Venue: millennium park Maitama, Abuja.
Time: 10:00am

Note: the meeting is necessary and compulsory for the student to maintain his/her membership of the forum. Thank you for coming.

The Federal Government has declared Friday 14th and Monday 17th April, 2017 as Public Holidays to mark the Good Friday and Easter celebrations. ‎

This was contained in a statement signed by the acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Muhammadu Maccido. ‎

According to the statement, ‎Minister of Interior, Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd) who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, enjoined Christian faithful and Nigerians in general to extend the spiritual benefits of Easter, which are love, peace, justice, sacrifice and kindness to their daily living, and through this contribute to unity and peaceful co-existence among Nigerians’.

Gen. Dambazau further urged Nigerians to co-operate and join hands with President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, in his sustained efforts to build a strong and virile nation.

ON-GOING NOW!!! Former Head of State, Rtd General Abdulsalami Abubakar's arrival at the venue of the maiden faculty of Social Science public lecture at the university's headquarters in Abuja.

The topic of the lecture, to be delivered by Professor Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani of Adeleke University, Ede, Osun state, is "Nigeria in Transition: Interrogatingthe nexus between Human Capacity Development, Labour Union, Education and National Security."

This is to remind all Students in the faculty of Social Sciences that the 1st ever faculty lecture will hold today 12th April, at the NOUN headquarters Jabi. All the students of the faculty are expected to be in the school and seated for the lecture by 9:30 am lecture commence at 10:00 am.

This lecture is for all students in the faculty. Kindly inform all your friends and colleagues in the same faculty. Thank you.

NOUN TO REVIEW STUDY MATERIALS, PLANS THREE MEGA PROJECTS

National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) is to review its course study materials to make them in tune with the modern trend just as it plans to execute three mega-projects in the next one year


Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdallah Adamu stated this while fielding questions from journalists in Sokoto. 

He said  the Tertiary Education Trust Fund  (TETFUND) would construct a new Faculty building and  ulra-modern library complex.

Adamu added that a 1,000-seater theater would also be built for the institution under the Presidential NEEDS Assessment Initiative.

He said the institution's FM Radio station would also be moved from Lagos to Abuja. "We are creating a multimedia mass communications studio," he added.
 
The VC disclosed that the management introduced a culture of absolute reduction in waste to survive the prevailing economic recession.  He said the biggest challenge of the Institution was misconception of what NOUN is. 

Adamu however said they had been addressing the challenge and that some of the universities had started accepting their students for masters programmes.

6 PLACES TO MEET NEW FRIENDS IN NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

Some NOUN Student don’t even know any of their course mate, either from their study center or from other study centers around Nigeria which is actually a very bad thing, because there are many benefits in getting to know your course mates.

One of this benefit is that, sometimes you might be facing some difficult situations or you may want some information about NOUN, instead of taking the long journey to your study centers you can simply call your friends who sometimes are your course mate and they will offer their help if they can.

Another advantage of knowing your course mate or other people who school at NOUN is that it gives you a sense of “I am not alone in this” feeling, sometimes you might be passing through some difficult academic situations but knowing that other students are also passing through the same situations as you will give you the strength to carry on and do better academically – am talking from experience here.

So here is a list if tricks that I used to meet my fellow students of National Open University of Nigeria and sometimes even make friends. I have used them to make friends with people from many states in Nigeria and even from the state I current leave in. I have made friends from my department and also from other departments. So let’s get started.

1. DURING ORIENTATION and matriculation

This is actually the best opportunity you have to meet some student of NOUN who leaves in the same state and maybe same Local Government Area as you, after the matriculation and orientation programs instead of just rushing home you can stay back and interact with other students and maybe exchange phone numbers with the once you like.

2. DURING SOCIAL EVENTS ORGANIZED FOR NOUN STUDENT.


There are a lot of social events organized by NOUN Management and some fellow NOUN students. For example, after matriculation and orientation parties, get together, end of your parties, award given events, Study center parties, Mr and Mrs NOUN Awards, special lectures and talks organized by the School Management and so much more. You can visit your Study center to know if anyone of such events will be holding soon, most of the times flyers and posters are given out to invite students at the study center.

