Nigeria Police Academy begins sale of forms – See list of courses, requirements

 

The Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State has announced that the sale of​ ​application forms for admission into the 5th Regular Course of its degree programme commenced
​d​ on ​M​onday 13th​ ​March, 2017​.
The sale will end on ​S​aturday 17th June, 2017.
M​ethod of application ​is online.

The Force in a statement on Monday said “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.
​”​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 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​ are as follows​:Candidates 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.
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​.​