ADSU Department of Primary Education Studies Admission Requirement


Primary Education Studies is taught under the Faculty of Education at Adamawa State University. Mathematics and English Language are the only named subjects anywhere in the requirements.

Every other slot accepts Arts, Social Science or Science papers without preference. That makes this one of the most open programmes on the ADSU admissions list.

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Confirm that Primary Education Studies appears on the current ADSU course list and that your JAMB registration records it correctly before you sit the examination.

About Adamawa State University

Adamawa State University is located in Mubi, Adamawa State, Nigeria.

It was established in 2002 by the Adamawa State University Law No. 10 of 2001. The title caption of the university is “Towards ensuring rapid development and transformation of the State.”

Admission Requirements for Primary Education Studies

WAEC/NECO Subject Combination

The WAEC/NECO subject combination and requirements needed to study Primary Education Studies is Five (5) SSCE credits in Mathematics, English Language, and three other Art/Social Science/Science Subjects.

JAMB Subject Combination

In UTME, please note that the English Language is Compulsory for this course.

Therefore, the three (3) other JAMB UTME subject combinations needed to study Primary Education Studies under the Faculty of Education at ADSU include;

Any three Art/Social Science/Science subjects.

Direct Entry Requirement

These are the conditions you need to fulfil to gain Direct Entry admission to study Primary Education Studies if you don’t intend to use UTME.

You require;

Two (2) ‘A’ Level/NCE passes in relevant Art/Social Science/Science subjects.

JAMB Score

All candidates interested in getting admitted into ADSU for the 2026/2027 session should know that to be eligible for the screening, you must have scored a minimum of 180 and above in your JAMB result.

All Three Subject Fields Are Accepted at ADSU Primary Education Studies

The O’Level requirement is five SSCE credits in Mathematics, English Language and three other Arts, Social Science or Science subjects. No field is excluded.

Mathematics at credit level is the one firm condition. It is worth checking early, because nothing else on the page will compensate for a missing result.

The UTME combination asks simply for any three Arts, Social Science or Science subjects alongside the compulsory English Language.

Direct Entry keeps the same framing, accepting two ‘A’ Level or NCE passes in relevant Arts, Social Science or Science subjects.

A JAMB score of 180 and above is the screening threshold for the 2026/2027 session at ADSU. With the subject conditions this broad, that score carries most of the weight.


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