3. FROM FACEBOOK GROUPS.

You can join Facebook groups specially created for NOUN students, there are hundreds of them on Facebook, and some are created for just a particular department, faculty, study centers, or state. You can search for “National Open University of Nigeria” using the search option on your Facebook account and then request to join any one that you like.

If you find someone interesting in the group you can simply start a private chart with them or send them a friend request.

4. FROM TUTORIAL CENTRES AND STUDY GROUPS.

Tutorial centers are usually organized by private individuals who organize study lectures for student base on the content of the Study material provided by the school management for a particular course.

After the lectures/Tutorials, you can meet with students who are offering same course as you at the tutorial center.

You can also go to your study center and request to know if there are any study group around that you can join.

5. DURING EXAMINATION

During examination is another avenue to make friends with fellow students from NOUN, since there will be hundreds of NOUN students who will be using the same examination center as you, you can exchange phone numbers with a few of them and may be also exchange Whatsapp numbers since it is one of the most used means of communication this days.

6. JOIN WHATSAPP GROUPS

You can ask the friends you already have if they are members of any Whatsapp group for NOUN students, you can ask them to send your Whatsapp Number to the admins of the groups so that they can add you to the group.

FINALLY,

Always be careful on the kind of friends you meet, especially online and this post is not all about teaching you about how to meet your next boyfriend/girlfriend, it is meant to teach you about ways that you can meet people who will be useful to you academically. Good luck making new friends.

BENIN-STUDY CENTER : Important notice to all those visiting admin unit

This is to remind all Students in the faculty of Social Sciences that the 1st ever faculty lecture will hold tomorrow 12th April, at the NOUN headquarters Jabi. All the students of the faculty are expected to be in the school and seated for the lecture by 9:30 am lecture commence at 10:00 am.

This lecture is for all students in the faculty. Kindly inform all your friends and colleagues in the same faculty. Thank you.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR TUTOR-MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA) ON THE NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA PORTAL – Nouonline.Net

Tutor-Marked Assignment (TMA) is out which means we are getting really close to the semester’s exams, the earlier you start submitting you Tutor-Marked Assignment (TMA) the better for you.

Remember you need to attempt at least three out of the four Tutor-Marked Assignment (TMA) available for each course before you will be allowed to take exam for the course.

Please note that you will only see TMA for courses that you have registered for exam.

Follow the simple steps bellow to login to your TMA portal and also submit your TMA

Step 1

Visit nouonline.net, click on ‘Student Login’ and login to your personal portal with your ‘Matric Number’ and ‘Password’

Step 2


On the menu bar click on ‘Courses’ there will be a drop down menu list select ‘Tutor-Marked Assignment’

Step 3

After the step above you will be taken to the TMA portal, in case you are not logged in automatically, use the same username and password you used to login to student portal for the TMA portal

Step 4

On a successful login you should see TMA link for all your registered courses, in case you see Not Available for any course, no need to panic, it simply means that TMA has not been uploaded for that course, you should keep checking.

Step 5


To attempt a TMA click on ‘Take TMA’ and you will be taking to the questions for that course. The TMA is objective questions so you simply select the correct answers for each question and then click on the’ Submit’ button at the bottom of the page

Finally

Before you can successfully submit a TMA you must select an answer for all the questions.

Can I print my TMA questions? Yes you can print your TMA questions take it home to solve and then come back to finally fill it online and submit.

As long as you did not click the Submit button, that TMA has not been registered for you and you will still see it among your available TMA whenever you login to your TMA portal.

Also note that after a successful submission of your TMA that is the end, the TMA cannot be taken again, so always crosscheck your answers before finally submitting.

FORMER PRESIDENT SHAGARI ADVOCATES ‘ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR NOUN’


Second Republic President Shehu Shagari, has advocated increased and adequate funding for the National Open University of Nigeria ( NOUN).

