University of Alberta has exempted Nigerian students from the list of countries required to write an English Language proficiency test as one of its admission requirements.
This follows the submission of one Olumuyiwa Igbalajobi, a Nigerian postdoctoral research fellow in Canada, who wrote a letter to the university to request an exemption of Nigerian students from the list.
On May 22, Mr Igbalajobi emailed and tweeted at the official Twitter handle of the university, calling its attention to a list of selected universities from Nigeria that meet the English language requirement of the university.
Igbalajobi added that “the official language in Nigeria is English which automatically translates to the fact that all academic programs from elementary to tertiary education are taught in English, hence Nigerian students should be exempted from the test entirely and not some select schools”.
Following his submission, University of Alberta noted that Igbalajobi’s email raised a major issue of discrepancies between ELP exempted countries as listed across universities in Canada. The university eventually approved the request.
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