You Should ask "What is really really wrong with the UNN Resumption Timetable?"

If you are not frequent online, you would have seen about four (4) different UNN resumption timetables. If you now happen to be an online guru, you are probably in the hospital right now, groaning over the stomach ache and headache that these one thousand and one timetables have caused you. While we prepare a "Get Well Soon" card for you, we would love to really answer one or two questions that are on your mind. What is really really wrong with the UNN Resumption Timetable?

As we all know, we have a new Vice-chancellor (4 months in office). Prof. Benjamin Ozumba has promised to cause an overhaul of the entire system for the better. He promises to turn things around, and consequently, this includes the resumption timetable and the school fees. The one word we have come up with after asking many questions is that he is still planning. According to sources he plans to decrease the school fees by about 6,000 naira, that is slashing the Lionet charges by 50%. A decision such as this does not occur quickly. So the delay in school fees release is well expected. The delay in timetable release is also not surprising.

On a recent visit to the Public Relations Department of the School, we were able to find out one definitive answer, which is that the Resumption date falls within the first week of November. With this information, it is safe to conclude that the date we are looking for is either the 3rd of November, which is a Monday or the 6th of November, which is a Thursday. A recent post by the website http://www.unn-edu.info has put to rest some of these permutations we would have put ourselves through.  According to the post, new students are to resume on 3rd, while old students are coming back on the 7th, which is a Friday. The next logical question would be the authenticity of the information and the credibility of the website. Our theory is that since the date 7th coincides with the first week of November of which we were informed at the Public Relations office, and also given that the website www.unn-edu.info has a very credible reputation, having published previous first-hand and authoritative information, they may have the key to unlock this mystery. While we wait for the first week of November to finally come, you are free to form your own theory about this confusion. Below is the timetable according to unn-edu.info

FIRST SEMESTER 2014/2015:

NOVEMBER 2014 
Monday 03               – Arrival of freshmen/provision of accommodation
Wednesday 05         – Registration begins for freshmen
Friday 07                  – Arrival of old students/provision of accommodation
Monday 10               – Registration begins for old students
– Lectures begin
– Orientation for freshmen begins
Friday 14                  – Orientation for freshmen ends
Friday 21                  – Registration ends for all students
Monday 24                      – Late registration begins for all students
Wednesday 26                – Senate Meeting
Friday 28                         – Late registration ends for all students

DECEMBER 2014     – Lectures continue
Wednesday 17                – Christmas break begins

JANUARY 2015Friday 02                         – Lectures resume
Wednesday 28                – Senate Meeting

FEBRUARY 2015
Friday 06                         – Late registration ends for freshmen
SATURDAY 07               – MATRICULATION CEREMONY
Friday 13                         – Lectures end
Monday 16                      – Revision begins
Friday 20                        – Revision ends
Monday 23                     – Departmental Examination begins
Friday 27                        – Departmental Examinations end

MARCH 2015 
Monday 02                    – Examinations in Inter-Faculty and Inter-Disciplinary
Courses begin
Friday 13                        – Examinations in Inter-Faculty and Inter-Disciplinary
Courses end
– End of First Semester/Students Vacate Campus

MONDAY 16/03/2015 – SUNDAY 22/03/2015  CONVOCATION CEREMONIES

SECOND SEMESTER 2014/2015:

MARCH 2015 
Thursday 26                      – Students return to campus
Monday 30                        – Lectures begin for the second semester

APRIL 2015                    – Lectures Continue
Thursday 02                      – Last day for submission of students results to the Departments
– processing of students results begin in the Departments
Friday 03 – Monday 06   –   Easter break
Tuesday 07                        – Lectures resume
Friday 10                            – Last day for submission of First semester results to the Registry (Examinations)
Friday 17                            – Processing of results ends in the Departments
Friday 24                           – Deadline for checking of results by Heads of Departments
Wednesday 29                  – Senate Meeting

MAY 2015                       – Lectures continues
Tuesday 05 –Friday 08  – Faculty Boards meet to consider and approve results
Wednesday 27                  – Senate meets to consider and approve results

JUNE 2015                     – Lectures continues
Wednesday 24                  – Senate Meeting

JULY 2015 
Friday 03                          – Lectures end
Monday 06                       – Revisions begin
Friday 10                           – Revisions end
Monday 13                        – Departmental Examinations begin
Friday 17                           – Departmental Examinations end
Monday 20                       – Examinations begin in Inter-Faculty and Inter-Disciplinary courses
Friday 31                           – Examinations end in Inter-Faculty and Inter-Disciplinary courses
– End of Session/Students Vacate Campus

AUGUST 2015 
Friday 21                           – Last day for submission of students results to the Departments and processing of students results begin in the Departments
Wednesday 26                 – Senate Meeting
Friday 28                          – Last day for submission of results to the Registry (Examinations)

SEPTEMBER 2015
Friday 04                          – Processing of results ends in the Departments
Friday 11                           – Checking of results by Heads of Departments
Tuesday 15 – Friday 18  – Faculty Boards meet to consider and approve results
Wednesday 30                 – Senate meets to consider and approve results

SUMMARY FOR THE SESSION

First Semester:                      Lectures                                       13 weeks
Revisions                                     01 week
Examinations                             03 weeks
Total:                                            17 weeks

Second Semester:                 Lectures                                       14 weeks
Revisions                                     01 weeek
Examinations                             03 weeks
Total:                                            18 weeks