Shagari spoke on Monday in Sokoto when the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdallah Adamu, paid him a courtesy call.

” I am extremely happy that a university I established in 1983 has blossomed into a mega-university, with students’ population of over 250,000.

”The institution therefore needs more funds to conduct its commendable activities, as well as sustain its status of the largest university in Africa.

” I must also commend the management of the institution for working relentlessly to provide education to all classes of Nigerians, including the vulnerable citizens like prison inmates.”

Adamu had earlier commended the former president for his vision to establish the university in 1983.

According to him,” it provides Nigerians of all classes opportunity to acquire qualitative higher education.

” The former president deserves commendation for his vision to establish the NOUN, which had provided millions of Nigerians access to affordable education.

” We are also assisting prison inmates to acquire free higher education, as part of their reformation process.”

Speaking at a separate courtesy call on Gov. Aminu Tambuwal, Adamu said that the World Bank had,” bought into the NOUN.

” The bank has made funds available to sponsor vulnerable and indigent Nigerians in the university.

” The admission of the would-be beneficiaries will, however, be facilitated by the states.

” Regrettably, none of the states have availed its people of such idling funds and I am happy that Sokoto State has promised to be the first state to do so.”

Responding, Tambuwal said that he was proud to be associated with the university, saying,” it is greatly helping in manpower development in Nigeria.”

The governor also noted that the institution was providing equal opportunities to all classes of Nigerians to acquire higher education.

” The university is providing such opportunities to even retirees and other senior citizens of Nigeria.

” Former President Olusegun Obasanjo does not hide his joy of being an alumnus of the NOUN.”

The governor also directed the Secretary to the State Government to immediately provide a land for the construction of the permanent site of the study centre of the university in the state.

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This is to bring to your notice that year one BSc. and BSc. Ed. students of Faculty of Sciences and Faculty of Education students in all the Lagos Study centers shall commence their Science Practical’s Exercise on the 10th of April, 2017.

The schedule is as follows:

Mondays: BIO191;

Tuesdays: PHY191 and PHY192;

Wednesdays: CHM191;

Thursdays: BIO192; and

Fridays: CHM192.

On each day, three sessions will be held thus:

First session: 9.00 am to 12 noon
Second session: 12.30 pm to 3.30 pm
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MONEY CAN CURE LOWER LEVEL DEPRESSION, SAYS NOUN VC


Abdalla Adamu, vice-chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) says money can cure depression at the lower level.

Adamu expressed this view in remark at the celebration of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Day 2017 on Friday in Abuja.

“Let’s talk Depression” was the theme of event organised by NOUN’s faculty of health sciences in collaboration with the Nigerian Psychological Association.

According to the vice-chancellor, lack of money is a major cause of low-level depression.

“I am not a psychiatrist neither I am a psychologist but I know that money can cure depression at the lower level; when people do not have money, they are depressed.

Adamu attributed high-level depression to addiction to social media platforms.

“At the higher level, they have all the money but they do not communicate,” he said.

“Go to a rich home and you will see that they are not talking to one another; everybody is on Snap chat, Whatsapp, Instagram, Facebook among others.

“Experts should develop a way of teaching people how to effectively use the social media to avoid alienation and its attendant depression,” he said.

He listed some of the causes of depression as poverty, unemployment, alcohol abuse, emotional problems and loss of a loved one.

Adamu said that theme of the event was in tandem with the economic situation in Nigeria which had pushed a lot of people into depression and suicide.

The vice-chancellor regretted that Nigerians, previously reported as among the happiest people in the world, were getting depressed.

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HOW TO LOAD MONEY TO YOUR NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA E-WALLET

Today we are going to talk about a problem that has been bordering most NOUN student – how do I load money to my E-wallet?

Money loaded to E-Wallet is used for Semester Registration, Course Registration and Exam Registration.

