Education and Igbo is offered at the University Of Nigeria (UNN), Nsukka. This page covers the five O’Level credit passes, the UTME subject combination, the Direct Entry route for NCE and A Level holders, and the JAMB score required.
The programme trains Igbo language teachers, so a credit pass in Igbo is required at every stage. It is named among the O’Level credits, in the UTME combination and in the Direct Entry conditions.
Fluency on its own does not satisfy the department. Nsukka works from examination results, so a candidate who speaks Igbo but never sat it at SSCE should plan a resit before registering for JAMB.
The admission requirements include O’level Subject combinations, JAMB UTME Subject combinations, and School and Departmental Cut-Off Marks.
About UNN
The University of Nigeria was the first indigenous university in Nigeria to attain full-fledged and autonomous status. It was modelled after the American educational system. It is the first land-grant university in Africa and one of Nigeria’s five most reputed universities.
The University has 102 academic departments in 15 Faculties and offers 82 undergraduate and 211 postgraduate programs.
O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Education and Igbo are five SSCE (5) credit passes and should include English Language and Igbo.
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 Education and Igbo are Igbo and two (2) other Arts subjects.
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Direct Entry Requirement
You need the following to gain Direct Entry admission to study Education and Igbo if you don’t intend to use UTME.
- Two (2) NCE/’A’ Level passes in Igbo and any relevant subject.
JAMB Score
All candidates interested in getting admitted into UNN for the 2026/2027 session should know that to be eligible for the screening, you must have a minimum score of 200 or above in your JAMB result.
The Igbo Credit Decides a UNN Education Application
Only two of the five O’Level credits are named, English Language and Igbo, which leaves three open. That is generous compared with most UNN education programmes, but the Igbo credit itself is not negotiable.
At UTME, register English Language and Igbo, then two other arts subjects. Candidates who sat Igbo at SSCE will usually hold the supporting arts subjects already, so the combination rarely causes problems.
Direct Entry takes two NCE or A Level passes in Igbo and one relevant subject. UTME applicants also face the UNN screening threshold of 200 in JAMB, which is set higher than at most federal universities.