This article is designed to help students who wish to study Guidance and Counselling under the Faculty of Education at the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA).
Confirm that Guidance and Counselling is still listed at UNIABUJA before you register for JAMB. The waiver here adds conditions that the general O Level line does not state.
The university runs regular degree, diploma, and postgraduate programs. Its location in the Federal Capital Territory has a Centre for Distance Learning School, which provides university education to those who cannot acquire such education.
O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Guidance and Counseling; You require;
Five (5) ‘O’ Level NTC/NBC credit passes or TC II merit including the English Language with ‘O’ Level pass in Mathematics.
Three qualification types are accepted, covering ordinary O Level credits, National Technical and Business Certificate passes, and a Teachers Grade II at merit.
English Language is the only named credit, and Mathematics is required separately at ordinary pass level rather than counting among the five.
Special Consideration (Waiver) Remarks
- UNIABUJA requires credit passes in two Arts/Science subjects in addition to English Language and Mathematics.
The waiver changes that picture. It asks for credits in two Arts or science subjects and treats Mathematics as a credit alongside English Language, which is stricter than the line above.
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 under the Faculty of Education at UNIABUJA include;
Any three (3) subjects.
The JAMB combination places no restriction at all beyond the compulsory English Language, so the O Level waiver is the only real subject filter on this route.
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Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study Guidance and Counseling if you don’t intend to use UTME. You require;
‘A’ Level passes or NCE in two (2) subjects plus the UTME requirements.
Direct Entry adds rather than replaces. Two A Level passes or an NCE qualify, but the UTME requirements are attached, so the credits still have to be in place.
JAMB Score
All candidates interested in getting admitted into UNIABUJA for the 2026/2027 session, should know that to be eligible for the screening, you must have scored 180 or above in your JAMB result.
Why the UNIABUJA Guidance and Counselling Waiver Raises the Bar
The general line names only English Language and asks for a Mathematics pass, while the waiver requires Mathematics at credit level plus two Arts or science subjects.
Plan around the waiver, since the JAMB papers are unrestricted and give you no guidance at all. Direct Entry carries the same conditions, and the score needed is 180 for the 2026/2027 session.