The Management of the National Open University of Nigeria has disclosed that its registration portal would remain open in spite of the current lockdown.
While disclosing this in a statement issued on Thursday 23 April, 2020, the Director of Media and Publicity, Mr Ibrahim Sheme, stated that the university’s portal remained open contrary to reports in the social media that it had been shut.
Sheme said the mandacious reports by some negative minds were aimed at hampering efforts by students and candidates to complete their registration.
“The portal of the university remains open; however, management wishes to indicate that students and candidates seeking admission will definitely encounter a hitch in the second leg of registration process which has nothing to do with the university portal.
“There are two steps in completing registration at NOUN. The first is the one on the university portal and the second is the one at the study centre of one’s choice,” he said.
“Whilst the first can be successfully done from any location, a student or candidate for admission is required to go to his or her chosen study centre to complete the registration.
“Understandably, it has become impossible to finish one’s registration in the second and final leg due to the ongoing lockdown occasioned by the Coronavirus pandemic,” he added.
He however noted that students who are unable to complete their registration in this semester can do so in the next semester.
The university management urged NOUN students to strictly adhere to the stay-at-home order and other safety protocols in order to curtail the spread of the virus and also stay alive to continue with their educational pursuits after lockdown.
