NOUN APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION INTO POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA, AND DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PROGRAMMES FOR 2011/2012

National Open University of Nigeria

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION INTO POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA, AND DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PROGRAMMES FOR 2011/2012 Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) for studies leading to the award of:       Post Graduate Diploma:       Programme                                                                                  Programme Code Postgraduate Diploma in Open and Distance Education (PGDDE)                                                                                                  4302 Doctor of Philosophy: Programme                                                                                  Programme Code Ph.D. Science Education                                                                       4502 Ph.D. Mathematics Education                                                                4504                            Ph.D. Educational Administration                                                           4501 Ph.D. Educational Planning                                                                    4501 Ph.D. Educational Technology                                                               4503 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Ph.D Science Education (4502) Applicants for the Ph.D Science Education will be required to have a Master’s degree certificate in Science Education from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) or any other University recognised by the Senate of NOUN.  Such applicants must have a minimum of cumulative GPA of 60% in the course work at master’s level excluding thesis score. Ph.D Mathematics Education (4504) Applicants for the Ph.D Mathematics Education will be required to have a Master’s degree certificate in Mathematics Education from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) or any other University recognised by the Senate of NOUN.  Such applicants must have a minimum of cumulative GPA of 60% in the course work at master’s level excluding thesis score. Ph.D Educational Administration and Ph.D Educational Planning (4501) Applicants for the Ph.D Educational Administration or Ph.D Educational Planning will be required to have a master’s degree certificate in Educational Administration and Planning from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) or any other university recognised by the Senate of NOUN.  Such applicants must have a minimum of cumulative GPA of 60% in the course work at master’s level excluding thesis score. Ph.D Educational Technology (4503) Applicants for the Ph.D Educational Technology will be required to have a Master’s degree certificate in Educational Technology from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) or any other university recognised by the Senate of NOUN.  Such applicants must have a minimum of cumulative GPA of 60% in the course work at master’s level excluding thesis score. Postgraduate Diploma in Open and Distance Education (PGDDE) – 4302 Applicants for Postgraduate Diploma in Open and Distance Education will be required to have one of the following: A good first degree from a recognised University by Senate with at least a second-class lower division degree in any discipline; A holder of a minimum of upper credit in the Higher National Diploma Degree (HND) from a recognised institution; A person with qualification adjudged by NOUN Senate to be equivalent to (a) and (b) above.  Such candidates will need to have their workplace experience and skills already acquired to be valuated by NOUN for their suitability. 3.         DURATION OF PROGRAMMES             NOUN operates a flexible mode of study which allows a student to determine the pace, place,     time and medium of study.  Students’ support facilities are available at all our Study Centres    nationwide. 4.         METHOD OF APPLICATION (E-APPLICATION)             The entire process is electronic and online and operates 24-hours a day.  The method of     application is as follows:             1.         Walk into any of these participating banks:                         BANKS                                     ACCOUNT NUMBERS                                                                          First City Monument Bank  -   0692050676806001                         Oceanic Bank                        -   0011201014775                                                           Zenith Bank                           -   8080100669                         Skye Bank PLC                    -   1361790017208               PLEASE NOTE THAT NOUN WOULD NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY PAYMENT             MADE INTO ANY ACCOUNT OTHER THAN THE ABOVE DESIGNATED BANKS    AND ACCOUNT NUMBERS.             2.         Pay as follows for NOUN application forms: Postgraduate (PGD and Masters) Programmes N7, 500.00 (seven thousand five hundred naira only). Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) Programmes N10, 000.00 (ten thousand naira only).             3.         Obtain a NOUN Teller specially designed for NOUN for the purpose of payment.             4.         After payment collect an APPLICATION PIN CODE equivalent to the amount paid                 for your form from the Bank.             5.         Type www.noun.edu.ng and click on application form.             6.         Use your Application pin number to access your NOUN online application form.             7.         Complete the application by providing the required information.             8.         After completion, the candidate can re-open the form as often as he/she likes, before                     submitting.             9.         Having completed all the above steps, you may submit your form by clicking the                           submit             button at the bottom of the displayed screen.             10.       