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Maryam Mohammed Muktar PhD is an Associate Professor of History and International Studies in the Department of History, Nigerian Army University Biu, Borno State. She has published books, book chapters, and peer-reviewed articles in both local and international journals in her field of specialization. She also has a Diploma in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies from the Galilee College, Nahalal, Israel. She is married and blessed with three children.

INTRODUCTION

The Nigerian Army University Biu Career Service Centre was established in 2024 by the University management to provide the immediate assistance that students may need to maximize their capacity to begin a career. Thus, providing solutions to the unemployment rate in the country. Therefore, UCSC is an important part of the institution’s overall academic programme and has a critical role to play in a student’s career education.

For the NAUB – Career Service Centre (UCSC) to be successful, apt and of added value to the students, it will have to be consistently set on principles and values that take into consideration expressed needs and choices of the students and the University at large

  • VISION STATEMENT OF UCSC

The vision of UCSC is to become a Centre of excellence for empowering students and alumni members to achieve their career aspirations, by providing comprehensive resources, personalized guidance and innovative programming in addressing the challenges of the Nigerian Army and the Nation.

  • MISSION STATEMENT OF UCSC

To develop a highly skilled competent, competitive and innovative manpower through training, innovation, applied research and entrepreneurship skills that are responsive to technological solutions of the Nigerian Army and the Nation.

  • OBJECTIVES OF UCSC
  1. Mentor students in acquiring information, knowledge, and competencies that enhance individual career development, academic success, and employability;
  2. Provide students with career education through training and workshops;
  3. Establish platforms and networks for alumni engagements;
  4. Establish connections with industries and companies to investigate the potential for student internships and professional prospects.
  5. Enhance the university’ reputation by promoting achievements, research, and communicate information to media outlet for public consumption.
  6. Increase awareness of career programs and services to Career Center constituents, e.g., students, alumni, faculty/staff, employers, other professionals, community members.
  7. Assist constituents in becoming more sensitive and effective in responding to diversity issues in the career planning and placement process.
  8. Develop positive relationships with potential employers to ensure the efficient flow of information to concern individual.
  9. Promote cooperative relationships with university staff/faculty to gain their active support in the delivery of career services.
  10. Promote the professional growth of Career Center staff.
    • SERVICES OF UCSC

. The Centre will offer the following services among others;

  1. Academic Advising
  2. Assist students in developing educational plans consistent with their life goals.
  3. Provide students with accurate information about academic progression and degree requirement, thus, allowing students to properly plan their progress.
  • Support students in understanding academic policies and procedures.
  1. Help students access campus resources that will enhance their ability to be academically successful.
  2. Identify systems and personal conditions that may impede students’ academic achievements and developing appropriate interventions.
  3. Career Services
  4. Career counseling
  5. Career assessment, benchmarking and selection.
  • Class presentation/workshops on available careers.
  1. Individual career information
  2. Interview preparation for job seeking and how to apply
  3. Create a database of available jobs to be obtained through partnerships with employers.
  4. Counseling Services
  5. Deliver counseling services to students experiencing psycho-sociological problems that could be potentially disruptive to their successful academic, interpersonal and campus adjustment.
  6. Support students in learning new and more effective ways to cope with stress and disappointment, resolve conflict deal with specific problems or habits and manage their lives.
  • Offer opportunities that enable students who may be experiencing personal, social or educational problems to work towards becoming more effective in their lives within and outside the institution.
  1. Linkage between Industries, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) and Students

This is an opportunity to provide connection between industries, NGO’s and students to match the rest of the world in the advancement of technology. NAUB will build sustainable partnerships and linkages with industries, NGO’s etc. to enable the University to produce high quality, technically oriented graduates. The partnership and linkages will enable the University and Students know the pace, form, and direction of social-economic technological and scientific advancement in the country.

  1. Intra-Institutional Exchanges/Collaborations

The collaborations and exchange program between universities should be in the areas of research, students, and staff. The collaborations should not only be between local institutions but also foreign institutions of higher learning. The collaboration is vital because students and staff can gain exposure and internalization of the institution programs.

  1. Alumni Network Services

This is an outlet to provide a platform for networking among Alumni of the university. Indeed, Alumni are among the best candidates for institutions philanthropy and goodwill ambassadors for their almamata. They are increasingly becoming mentors to current and prospective students. For these reasons, Universities cannot afford to lose touch with their graduates. Alumni represent the past, but they provide for the institution’s future. Too often, because the return on an institutions’ investment in alumni takes time, schools are less apt to make effective alumni relations a top priority. It is therefore paramount that the university makes it a priority to establish a network of all their graduates and keep in constant contact.

  • ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF UCSC

The NAUB – CSC is under the Office of the Vice-Chancellor, headed by a Director with Five units headed by Coordinators. The units are as follows:

  1. Training and Workshop Unit
  2. Career and Guidance Counseling Unit
  3. Employer and Employee Relations Unit
  4. Linkages and Alumni Relations Unit
  5. Marketing and Communication (MARCOM) Unit

            STAFF LIST

S/N

NAME

STAFF

RANK

1.

Maryam M. Muktar

Academic

PhD

2.

Macauley Serah Aminu

Non-Academic

AR

3.

Mohammed Adamu Mari

Non-Academic

AO

4.

Musa Usman

Non-Academic

EO