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Thursday 5 February 2015

NUC abolishes award of Pass Grade in Nigerian universities

The National Universities Commission ( NUC) has abolished the award of Pass Degree in Nigerian Universities with effect from the 2013/ 2014 academic session.

This decision was made known by the Vice Chancellor of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Prof. Abdullahi Zuru during the school's 2014/2015 matriculation ceremony which held yesterday February 4th in Sokoto.


According to Prof Zuru, the grading system of students in the universities has changed.
“What this means is that the minimum pass mark for courses in the universities will now be 45 per cent, that is, D-grade instead of the previous 40 per cent which was E-grade while the minimum class of grade to be earned by the students will be now be Third Class,” he said.
at 2/05/2015 08:09:00 am

101 comments:

  1. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 08:09

    na waa.

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    1. Unknown5 February 2015 at 10:12

      Naso....thats my VC.....nice to know its nation wide now....

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    2. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 18:55

      Seriously dnt tink it's d best way to go. Though I graduated with a gud result. That E mark made me not stay extra year for two courses that we hand horrible lectures in then. Make them think well. Everybody aint dsame

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  2. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:10

    Haba now?

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    1. Unknown5 February 2015 at 10:35

      Commendable innovation




      #Commenting thru Glo 4G LTE

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  3. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:11

    I support this too.
    ⌣̊┈̥-̶̯͡»̶̥♡thanks ⌣̊┈̥-̶̯͡»̶̥ 

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    1. Unknown5 February 2015 at 19:46

      It's true,its bn effective in Lasu since last year

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  4. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:11

    Noted!!!

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  5. AbokiDaWarriBoy5 February 2015 at 08:11

    Awww Congrat to them.

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    1. Celine Oma5 February 2015 at 11:12

      Congrat ke?

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    2. Unknown5 February 2015 at 11:40

      Read b4 u comment, mallam. What are u congratulating them for again pls?

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    3. Unknown5 February 2015 at 16:09

      Aboki.. u only hustling for 1st to comment... we stil dy 1st week so always take ur time to read #okbye#

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  6. SANDRA5 February 2015 at 08:11

    Duh, who cares?

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  7. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:12

    Thank God am through with school. Lecturers have been given upper hand to deal with students.

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    1. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 11:13

      I bet u graduated with a pass. I see it as a good way to make students study harder. Bearing in mind that a third class is 50%, else they won't graduate. Bcuz doing MSc outside Africa, in the UK mostly, if u get a score less than 50% , u have failed. In order to graduate, all ur scores must b above 50%. This news is a good development .

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  8. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:12

    Will this make students more serious?? I don't think so...
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    .NOTE: Raise Your Words, Not Your Voice. It Is Rain That Grows Flowers, Not Thunder..

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  9. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:13

    Nawaoo, no more 'let my pple go' mark. Lolz

    Pamscrib.blogspot.com

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    1. CJ5 February 2015 at 15:30

      Like seriously, lol. 'Let my people go' wey we dey manage for some really tough courses, God dey sha

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  10. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:13

    Good fr Nigerian students

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  11. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:14

    Good, what is the essence of awarding a grade that is not useful.

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  12. Onisama5 February 2015 at 08:14

    Good for nigeria students

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  13. www.glowyshoe.com5 February 2015 at 08:14

    This is really nice

    Visit my blog

    www.glowyshoe.blogspot.com

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  14. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:14

    Hmmmmm anyway it's a Gud idea it will make students read more

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  15. G_PHARM5 February 2015 at 08:15

    in y faculty the pass mark has been 50. In some courses 60. So this aint a Big Deal. No 3rd class sef.

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  16. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:16

    Issok.... Students y'all heard!? Go read ya books now! Stop checking LIB every minute... Read ya books! #GEJ2015

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  17. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:17

    a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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    School doesnt have any effect in Nigeria again but connection has lots of effect nw.
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    ***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

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  18. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 08:17

    will it raise the standard?

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  19. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:17

    NUC...making grade easier since 1962

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  20. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:18

    Hmmm

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  21. Onyx's Girlfriend (he isn't gay pls)5 February 2015 at 08:19

    Ghenghen. Dat 1 sef dey. #happythurs

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  22. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:19

    i hope they can keep this up

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  23. win5 February 2015 at 08:19

    That means more hardworking for the students.

