Disadvantages Of National Open University Of Nigeria You Must Know

Are you an Aspirant of The National Open University Of Nigeria (NOUN) and you are interested in knowing the disadvantages of NOUN, if yes, this article is for you.

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Disadvantages of National Open University Of Nigeria (NOUN)

Below are the disadvantages of The National Open University Of Nigeria (NOUN).

  • National Open University has been barred from the compulsory National youth Service Scheme due to not meeting up with N.U.C Specifications.
  • B.S.C Nursing in National Open university of Nigeria has been withdrawn
  • B.S.C Community health and extension worker has been changed to public health has instructed by the NUC
  • There Is Endemic Corruption In The National Open University Of Nigeria fees Charges due to the E-payment of School fees.
  • NOUN Centers across the country are the worst educational environment you can ever think of in the country that an average primary school is better off
  • NOUN student doesn’t participate in the compulsory NYSC
  • NOUN student are less Employed on the field due to lack of experience
  • NOUN student are not paid the stipulated N10000 0r 15000 after industrial attachment.
  • Students do not attend lectures in Noun, they only read their course materials which are not always readily available for collection in their School library
  • Young NOUN Students are easily turn into destitute.
  • NOUN Student are not researchers.
  • T.M.A (Tutor marked Assignment) portal has been hacked, students go directly there to collect readily available answers for test and examination, thereby enabling student to no longer need to study for TMA to get 30/30 in the Tutor marked assignment cause it is share, for sale e.t.c amongst themselves of which same Exposed TMA are to be repeated again in their examination.
  • NOUN is not on Nigeria university rankings according to the best institution in Nigeria. so therefore not competing with the conventional universities
  • There is total confusion in the System
  • Student union is totally forbidden in the tertiary institutional.

Responses to the disadvantages of National Open University Of Nigeria (NOUN)

Below are some of the responses to the disadvantages of The National Open University Of Nigeria (NOUN).

1. Graduates of NOUN were not barred from the compulsory NYSC

NOUN is a federal government established University recognized all over the world. It has the accreditation of NUC. NOUN is already enlisted on the JAMB brochure. You may confirmed this from 2016 JAMB brochure.

Without obtaining accreditation by NUC, JAMB cannot enlist any institution on their brochure. For further enquiry please visit NUC office for the accreditation status of NOUN or their website. Right from the inception, NOUN hasn’t been participating in compulsory NYSC program, although all NOUN are being given NYSC exemption letter by the NYSC bodies. Lately, polytechnics in Nigeria were not allowed to participate in compulsory NYSC program, does that mean they were not recognized.?

2. Nursing in National Open University Of Nigeria (NOUN) has not been withdrawn

That’s not true. The program was recently given interim accreditation by NUC. For further enquiry please visit NUC office for the accreditation status of NOUN or their website.

3. There Is Endemic Corruption In The National Open University Of Nigeria fees Charges due to the E-payment of School fees

This is not true. e-payment in NOUN is the best mode of payment and it’s done in accordance with the TSA(Treasury Single Account) policy of federal government and the payment is made via Remita, even the institution doesn’t have direct access to the payment made by the students, only the federal government does. Furthermore, As soon as you make any payment into the University account, your e-wallet will be credited shortly and your e-wallet will be deducted for any transaction and registration you made.

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