You can follow the simple steps bellow to load money to your E-wallet and also find solution to some general problems that NOUN Students encounter while making payment via Remitta.

Am going to teach you the two main methods and the two most simple methods of paying money to your E-wallet which are either making payment at the bank or using your ATM card to pay online.

Before we start.

If you are going to make payment using your ATM card you can only use Master Cards and Visa Cards any other card might not work.

Your card must be registered for One Time Password (OTP) before you can use it to make payment online, you should visit the customer service section of your bank and request for OTP activation on your card if it is not already activated.

HOW TO REGISTER FOR OTP ON ATM?

If you don’t want to take the long journey to your bank you can also activate OTP on your card by yourself using an ATM machine, follow the simple steps bellow to do so.

Select ‘Pay Bills’ from the Quickteller menu list on the ATM screen. Select ‘Others’ for the bill payment menu option list. Enter ‘322222”as the Biller Code. Enter your Phone Number as the Customer Reference Number and select ‘Proceed’

Now let’s get started on loading money to your NOUN E-wallet.

Step 1

Visit nouonline.net Click on ‘Student Login’ and Login with your ‘Matric Number’ and ‘Password’.

Step 2

Click on ‘Manage Wallet’, there will be a drop down list menu select ‘Load Wallet’.

Step 3

Fill the form with your correct details; please make sure you enter valid Matric Number, E-mail address (that you can still login to) and Phone Number.

Enter the amount you want to pay in naira (e.g type 18500 not 18,500) and under payment type select ‘Remitta Account Transfer’.

When you are done filling the form click on the ‘Pay’ button

Step 4

After you click on the pay button you will be redirected to Remitta website. Here you will see your Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) Number.

If you want to make payment at the bank you can copy the RRR number take it to any reputable bank in Nigeria and payment will be done for you.

Those of you that are making payment at the bank can jump to step 8, but if you want to pay online then you must continue

Step 5

At the right hand corner of the remitta website you will see ‘Pay Now with Cards or Wallets’, under the Nigeria local card option select your card type (for the purpose of this tutorial am going to be using Master Card)

After you click on Master Card there will be a POP up write up click on ‘Proceed’.

Step 6

Enter your card details

Card Number: the very long number at the front of your card

CVV2(CVC2)1: a three digit number at the back of your card

Name on Card2: the name written on your card

Expiration Date: the expiration date written on your card

Then click on ‘Ok’

Step 7

Immediately you click on Ok above a 6 or 7 digit number will be sent to your phone (the is the OTP or One time Password for this transaction)

You simply enter the OTP into the place provided on the website

After this you should get a success message telling you your payment is successful.

Please note that it might take some few hours before the money is actually removed from your account so don’t repeat the process again if not you might be debited twice.

And also note that evidence of payment will be sent to the E-mail address you provided which can be printed any time you have need for it.

Step 8

Please not that it might take up to 48 hours before payment made by remitta (bank and online payment) will reflects on NOUN server, so you should repeat this step every few hours until you get a success message.

To confirm payment made via an RRR proceed as follows:

On the portal homepage click on RRR Check
Enter the RRR (don’t put dash – or space between the numbers) and choose Wallet Funding from the dropdown menu
If you get a successful outcome proceed to next step

Step 9

Return to the home page and login to the portal
Click Manage Wallet.
Choose Check Wallet Payments
Two tables will be displayed: One shows details of wallet payments made so far and the total paid to date. The other shows details of expenditure on the wallet. The wallet balance is displayed boldly. Note that the balance on your profile will also be updated when you login next.
Finally

If step 8 or 9 doesn’t work after 48 hours, you should tender your evidence of payment to the Study Center Accounts Officer for further verification.

