UI expands access to higher education for admission seekers nationwide

By Adeola Badru

IBADAN — The University of Ibadan (UI) has unveiled caller opportunities for prospective students done its Open Distance eLearning (ODeL) programme, designed to widen entree to higher acquisition crossed Nigeria.

The inaugural provides an alternate pathway for qualified candidates who whitethorn person missed admittance done the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) oregon are incapable to prosecute full-time, on-campus survey astatine Nigeria’s premier university.

As portion of the admittance drive, UI has opened a peculiar screening and verification workout for Post-UTME candidates who privation to power their mode of survey to the UI Distance Learning Centre (UIDLC).

In an interview, Professor Babatunde Omobowale, Director of UIDLC, described the improvement arsenic a important boost for admittance seekers nationwide.

“This inaugural provides a credible alternate for candidates who conscionable the minimum world requirements but were incapable to unafraid admittance done the accepted route.

It is besides perfect for moving professionals and entrepreneurs who necessitate flexible learning options,” Omobowale said.

According to him, candidates indispensable update their world records earlier undergoing verification, which tin beryllium completed online via their portal oregon successful idiosyncratic astatine the UIDLC Administrative Building Complex, located astatine the University of Ibadan Extension on Sasa-Ajibode Road.

Interactive sessions for verified candidates person already commenced.

Omobowale encouraged prospective students to use promptly done https://modeofstudy.ui.edu.ng

, wherever they tin statesman the process of earning a UI grade done a flexible, technology-driven platform.

The UI-ODeL exemplary combines:

Real-time virtual lectures via Mobile Class,

Interactive people materials, and

Physical revision sessions,

with courses taught by the aforesaid world unit who grip on-campus programmes, supported by dedicated e-tutors.

To qualify, candidates indispensable contiguous astatine slightest 5 applicable O’Level credits successful 1 sitting oregon six successful 2 sittings.

All recently admitted and prospective students are expected to be a mandatory predisposition league connected Saturday, September 27, 2025, astatine the CBT Complex, UIDLC, wherever they volition beryllium introduced to world policies, pupil enactment services, and field resources.

Omobowale emphasized that the admittance model is time-bound and volition adjacent astatine midnight connected Friday, October 10, 2025.

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