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do they have a community where you can interact with other students

Can I please 🥺 go on with my screening for the MBA program? The feedback I have seen year is not convincing, is there any recent graduate of the program here and any advice please?

Who has applied for the ABUDLC? Which will be preferable ABUDLC or BABCOCK online MBA program?

Have you finally applied and done the screening?

Ibukun99:
Can I please 🥺 go on with my screening for the MBA program? The feedback I have seen year is not convincing, is there any recent graduate of the program here and any advice please?

They should have

adaperry25:
do they have a community where you can interact with other students

coringo:
Who has applied for the ABUDLC? Which will be preferable ABUDLC or BABCOCK online MBA program?

I applied. the deadline is 29th. awaiting to be assigned to a tutor

adaperry25:
I applied. the deadline is 29th. awaiting to be assigned to a tutor

Greetings please they said I can't apply for any course registration again that I am late and have to wait for September. Please hope it will not affect my admission? ABU DLC Masters in International Affairs and Diplomacy applicant. Please help... 🥺

MissIndependent:
Greetings please they said I can't apply for any course registration again that I am late and have to wait for September. Please hope it will not affect my admission? ABU DLC Masters in International Affairs and Diplomacy applicant. Please help... 🥺

email them

adaperry25:
email them

I have done that and they told me same on the mail to wait till September.

MissIndependent:
I have done that and they told me same on the mail to wait till September.

u mean u haven't registered any course at all?

adaperry25:
u mean u haven't registered any course at all?

I just got information about the program Last week because I had another school in mind. After I concluded I will finally choose ABU DLC, I started registration, did my screening after paying form fees etc. They sent me a mail that I was approved for admission to study Master in International Affairs and Diplomacy. I didn't even know the registration started a long time.....now the course Reg is closed and they said I have to wait till September for the next round. I have asked if it would not affect my previous Registration/Applications and they said it won't. That I will start counting from September 2025 and conclude the Program September 2026.

MissIndependent:
I just got information about the program Last week because I had another school in mind. After I concluded I will finally choose ABU DLC, I started registration, did my screening after paying form fees etc. They sent me a mail that I was approved for admission to study Master in International Affairs and Diplomacy. I didn't even know the registration started a long time.....now the course Reg is closed and they said I have to wait till September for the next round. I have asked if it would not affect my previous Registration/Applications and they said it won't. That I will start counting from September 2025 and conclude the Program September 2026.

oh.. information is power. Immediately after the screening, you should have done the registration. I think batch c have started signing up..so u can join them

adaperry25:
oh.. information is power. Immediately after the screening, you should have done the registration. I think batch c have started signing up..so u can join them

How do I join them? Is it on my portal or?

adaperry25:
oh.. information is power. Immediately after the screening, you should have done the registration. I think batch c have started signing up..so u can join them

Also, what is their mode of receiving lectures? Please respond.... thank you

MissIndependent:
How do I join them? Is it on my portal or?

yea on the portal. Since they told u September, you can remind them when it's close

MissIndependent:
Also, what is their mode of receiving lectures? Please respond.... thank you

lectures are on the LMS

adaperry25:
yea on the portal. Since they told u September, you can remind them when it's close

ok thank you. What I am still seeing on my Portal for now is registration closed.

adaperry25:
lectures are on the LMS

What is LMS please?

MissIndependent:
What is LMS please?

learning management system

adaperry25:
learning management system

Ok are they going to generate one after registration or? I don't have any idea about it please how does it work?

adaperry25:
I applied. the deadline is 29th. awaiting to be assigned to a tutor

Which did you apply for?

Seems its same Edutech powering ABUDLC and Babcock.

coringo:
Which did you apply for?

Seems its same Edutech powering ABUDLC and Babcock.

