This is to notify the general public and all aspiring students of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) that the Department of Health Education admission requirements has been published.
The requirements below cover the O’Level credit passes, the UTME subject combination, five separate Direct Entry routes, three Maiduguri waiver notes that tighten the general conditions, and the JAMB score needed to qualify for screening.
Health Education draws candidates from school leaving certificates, colleges of education, polytechnics and the nursing profession. Read the waiver remarks next to each section, because they are the lines that decide what Maiduguri will actually accept.
Entry Requirements
O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Health Education include the following:
- Five (5) SSCE credit passes/TC II merit passes, including English Language, Biology, or its equivalent.
- Five (5) SSCE credit passes /TC II merit passes to include English Language and Mathematics.
Special Consideration (Waiver) Remark
UNIMAID requires an ‘O’ Level credit pass in Mathematics.
Of the two O’Level lines above, only one names Mathematics. This waiver settles the point for Maiduguri: a credit pass in Mathematics is required whichever of the two combinations you present, so Biology alone will not carry the application.
JAMB UTME Subject Combination
Candidates will write the following Four (4) Subjects in JAMB.
- English Language
- Biology and any two (2) relevant subjects
Special Consideration (Waiver) Remarks
UNIMAID requires Biology and any two (2) Science or Social Science subjects
Here too the waiver is the governing line. The general entry speaks of any two relevant subjects, while Maiduguri restricts those two to the sciences or the social sciences, with Biology fixed and English Language compulsory as the fourth.
Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfil to gain Direct Entry admission to study Health Education if you don’t intend to use UTME. You require;
- Two (2) ‘A’ Level passes in any of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics.
- NCE merit in Physical Education and credit in Arithmetical process or Mathematics.
- Diploma in Health Education, Environmental Sanitation, Physical Education, Social Work, and Health Administration with overall grades of merit plus three (3) ‘O’ Level credit passes/TC II merit, which should include English Language.
- NCE in Biology, Health Education, and Integrated Science with a passing grade plus two (2) ‘O’ Level credit passes/TC II merit passes.
- Registered Nurse plus five (5) ‘O’ Level credit passes to include English Language.
Special Consideration (Waiver) Remarks
UNIMAID requires a Certificate in Nursing/ Midwifery or equivalent in addition to the Direct Entry requirements.
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JAMB Score
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About the University of Maiduguri
The University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) is a Federal higher education institution in Maiduguri, Borno State’s capital city in northeast Nigeria.
The federal government of Nigeria established the university in 1975 with the goal of it becoming one of the country’s primary higher-education institutions.
With a large student and staff population, the University of Maiduguri admits students from all over Nigeria, regardless of race, culture, or religion.
Matching Your Qualification to UNIMAID Health Education
School leavers should work to the waiver versions of both conditions. Five SSCE credits or TC II merit passes including English Language, Biology and Mathematics, then a UTME combination of English Language, Biology and two science or social science subjects, with a JAMB score of at least 160.
College of education and polytechnic graduates have four Direct Entry options to compare. The diploma route names Health Education, Environmental Sanitation, Physical Education, Social Work and Health Administration, and asks for an overall merit grade plus three O’Level credits including English Language.
Nursing applicants should read the last waiver closely. Registered Nurses qualify with five O’Level credit passes including English Language, and the waiver adds that a Certificate in Nursing or Midwifery, or its equivalent, is expected on top of the Direct Entry conditions.