NPF News: This is to inform the general public that the sale of online application forms for admission into the 4th Regular Course of degree programme of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, has commenced and the closing date for the form announced as well.As admission into the Academy is open to both male and female Nigerians of good character, interested members of the public are hereby informed.

METHOD OF APPLICATION

2. Interested Applicants are advised to go to the Nigeria Police Academy’s Website:www.polac.edu.ng in order to obtain or generate Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) Code. The RRR code obtained can be used to make payment of N3,000.00 through any commercial Bank Branch in Nigeria.

Applicants must, in addition, apply through the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board as well as sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Candidates need not select the Police Academy as a university of choice in the JAMB form.

However, only candidates who obtained the minimum UTME scores which is to be determined by JAMB and purchased the Academy online application form; will be eligible to sit for the Nigeria Police Academy Selection Examination.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS

3. Applications are to be submitted online. On submission of the applications, candidates are required to download Acknowledgement Form. Candidates who obtained the minimum national cut-off marks or above, will be enabled to download and print their examination cards.

COURSES OF STUDY

4. Courses leading to Bachelor’s degrees in the following disciplines are available in the Academy:

a. FACULTY OF HUMANITIES. BA in:

English

Nigerian Languages & Linguistics

History & International Studies

b. FACULTY OF LAW: LLB

c. FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES: BSc in:

Accounting

Economics

Management Sciences

Political Science

Psychology

Sociology

d. FACULTY OF SCIENCE: BSc in:

Biochemistry

Biological Sciences

Chemistry

Computer Science

Forensic Science

Mathematics

Physics

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

5. The following are the admission requirements:

a. Candidates seeking admission into the Academy must be Nigerian citizens and must be between 17 and 22 years of age, and must have a height of not less than 1.67 Metres (5 Feet 6 Inches) if male, and 1.62 Metres (5 Feet 4 Inches) if female. In addition, male candidates must have an expanded chest size of not less than 91cm (36 Inches). All candidates must be free from any physical deformity or mental disability.

b. Candidates must have obtained a minimum of SIX (6) credits at the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), the National Examinations Council (NECO) or the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) at not more than 2 sittings and including a credit pass in English Language and Mathematics as well as subjects relevant to the candidate’s chosen course of study in the Academy.

c. Candidates must also obtain satisfactory scores in both the written examination and the interview and must pass physical and psychological tests of fitness.

d. SSCE STATEMENT OF RESULTS OR CERTIFICATES RELATING TO EXAMINATIONS TAKEN BEFORE 2012 WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

NATURE AND DURATION OF COURSE

8. Candidates admitted into the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil degree course will undergo a combined academic and Police training for a minimum period of Five (5) Years leading to Bachelor’s degrees and commission into the Nigeria Police Force as Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP).

Application Deadline

As the sale of form has commenced today, Wednesday 16th March, 2016, it will end on Friday the 17th June, 2016.