Nigerian Police Academy Application Into 4th Regular Course Degree Programme 2016/2017

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, have commence since Wednesday 16th
March, 2016 and will end on Friday
the 17th June, 2016. Admission into the
Academy is open to both male and female
Nigerians of good character.

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.
SELECTION EXAMINATION DATE, CONDITIONS
AND REQUIREMENTS
6. The Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil Selection
Examination, may be Computer Based Test (CBT)
or Pencil and Paper. The examination shall
comprise of a General Paper (Section A) which
is compulsory for all candidates. It will cover
areas such as general knowledge and current
affairs, English Language and Mathematics.
Other sections are to be selected according
candidate's Faculty of choice. It will be
conducted on Saturday the 16th July, 2016.
Only candidates who obtained the minimum
national cut-off marks or above will be eligible to
sit for the Nigeria Police Academy Selection
Examination at 12 designated Centres. The list of
Centres is in the Academy Website.
Eligible candidates are to bring along to the
examination venue their Acknowledgement Form,
Examination Card, JAMB Result Slip and two
Postcard size photographs (3.5x5 Inches) which
should show only from the chest upwards. At the
back of each of the two Postcard size
photographs, the candidates must write their
name, State of origin, examination centre and
signature.
7. Only candidates who are successful in the
Selection Examination will be invited for the
Nigeria Police Academy Selection Board
Interview. The list of successful candidates will
be published on our website and in some national
newspapers.
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).
POLAC EXAM CENTRES
LIST OF EXAMINATION CENTRES
1. Kano - Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil
2. Kaduna - Police College, Kaduna
3. Enugu - Police Detective College, Enugu
4. Abuja - National Universities Commission,
Auditorium
5. Minna - Police Secondary School, Minna
6. Jos - Police Staff College, Jos
7. Bauchi - Police Training School, Bauchi
8. Maiduguri - Police College, Maiduguri
9. Lagos - Police College, Ikeja
10.Ibadan - Police Training School, Ibadan
11.Port Harcourt - Police Secondary School, Port
Harcourt
12.Owerri - Police College, Owerri
SELECTION EXAMINATION COURSES
SELECTION EXAMINATION
1. The name of the examination should continue
as SELECTION EXAMINATION.
2. The Examination shall assume the following
pattern:
i. SELECTION A: General paper - compulsory for
all candidates (Weighting, 40%). Other sections,
(only one section to be answered by candidates
based on Faculty of choice (weighting 60%).
GENERAL PAPER AND ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
3 SUBJECTS
ii. SECTION B: FACULTY OF HUMANITIES:
Government/History
Economics
Literature in English
iii. SECTION C: FACULTY OF LAW
History/Government
IRS/CRS
Literature in English
iv. SECTION D: FACULTY OF SCIENCE:
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
v. SECTION E: FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND
MANAGEMENT SCIENCES:
Government
Economics
Principle of Accounts/Commerce