The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, made history, on Wednesday, 12 June, 2013, with the matriculation of 387 Cadets of the 64 Regular Course into various degree programmes. No fewer than 35, 000 candidates had applied for admission into the Academy.
The 387 included 36 females and 14 foreign Cadets from Benin Republic, Central Africa Republic (CAR) and Togo. A further breakdown showed that 142 Cadets were admitted into the Faculty of Engineering, 127 into the Faculty of Science and 118 in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

The Commandant, Major-General Chukwuemeka Onwuamaegbu, explained that Cadets, on admission, usually take the Oath of Allegiance to the Federal Republic of Nigeria as required of all Armed Forces personnel and this was considered adequate in place of the Matriculation Oath. “However, since NDA provided both academic and military training to the cadets, it became necessary to distinguish the Oath of Allegiance, applicable to the Armed Forces, from the Matriculation Oath administered on fresh university students such as the Cadets.”

He further said that NDA recently subscribed to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) as a first step in the admission process. Besides meeting National Universities Commission (NUC) requirements, he said, subscribing to JAMB will, no doubt, further enhance the admission process into the Academy.

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