NOUN DIRECT ENTRY ADMISSION REQUIREMENT

DETAILS OF THE DIRECT ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
*1. B.SC. COOPERATIVES MANAGEMENT
Candidates are required to possess any one of the following:
(i) OND (Upper Credit) in any of these areas –
*. Cooperative Studies
*. Accounting
*. Banking and Finance
*. Marketing
(ii) NCE with a minimum of 1 merit and 2 passes. Apart from Education,relevant subjects should include:
*. Accounting
*. Business Studies
*. Economics
(iii) GCE Advanced Level, with at least 2 credit passes. Relevant subjects to include:
*. Accounting
*. Business Management
*. Economics
*. Government

2. B.SC. HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
Candidates are required to possess any one of the following:
(i) OND (Upper Credit) in any of these areas –
*. Home Economics
*. Hotel & Catering Management
*. Hospitality Management
(ii) NCE with a minimum of 1 merit and 2 passes. Apart from Education,subjects to include:
*. Home Economics
(iii) GCE Advanced Level, with at least 2 credit passes. Relevant subjects to include:
*. Home Science & Management
*. Accounting
*. Business Management
*. Economics
*. Government

3. B.SC. ENTREPRENEURIAL & BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Candidates are required to possess any one of the following:
(i) OND (Upper Credit) in any of these areas –
*. Business Studies
*. Business Administration
*. Marketing
*. Cooperative Studies
(ii) NCE with a minimum of 1 merit and 2 passes. Apart from Education,subjects to include:
*. Accounting
*. Business Studies
*. Economics
(iii) GCE Advanced Level, with at least 2 credit passes. Relevant subjects to include:
*. Accounting
*. Business Management
*. Economics
*. Government

4. B.SC. ACCOUNTING
Candidates are required to possess any one of the following:
(i) OND (Upper Credit) in –
*. Accounting
(ii) GCE Advanced Level, with at least 2 credit passes. Relevant subjects to include:
*. Accounting
*. Business Management
*. Economics
*. Government

NOUN ADMISSION REQUIREMENT FOR CANDIDATES

UNDERGRADUATES PROGRAMMES
100 Level

Generally, the requirements for getting admission into the National Open University of Nigeria include five (5) credits in the SSCE/GCE O’Level/NECO/NABTEB or equivalents at not more than two (2) sittings obtained in subjects relevant to the proposed field(s) of study. The five (5) credits include Credits in Mathematics, English and 3 other relevant subjects. More details can be found under programmes.
200 Level

i) National Diploma at Upper Credit from recognized institutions.
ii) National Certificate in Education (NCE) in subject(s) relevant to the proposed programme of study with a minimum of one merit and two passes.
iii). International Baccalaureates, Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) with at least two ‘A’ Level papers in relevant subjects and pre-requisite number of ‘O’ Level credit passes.
Postgraduate Programmes
To qualify for admission into any of the postgraduate programmes of the University, a candidate must meet, among others, all matriculation requirements of at least five (5) credit passes including English Language and Mathematics. Some programmes accept at least a pass in Mathematics.

POSTGRADUATES DIPLOMA PROGRAMMES,

Candidates must possess either a minimum of pass Bachelors Degree in any discipline from a University recognised by the Senate of the NOUN OR a Higher National Diploma with a minimum of Lower Credit. For the Postgraduate Diploma in Legislative Drafting, the candidate must have been called to the Bar. Also for admission into the school of Business and Human Resource Management Postgraduate Diploma programmes, candidates with professional qualifications such as ACA, ACIS, ACIB, ACII, ACIA, etc may be considered on individual merit.

MASTER DEGREE PROGRAMMES,

candidates must possess either a Bachelors Degree with a minimum of second class lower in the relevant field of study from a University recongnised by the Senate of the NOUN. However, holders of lower classification and with a minimum of 2 years of relevant post-qualification experience may be considered on individual merit OR a Postgraduate Diploma in related field of study from a recongnised University OR A Higher National Diploma with a minimum of Upper Credit in the relevant field of study. Candidate with membership certificate of relevant professional bodies may apply for the Master of Business (MBA) programme.

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE PROGRAMMES,

candidates must possess a masters degree in relevant field of study from a University recongised by the Senate of the NOUN with a minimum score average of not less than 60% or a cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.5 on a 5-point scale.