SEMESTER DURATION SEMESTER DATES REMARKS
SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2017    
Reporting: New Students

Continuing Students

29th August 2017

31st August 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

All students will be on session except those on industrial

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Commencement of Lectures 4th September 2017
CAT 1 2nd October 2017 – 6th October 2017
Graduation Ceremony 15th December 2017
Christmas Break (Three Weeks)

 

14th December 2017 – 3rd January 2018

 

Reporting back of Students

Commencement of Lectures

4th January 2018

8th January 2018

CAT 2 29th January 2018 – 5th February 2018
End of Semester Lectures 16th February 2018
End of Semester Examinations 19th February 2018 – 2nd March 2018
Total Semester Duration 15 Weeks
Semester Break (Two Weeks) 3rd March 2018 – 14th March 2018
MARCH – JULY 2018 SEMESTER
Reporting of Students 15th March 2018  

 

All students will be on session except those on industrial

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Commencement of Lectures 19th March 2018
CAT 1

CAT 2

16th April 2018 – 20th April 2018

21st May 2018 – 25th May 2018

End of Semester Lectures 17th June 2018
End of Semester Examinations 18th June 2018 – 1st July 2018
Total Semester Duration 15 Weeks
Semester Break (Nine Weeks) 2nd July 2018 – 31st August 2018

Note:

  1. Lectures were interrupted by student unrest from 18th October 2017 to 3rd November 2017. Students resumed on 6th November 2017 but lectures were again interrupted by lecturers’ strike from 6th November to 8th December 2017. Town Campus and Marimba Learning Centre were not affected by the two interruptions.
  2. New students for Town Campus and Marimba Learning Centre to use the original semester dates for 2017/2018 academic year (to report on 15th January 2018). Their lectures to commence on 22nd January, 2018.
  3. Town Campus and Marimba Learning Centre to end their lectures on 13th December 2017, to sit for examinations on 8th to 19th January 2018 and commence January – April 2018 semester lectures on 22nd January 2018.
  4. BSc. Nursing students to end their lectures on 21st December 2017, to sit for examinations on 8th to 19th January 2018 and commence January – April 2018 semester lectures on 22nd January 2018.
  5. May 2018 – August 2018 Semester to commence on 11th May 2018 to 17th August 2018 for BSc. Nursing, Town Campus and Marimba Learning Centre based on the original semester dates for 2017/2018 academic year.
  6. Teaching practice for hundred (100) Bachelor of Education (BED) students and Twenty-five (25) BSc. in Agricultural Education and Extension (AGED) students be moved to January – April 2019. However, this proposal might be re-looked into again.