TAI SOLARIN UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, IJAGUN
P.M.B.2118, IJEBU-ODE, OGUN STATE
SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
REFEREE’S CONFIDENTIAL REPORT ON A CANDIDATE FOR ADMISSION INTO
POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
SECTION A (FORM NO)
1. Name of Candidate: ………………………………….
2. Proposed Course of Study: ……………………………
SECTION B (To be completed by referee)
Comments made here will be regarded as highly confidential. Please, send the completed form direct to
the Secretary, School of Postgraduate Studies, Tai-Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, P.M.B.2118,
Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State,Nigeria.
3. (a) How long have you known the applicant?
(b) In what capacity?
4. Tick as appropriate to indicate the candidate’s suitability to undertake postgraduate work in
the proposed field.
Poor Below Average Average Above Excellent
Average
a Intellectual Ability
b Capacity for persistent and
Independent academic
study
c Ability for imaginative
thought
d Ability for oral and written
expression in English
Language
5. Give an assessment of the candidate’s adequacy in oral and written expression in Enlish
Language that will enable him cope with the needs of his research in an English-speaking University.
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6. Please, rank the candidate academically among the students you have known (underline
whichever applies)
(a) Top 10% (b) Top 25% (c) Average (d) Lowest 25% (e) Lowest 10%
7. Please, comment on the candidates’ personality in terms of his/her moral and physical stability.
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8. Do you think the candidate has the potentials to complete the programme in record time?
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9. Please, write freely on any other relevant information which you feel would assist the University
in making a decision.
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Name of referee: ……………………………………………………………………
Position/Rank: ……………………………………………………………………….
Address: ………………………………………………………………………………
Phone Number: ……………………………………………………………………….
E-mail Address: ………………………………………………………………………