You can now print out your provisional admission letter. Applicants are advised to insist on paying the stipulated cost only and obtain official receipt at the point of payment. Note: All applicants who had purchased, completed and submitted their forms before this advertisement should note that their forms would be processed along with the new ones and need not re-apply. Please find below the addresses of NOUN Study Centres for your information: Abeokuta Study Centre Defunct SDP Secretariat, Okemosan, Abeokuta Ogun State. Tel:08065967348 Abuja Study Centre Annex/Planning Office No.5 Dar- Es-Salaam Street, Wuse II, Abuja, FCT. Tel: 08037036567  08023124361 Ado-Ekiti Study Centre Government Housing Estate,Are Afao Road, Ado-Ekiti Ekiti State. Tel: 08037145820, 08057510828 Akure Study Centre, Oba Afinbiowo Estate, Idanre Road, Former Party Secretariat, Akure,Ondo State. Tel:08037171262;08033320842;  08033911236 Asaba Study Centre Federal College of Education Technical, Asaba, Delta State Tel:08023503641 Awa Ijebu Community Study Centre Kilometre 17, Ibadan – Ijebu Ode Road Off Sawmill, Awa Ijebu, Ogun State. Tel: 08030689935 Awka Study Centre, Defunct Party Building, P.M.B. 2017, Abagana, Anambra State Tel: 080377056993 08046126108, 08045104479 Bauchi Study Centre, Former NRC Building Federal Low Cost Housing Estate, Bauchi, Bauchi State. 08034047622, 08038053242, 07093315663, 08025598082 Benin Study Centre, Ikenwa Road (Old SDP Secretariat), Benin City, Edo State. Tel: 08033862232,  08055221367;08033501447; 08036014356,08036014356 Calabar Study Centre Women Development Centre, Ekpo Archibong Street (Parliament Building), Calabar, Cross River State Tel: 08034000661, 08037083021 Damaturu Study Centre, Former Amusement Park, Maiduguri Road, Damaturu, Yobe State. Tel: 08036148866, 08022032969, 08054912177 07028175757 Dutse Study Centre 3rd Floor, Federal Government Secretariat, Kiyawa Road, Dutse, Jigawa State. Tel: 08063435153, 08028722780 Enugu Study Centre Nike-Lake Road, Enugu Enugu State. Tel: 08035063322, 08053130530 Gombe Study Centre, Federal Low Cost, After All Saint College, P.M.B 136, Gombe State. Tel: 08024691343, 08036458586, 08024691343, 08054337992 Gusau Study Centre  Federal College of Education, Technical, Gusau.              Zamfara State. Tel: 08062246917 Ibadan Study Centre Former Party Secretariat, Faith Clinic Road, Ijokodo Junction, Sango-Eleyele, PMB 5061, Ibadan, Oyo State. Tel: 08033358864, 08033911236, 08034448621 Ilorin Study Centre, Kulenle Housing Estate, Off Jebba Road, Ilorin, Kwara State. Tel: 08033925539, 08033334161, 08033588161 08035773770,  08033597996 Jalingo Study Centre, No 25 Donga Road ,Jalingo Taraba State 08039671300, 08088972413 08038522810 Jos Study Centre Former SDP Office along Lomay International Hotel Road, Sabon Barkin, Jos, Plateau State. Tel: 08065992216, 08022852361, 08036050221 Kaduna Study Centre Old NETC Kaduna Campus by Trade Fair Complex, Zaria Road, Kaduna, Kaduna State Tel:08033334161,08036196458  062-316565 Kano Study Centre Independence Road, Sauna, Kano State. Tel: 08068242153, 07065699577, 0805435561, 07025794370 Katsina Study Centre, Opposite Katsina State House of Assembly, Kaita Road, Katsina, Katsina State Tel:   08039254319 08065279762, 08035941100 Lafia Study Centre Former Ministry of Science & Technology, Off Makurdi Road, Lafia, Nassarawa State Tel:08026327378, 08056044331, 08032813477 Lagos Study Centre Nigeria Education Research DC Development Council (NERDC) Building No.3-4 NERDC Council Road, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos. Lagos State Tel:  08055272941, 08023210847 08033029993, 08035839076 08023600285, 08034081231 Lokoja Study Centre Defunct NRC Secretariate Opposite Bishop Delisle College, Lokoja, Kogi State. Tel: 08057985579, 08035877285,   08068406722,        08065756063 Maiduguri Study Centre Baga Road, Maiduguri Borno State Tel: 08023761070 Makurdi Study Centre, Former NDE Office, Opposite Mechanic Village, Kanshio, Makurdi, Benue State. Tel:08038182206, 08032063856 Minna Study Centre NRC Party Office Off Bosso Road, Minna,Niger State Tel:  08035899214, 08059462297, 08029118060 08036125998 Ogori Community Centre NOUN Study Centre, Ogori Civic Centre Ogori. Kogi State. Tel: 08034138580 Osogbo Study Centre, NRC Defunct Party Building Opposite Bestoil Petrol Station, Ilesha Road, Osogbo, Osun State. Tel: 08033678044, 08033231111 Otukpo Study Centre 59/60 Upu Road, Otukpo, Benue State. Tel: 08035936950  Owerri Study Centre Federal Polytechnic, 1036, Owerri/Aba Road, Nekede,Owerri,Imo State. Tel: 08037630840,08063812465 Port-Harcourt Study Centre Rivers State College of Education, St John’s Campus, Aba Road, PMB 5047, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State Tel: 08033392374, 0807083021, 08037047388, 08055339173 Sokoto Study Centre Shehu Shagari College of Education, PMB 2129 Birnin Kebbi Road Sokoto State Tel  0806555042 08035149362 Umudike Study Centre, National Root Crop Research Institute, PMB 7296, Umudike, Umuahia, Abia State Tel:  08028339222. Uyo Study Centre, 3 Mbaba Afia Street Off Aka Road, Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State Tel:  08035864487, 08070830121   Yenagoa Study Centre Former Beautification Committee Office, House of Assembly Quarters, Road, Opposite 2nd Gate Ekeki-Yenagoa, Bayelsa State Tel: 08035416315, 08036769473   Yola Study Centre Army Barracks Road, Yola, Adamawa State Tel:  08035828761   NOUN Special Study Centre for the Nigerian Air Force, Kaduna, 325 Training Ground, Nigerian Airforce Base, Kawo, Kaduna State. Tel:08033209870, 08058618553 NOUN Special Study Centre for the Nigerian Prisons, Kirikiri, Maximum Security Prisons, P.M.B 1012, Kirikiri, Apapa, Lagos. Tel: 08088961399 NOUN Special Study Centre for the Nigerian Army, Sobi, Army School of Education PMB 1410, Sobi Cantonment, Ilorin, Kwara State. Tel: 08023193051, 08037038599, 08033597996 NOUN Special Study Centre for the Nigerian Navy, Lagos. Training Blk B, NNS Quorra, Marina Beach, Apapa, Lagos Tel: 08033068874 NOUN Special Study Centre for the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abuja, NSCDC Headquarters. Abuja, FCT. Tel. 08033142196 NOUN Special Study Centre for the Nigerian Immigration Service, Abuja NIS Training Centre. Immigration, Headquarters. Wuse Abuja. Tel:08077277753

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