Guidance and Counseling is offered under the Faculty of Education at Sokoto State University (SSU). The requirements below are written around two compulsory papers and a wider social science background rather than a fixed list of named subjects.
Confirm that Guidance and Counseling appears on the current SSU course list and that you have entered it correctly on your JAMB registration. A course selected in error cannot be matched against the conditions set out below.
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About Sokoto State University
The Sokoto State University is located in Sokoto State, Nigeria.
It was established in 2009 as part of a motivated effort on the part of the Sokoto State to satisfy the quest of the people of the state for excellence and education.
It began as the Sokoto State University School of Developmental Studies, which ran a one-year degree program to prepare students for the University.
Admission Requirements for Guidance and Counseling
WAEC/NECO Subject Combination
The WAEC/NECO subject combination and requirements needed to study Guidance and Counseling is Five (5) SSCE credits in the English Language with an ‘O’ Level pass in Mathematics is required with other Social Science courses.
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 Guidance and Counseling at SSU, including the English Language and Mathematics, is required with other Social Science courses.
Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study Guidance and Counseling if you do not intend to use UTME.
You require two (2) ‘A’ Level/NCE passes in the English Language, and Mathematics is required with other Social Science courses.
JAMB Score
All candidates interested in getting admitted into SSU 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.
What SSU Expects From a Guidance and Counseling Applicant
At O’Level the course asks for five SSCE credits with English Language named, while Mathematics is accepted at pass level rather than credit. The balance of the five is expected to come from social science subjects.
The UTME combination keeps English Language compulsory and names Mathematics alongside it, with the remaining choices again drawn from the social sciences. Candidates should read that as a direction rather than a closed list.
Direct Entry asks for two ‘A’ Level or NCE passes covering English Language and Mathematics, with the same social science expectation attached. It removes the UTME stage without loosening the subject background.
The 180 JAMB benchmark applies to the 2026/2027 session and decides who reaches screening at SSU. Because the subject wording here is broad, the score often does more work in separating candidates than the combination does.