ABUDLC

MissIndependent:
I just got information about the program Last week because I had another school in mind. After I concluded I will finally choose ABU DLC, I started registration, did my screening after paying form fees etc. They sent me a mail that I was approved for admission to study Master in International Affairs and Diplomacy. I didn't even know the registration started a long time.....now the course Reg is closed and they said I have to wait till September for the next round. I have asked if it would not affect my previous Registration/Applications and they said it won't. That I will start counting from September 2025 and conclude the Program September 2026.

Hello

Please was the screening done online?

koreanlord:
Hello

Please was the screening done online?

Yes I did Remote Screening. (Online)

Hello everyone,

I just applied for the ABU DLC, MBA Program.
I'm a bit confused about the duration of the program and the fees.

Pls, does can anyone who has an idea kindly assist 🙏

AnitaEzy:
Hello everyone,

I just applied for the ABU DLC, MBA Program.
I'm a bit confused about the duration of the program and the fees.

Pls, does can anyone who has an idea kindly assist 🙏

18 months about 220,000 per semester

Any one here have an idea about Babcock MBA DLC? is the program cool and advisable to partake in? would appreciate your response.

coringo:
Any one here have an idea about Babcock MBA DLC? is the program cool and advisable to partake in? would appreciate your response.

Babcock and ABU MBA program is almost alike, both are powered by Edutech, with great LMS format for teaching and learning. Well organized

Babcock and Abu has about four specialization for their MBA program, ABU exams are written in Lagos and some states in Nigeria, while Babcock own is written on campus I think.

centpado:
Babcock and ABU MBA program is almost alike, both are powered by Edutech, with great LMS format for teaching and learning. Well organized

Babcock and Abu has about four specialization for their MBA program, ABU exams are written in Lagos and some states in Nigeria, while Babcock own is written on campus I think.

Thank you for the response.

I was told by the organizers that exams can be written in any state of your choice.

perfectgen:
When in early 2017, a friend brought to my notice a first of its kind online MBA program here in Nigeria, I couldn't really believe him but when he opened the appealing advert of the ABU Online MBA, I got immediately interested as I had been looking forward to obtaining a MBA.

I fully researched the program and everything looked perfect; I checked the course structure, delivery, fees and observed it was something I could do in my spare time, while still working.

In terms of structure, it was slightly self-paced but I was expected to pick up materials and prepare for exams; which I learnt were mainly computer-based tests at that time. On the issue of delivery, I learnt that there was an e-learning suite to deploy most of the course and I was going to be assigned an e-tutor for all courses I was to take; this I learnt should be about 24 in all. On fees, I learnt the current students were then paying less than 500 thousand naira overall hence reasonably affordable for me.

Fast forward to May, 2017, I encouraged three other friends and colleagues to start the program and as we were about to register, we observed a change in fee structure; instead of the normal bulk fee, we were now to pay 10 thousand naira for electives and 20 thousand naira for core courses. This naturally increased the expected fees but in my gullibility, I felt i could still manage to afford it.

To my amazement, midway into the first semester, there was a change in the delivery structure, while some courses had committed e-tutors who were available to explain whatsoever challenges we had with the courses, some e-tutors were just non-existent. Another issue is the review of the examination twice within one semester; we learnt on NUC's insistence, the course had to be 50% theoretical paper/50% Computer based tests but later changed it to 30% assignments/30% Computer based tests/40% theoretical papers.

In my typical perseverance, I adapted and continued with the program but observed midway that instead of the initial 24 courses being planned for, the courses had changed to about 30 in all.

By the next semester, all fees were changed to a flat 20 thousand naira. I was already in the middle of the river and having no choice, I continued with the program. Then came increment of offered courses to about 36 before finishing the program with all additional courses estimated at 20,000 naira per course. The painful part was that these courses were more or less repetitions; a course was sometimes divided into three parts just to ensure that instead of us paying 20,000, we get to pay 60,000.

