The Federal College of Education,

Kontagora Kontagora is a major town on the south bank of the Kontagora River in north-west Niger State, Nigeria. It is the capital city of the Kontagora Emirate. The current Niger state governor, Alh. Abubakar Sani Bello hails from Kontagora. On December 1 ...

is a federal government

higher education Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completi ...

institution located in

Niger State Niger is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria and the largest state in the country. Niger state has three political zones, zone A,B and C. The state's capital is at Minna. Other major cities are Bida, Kontagora and Suleja. It was fo ...

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. It is affiliated to

Ahmadu Bello University Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is a federal government research university in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. ABU was founded on 4 October 1962, as the pioneer university in Northern Nigeria. It was founded and named after the Sardauna of Sokoto, Al ...

for its degree programmes. The current Provost is Faruk Rashid Haruna.

History

The Federal College of Education, Kontagora was established in 1978.

Courses

The institution offers the following courses; * Christian Religious Studies * English Language Education * Integrated Science Education *

Chemistry Education Chemistry education (or chemical education) is the study of teaching and learning chemistry. It is one subset of STEM education or discipline-based education research (DBER). Topics in chemistry education include understanding how students learn ...

* French * Igbo *

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

* Hausa * Computer Education * Mathematics Education * Agricultural Science * Business Education * Home Economics *

Islamic Studies Islamic studies refers to the academic study of Islam, and generally to academic multidisciplinary "studies" programs—programs similar to others that focus on the history, texts and theologies of other religious traditions, such as Easter ...

Biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

* Physical and Health Education * Primary Education Studies * Political Science * Social Studies * Fine and Applied Arts

Affiliation

The institution is affiliated with the

to offer programmes leading to

Bachelor of Education A Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) is an undergraduate professional degree which prepares students for work as a teacher in schools. In some countries such as Tanzania and Kenya, additional tasks like field work and research are required in order for ...

, (B.Ed.) in; * Education And Agricultural Science * Education And English Language * Education And Mathematics * Home Economics And Education * Business Education * Education And Biology * Education And Chemistry * Education & Islamic Studies * Education And Social Studies * Education & Arabic * Physical And Health Education * Education And Hausa * Education & Christian Religious Studies * Education & Physics * Education And Integrated Science

References

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