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  24. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:20

    loozzzzz...And wen a students does extremely poor academically wat happens??? The student will be given let my pple go third class

















    Moye says so via BB Passport...Courtesy LIB.....

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  25. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 08:20

    Good! No more allowance for mediocrity!

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  26. Juleslouis5 February 2015 at 08:21

    Its good. How can a student pass through a university for 4-6 yrs and come out with a thirdclass talkmore of a pass.

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  27. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:22

    atlst inform of encouragement

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  28. Dave Mide5 February 2015 at 08:22

    Lmao ... now so many students wont graduate on time as to reduce the amount of graduates being produced by universities yearly which in turns leads to reduction of mass unemployment. uhmmm

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  29. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 08:26

    Hmmmm...third class.

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  30. dhobiz5 February 2015 at 08:28

    Hmm okay but they should at least give certificate of attendance coz at all at all na im bad pass

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  31. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:29

    About time. But happens to those that couldn't get the Third Class grade? Will they spill over or withdrawn?



    #TeamBlessed#

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  32. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:30

    Very good indeed! Our young youths need to study very hard this days not social media 247 and tv programs like all this young youths around here in Linda Ikeji blog. Time to face your book oh! Be serious with your academics!

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  33. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:31

    Very good indeed! Our young youths need to study very hard this days not social media 247 and tv programs like all this young youths around here in Linda Ikeji blog. Time to face your book oh! Be serious with your academics!

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  34. linda's fan5 February 2015 at 08:33

    Good,but i don graduate..

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  35. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:35

    I read about that yesterday. Serious work don catch lazy students for school.





    Busy Fingers.

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  36. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 08:36

    Before!!!! it was really useless issuing that certificate out..

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  37. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:37

    These dudes are just stupid. Instead of attacking the main issues affecting our University education system, the retards are busy drinkin pap n cancellin Pass.

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  38. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:37

    skuls re now upgrading, by his grace we wil stil mak t, Amen.

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  39. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:38

    Nigeria educational sys aw market?....so no more E...only ABCD...nice sha...but they should equally ask the lecturers to stop asking 4 sex inexchange for marks...let we all work harder and earn the mark ourselves...


    ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤QUEENMAYA¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤

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  40. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:39

    2013/2014 session? Oh well, students would read harder I guess.

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  41. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 08:40

    Good Iniative

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  42. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 08:41

    This has started in aau long ago nw, its now dey re startin it nationwide... well sha, it's a welcome development...

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  43. Gentletee5 February 2015 at 08:42

    What difference does it make?

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  44. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:43

    Well let's hp is for the best...

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  45. CHERRY5 February 2015 at 08:44

    That's good!

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  46. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 08:44

    Don't thin is d right move. @Felix

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  47. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 08:44

    Very good ....will raise the standard. I'm a PG student in an Asian country.Minimum pass mark in my school is 60%. Anything below is a carryover. Don't know about other schools over here. I had to work extra to meet up since the grading system was quite stringent compared to my undergraduate.

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  48. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 08:48

    Better for the students really because coming out with a 3rd class, not to even mention a pass is not good for the student's future. They would end up suffering more, employers don't want a 3rd class. Students will now feel the need to buckle up. Imagine some university graduates can't speak or write proper ENglish. Who knows, this may help to improve the crop of students our universities are churning out these days!

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    1. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 14:39

      So speaking proper English is by grade attained huh ? Dumb chiq

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  49. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:52

    Jeez! I pity 4 d olodos

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  50. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:53

    Nigeria and there educational system never cease to amaze me.

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  51. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 08:55

    Ok seen

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  52. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:56

    Good...our children need to read their books

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  53. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:56

    Noted

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  54. Unknown5 February 2015 at 08:56

    OK









    OKORO UPGRADED **

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  55. Teacher5 February 2015 at 08:58

    Wonderful, this news will officially kill some people o!

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  56. ary5 February 2015 at 09:01

    Choi! I saw a guy with a CGPA of 1.16 recently, I guess he should count himself lucky then.

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  57. Unknown5 February 2015 at 09:04

    That's progress..

