Wednesday, January 13, 2016

How to Pay SCHOOL FEES for Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria returning students - Electronic Invoice payable by REMITA.NET (2015/2016 Session)

How to Pay SCHOOL FEES for Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria returning students - Electronic Invoice payable by REMITA.NET (2015/2016 Session)



Logon to the school’s portal with your correct UserName and Password at: https://portal.abu.edu.ng/



Click on “School Fees” tab



Click on the Session you want to pay for in this case it is (2015/2016 SESSION: Registration fees Not Paid) as seen below


From the new window that opens, click on “Pay via Remita”

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

How to calculate GPA and CGPA

How to calculate GPA and CGPA for Nigerian Polytechnics and Colleges of Education

GPA and CGPA Guide
This is based on four (4) point scale as used by most Nigerian Polytechnics and Colleges of Education.
Academic excellence in Nigerian Polytechnics is measured using the Grade Point Average (GPA) and Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). So it is important that all students have insight on how to calculate their GPA & CGPA so as to be able to evaluate their academic performance from time to time and improve.

GRADING SYSTEM
Scores
Grade Letter
Weight
80 - 100
A
4.0
70 - 79
AB
3.5
60 - 69
B
3.0
50 - 59
BC
2.5
40 - 49
C
2.0
30 - 39
CD
1.5
20 - 29
D
1.0
10 - 19
E
0.5
00 - 09
F
0.0


Note: Other institutions such as Universities that use different point scale (usually 5 or 7 points), will have different grading system.

Class of Degree
3.50 – 4.00
Distinction
3.00 – 3.49
Credit
2.50 – 2.99
Merit
2.00 - 2.49
Pass
Below 2.00
Fail


The next section will guide you on using software in calculating your GPA and CGPA before we talk about manually perform the same calculation.