Just after complaining of the increasing fees and reduction in the quality of the programme, slight adjustments were made; this was insufficient in my dousing my increasing regrets for starting the program. Surprisingly, the university, introduced what they termed late registration fees; this was supposed to be added fees for registering late even though you will not be allowed access to the platform nor educational materials until you make payment. We could do nothing about it as all complaints were either not attended to or brought with it, further problems.
As if that was not enough, very close to exams, I observed additional 10,000 naira on the fee retinue; this was tagged examination fees. I felt the essence of our paying the 20,000 naira was to ensure everything relating to the individual courses was captured hence why add a fee that we were not told of at the beginning of the program and just when we were preparing for exams; when it was already confirmed that we have already made payment for the semester.

I became frustrated, and felt like just dropping out; having seen three of my colleagues drop out due to increasing fees. Coping financially was becoming hard for me and continuing with the program was becoming suffocating.

I forced myself to continue the course; being someone who hardly gives up, but on entering into the fourth semester discovered that there were now new split courses which were illogical. We had courses like Seminar, Project 1, Project 2, internship etc. which were not going to be taught but we still had to pay for; we complained and expected palliative measures only to wake up and hear that the course delivery has been changed to single delivery which implies that the flexibility of the program was more or less gone and with it came the realization that the core focus of an MBA; practical orientation and fundamental understanding of key concepts was no more assured.
I computed everything I have paid for a programme that I have little or no say in and observed I am just a little bit short of 800 thousand naira yet I still have one full semester to go that I still have to pay for. I have to admit that I have been hoodwinked into thinking the ABU online MBA can give me what other international online MBAs could have given me; though the fees are fast getting similar. I seem to be in a one-chance vehicle but not knowing if its is sane for me to jump down. I woke up this morning to see that another 20,000 naira has been added to the fee retinue for transcript or something like that I can't remember applying nor planning to apply for.

I really need help before this financial pressure frustrate me into leaving this programme with the huge amount i have spent; maybe, like a colleague said, i should have used the money in buying a land in Kubwa and wait for it to appreciate because even with the MBA, there is no assurance of pay increase at work, new opportunities nor a profitable return on investment.

Please save my soul!!!

Reading this in 2025 and am like how did i not come to Nairaland first before paying 121k for school fees and some courses . Ahhh and i just learned about this last 2 months..

I wish i had enough money would have enrolled in babcock. Atleast quality education is guaranteed

perfectgen:
I have observed that when many of us make complaints online, we hardly come back to give feedback neither do we ascertain efforts being made to remedy the issues raised, hence I chose to come back and give a non-compulsive report on the situation of things now; I have not been contacted nor compelled to make this post but to let those who chose to be sentimental about the issue know that my complaint was borne out of a true reflection of what I felt and the wrong direction the program was heading towards - money-based rather than value-based.

I wish to first thank everybody who helped echo my concerns as the ABUMBA school management has objectively listened to the voice of reasoning.
1. On the issues of fees, they have not reduced it but there has been no additional fees since this complaint; which I learnt the ABUMBA DLC management really took seriously and addressed. I guess future students can now be informed about how much they are expected to pay before joining the programme.
2. On the issue of repetitive courses and the number of courses being too much, there has been an adjustment of the syllabus such that some of the courses have been dropped and other courses are now being reviewed for better delivery.
3. On the issue of non-competitive MBA, the single delivery program sort of allowed competent hands to handle areas they were more proficient while enabling more networking which also made the essence of the MBA more achievable.
4. On the issue of exam fees after paying for the courses, I learnt that examination fees have been dropped though yet to confirm it; the effort is however commendable.

Although the MBA program is yet to be where I wish it to be; an online MBA that can compete with the ones abroad, I will say that many commendable efforts have been made in improving the program and it is looking more promising; thanks to the effort of the Director and his team. Kudos to ABUMBA DLC. However, all the other issues still being raised need to be looked into to make the program world class.

Welldone !!

Exam fees hasn’t been dropped, enrolled last month and paid exam fee .Hopefully it’s a 1 off payment