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  58. Unknown5 February 2015 at 09:08

    Mmm ok

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  59. Unknown5 February 2015 at 09:09

    Welcome development

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  60. Karlsson5 February 2015 at 09:11

    Guess it ll encourage some students to up their grades by putting in more effort into their studies. Ubanagum

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  61. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 09:12

    thank God i graduated with first class honors. Linda observe


    @lwkmd_naija

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  62. contadina5 February 2015 at 09:13

    I had a narrow escape ooo thank God

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  63. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 09:22

    r WE UPGRADIN OR WAT??tomjerryswit

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  64. Unknown5 February 2015 at 09:23

    This now calls for extra hard work.

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  65. Unknown5 February 2015 at 09:37

    I hope students go put in more work now & avoid "had I known". Linda take note!

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  66. Unknown5 February 2015 at 09:37

    I hope students go put in more work now & avoid "had I known". Linda take note!

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  67. Unknown5 February 2015 at 09:40

    This is old news now
    They've stop this pass grade stuff since 2012 sef

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  68. Joel Nkanta5 February 2015 at 09:44

    Great thinking! Great development!

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  69. Chy 🌹5 February 2015 at 09:45

    Hian...I have a frnd dt left school with pass...she almost killed herself...
    Students should take dia studies seriously...
    Chinwenmeri.blogspot.com

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  70. yawanow5 February 2015 at 09:46

    I laugh and dey pity for those wey no sabi at all.

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  71. Unknown5 February 2015 at 10:28

    God 1st---> very good! I wish my brother will just see this one, it's high time he took his studies seriously...
    Next news biko!!

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  72. Unknown5 February 2015 at 10:29

    God 1st---> very good! I wish my brother will just see this one, it's high time he took his studies seriously...
    Next news biko!!

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  73. Unknown5 February 2015 at 10:29

    God 1st---> very good! I wish my brother will just see this one, it's high time he took his studies seriously...
    Next news biko!!

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  74. Jules5 February 2015 at 10:31

    It's a welcome idea...Buh I pity some pple o

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  75. MY TURN5 February 2015 at 10:35

    Good ... verey good let those dullards get serious

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  76. Subomi5 February 2015 at 11:40

    oh well.. it'll make people study a lil harder

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  77. Lewis5 February 2015 at 12:11

    It won't work no b cause

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  78. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 12:14

    Ok noted. I thank God I graduated with a 2nd class upper. Now after all d stress of reading and having good grades, are graduates actually compensated for their hard work? Where are the jobs? The rate of unemployment is so alarming, students are not encouraged anymore. I've seen pple who graduated wt just a pass, in top positions. They are even bosses to d ones wt first class. I'm not against d decision of d NUC. But my question is, to wat end? Students will become more serious and graduate with good grades, ok. What happens next? Roaming d streets without jobs, no capital to start their own businesses. As a nation, we've not gotten there, and I don't see us getting there in 50yrs. It's not a curse. As long as selfishness remains in d hearts of our leaders, Nigeria can't move forward. I wish d students the best!!!

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  79. Mz Lolo...5 February 2015 at 12:40

    Ds requires more hardwork on students part

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  80. Stephen Echefu5 February 2015 at 12:56

    Sai Buhari

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  81. Gracie5 February 2015 at 13:02

    @Jamea Udosen, I will soon be an MBA holder because I have learnt not to give up or stop believing in myself particularly when people like you utter stupid comments like that. I graduated with a PASS grade. Eventually, I realised my mistake but held on to my dream of becoming a great woman that the world will reckon with, I have worked and even had to change juicy jobs with this same grade. Need I add that I didn't have to sleep with anyone to get these jobs. Finally, I decided to develop myself and further my education and will compete soonest with other MBA holders. Today I can proudly say I own one outstanding company and more to come.

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  82. Flora5 February 2015 at 13:04

    150% in support of this....

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  83. Gracie5 February 2015 at 13:04

    Don't assume that all the students who graduated with a PASS grade is an olodo. Ask them their own story Period!!!!

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  84. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 13:35

    So, who nor read write anything go get wetin? 45? Or dem go drive am comot school?

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  85. Anonymous5 February 2015 at 14:59

    Greatest Danfodites you are awarded certificate in character and learning. Udus is one University i am proud i graduated from no nonsense.

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  86. Unknown5 February 2015 at 19:47

    That E dey help at times o!

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  87. Anonymous6 February 2015 at 09:50

    Same was done in Covenant University about 10 years ago, tough but students will survive (with hard work)

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