Nigerian Defence Academy has released the NDA cut-off mark for the 2024/2025 academic session 72nd Regular Course admission exercise. Continue reading to see more details below.
The management of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has released the cut-off marks for the 2024/2025 academic session admission.
There are certain criteria to be observed by students before being admitted to study in any of the courses in any university. One of these which include meeting the required cut of mark for each schools’ as well as the courses itself.
It is very easy to obtain admission if one has met the required cut off mark for admission into a particular course.
Brief Info’s About Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA)
The Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA was established on 5 February 1964. The Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA was brought to existence in response to the defence needs of independent Nigeria to train officers for the Armed Forces of Nigeria.
The institution became known as the Nigerian Military Training College after its independence in 1960.
NDA objectives
NDA’s purpose and objective are to provide each officer cadet with the necessary knowledge, skills, and values to fulfil a military officer’s requirements through military, academic, and character growth.
The NDA is basically an institution in which selected young qualified men and women are groomed into well-educated, brave, virile, and erudite subalterns.
Administration Pattern
The military institution trains the officer corps of the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force. The initial class had only 62 cadets, and the trainers were mostly officers in the .
The Nigerian National Defence Academy (NDA) follows the pattern of similar NDA in Khadakwasla, Pune, India
First Commandant
The first commandant of NDA was Indian Army Brigadier M.R Verma. The NDA grew to an all Nigerian training staff only in 1978.
Bilateral Training
In 1981 itself began bilateral training of foreign militaries. In 1985 the academy commenced offering undergraduate programmes to Military Officers In Training and now also currently offers post-graduate studies both for and for both military and civilian students alike.
NDA Mission Statement
The central mission remains the training of young officer cadets in the 5 years “Regular Combatant Course” in which cadets are groomed in Military, Academic and Character development to instil discipline and leadership skills.
According to global best practices, culminating in the award of a bachelor’s degree and presidential commissioning into the rank of for Army cadets or equivalent in the Navy and Air Force for respective cadets.
Until 2011 this course used to be exclusively for males, the first set of female cadets commenced training in September 2011. As of 2019, its total cadet class is around 2500.
List of NDA Commandants
Below is the chronological list of NDA Commandants:
- Brigadier M.R. Varma 1964–1969 (Indian national and 1st Commandant of the NDA)
- Major General 1969–1971 (1st Nigerian Commandant)
- Major General 1971
- Major General E.O. Ekpo March 1971 – February 1975
- Brigadier February 1975 – August 1975
- Brigadier August 1975 – January 1978
- Brigadier E.S. Armah January 1978 – July 1978
- Brigadier July 1978 – July 1979
- Brigadier July 1979 – 1982
- Brigadier 1982–
- Major General 1984–1985
- Major General Peter Adomokai 1986 – 1988
- Lieutenant General 1988–1990
- Lieutenant General 1990–1992
- Lieutenant General 1992–1993
- Lieutenant General 1993 – 1994
- Air Marshal 1994 – 1998
- Major General 1998–1999
- Major General T.L. Ashei 2000-2002
- Major General Okon Edet Okon (2002-2003)
- Major General Akpa (2004)
- Lieutenant General Abel Akale (2004-2006)
- Major General (2006–2008)
NDA Cut-Off Mark
According to the management, only candidates who score a minimum of 180 (for Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Science and Military Science & Interdisciplinary Studies) and 210 (for Faculty of Engineering) in JAMB 2020 examination shall be offered admission into NDA by the AFSB.
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