Federal College of Education, Zaria is a College of science and art based in

Zaria Zaria is a List of Nigerian cities by population, metropolitan city in Nigeria which at the present time lies within four (4) local government areas in Kaduna State, Kaduna state; it happens to be the capital city to the Zazzau, Zazzau Emirate ...

, Nigeria. It was established by the then Northern Region Government of Nigeria in November 1962. It was initially named Northern Secondary Teachers College and later known as Advanced Teachers’ College Zaria, under the administrative and policy control of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, until 1991. The institution was initially located at the present site of

Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic is a tertiary education institution in Zaria Kaduna State, Nigeria. The polytechnic was established on 2 February 1989 by the Kaduna state government to provide training and development techniques in the Field of engineer ...

(Annex) before it was moved to Gyallesu, opposite

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, A ...

, Kongo Campus - Zaria in 1973. it was later disarticulated from ABU, Zaria and renamed Federal College of Education, Zaria. in May 2015, it was converted to a Universoty of Education, together with some other Colleges in the Country, by the PDP government. later in August same year, the APC government reversed the conversion to its former status as Federal College of Education, Zaria, including all the others. The current Provost of the college is Dr. Suleiman Balarabe, who was appointed following the expiration of Dr. Abdullahi Ango Ladan's tenure in February, 2021.

College Library

The College

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is headed by college librarian. the library is well equipped with relevant information resources like journal, books and study materials including internet connectivity for effectives services to staff and students in the college.

Schools and courses offered

The courses offered by the institution are;

School of Arts & Social Sciences

* Christian Religious Studies (NCE & ABU Degree) *

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(NCE & ABU Degree) * Islamic Religious Studies (NCE & ABU Degree) * Social Studies (NCE & ABU Degree) * Economics (NCE & UDUS Degree) * Cultural and Creative Art * Theatre Art * Political Science

School of Education

* General Studies in Education * Pre-NCE & Remedial Studies * Curriculum and Instruction * Foundation of Education * Educational Psychology * Educational Administration and Planning (ABU Degree) * Library and Information Science (ABU Degree) * Guidance and Counselling (UDUS Degree)

School of Languages

* Arabic (NCE & ABU Degree) * English (NCE & ABU Degree) * French * Yoruba * Hausa (NCE & ABU Degree) * Igbo

School of Sciences

* Biology (NCE & ABU Degree) *

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includi ...

(NCE & UDUS Degree) * Chemistry (NCE & ABU Degree) * Integrated Science (NCE & ABU Degree) * Mathematics (NCE & ABU Degree) * Physical & Health Education(PHE) (NCE & ABU Degree) * Physics

School of Vocational and Technical Education

* Agric Education (NCE & ABU Degree) * Business Education (NCE & ABU Degree) * Home Economics (NCE & ABU Degree)

School of Early Child Care and Primary Education

* Early Childhold Care Education * Primary Education (NCE & UDUS Degree)

School of Special Education

* Adult and Non-Formal Education (NCE & UDUS Degree) * Special and Non-Formal Education

Affiliations

The College of Education is affiliated to the Ahmadu Bello University

(ABU) and

Usman Dan Fodio University Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), also known as UDUSOK, is a public research university located in the city of Sokoto, north western Part of Nigeria. It is one of the initial twelve universities founded in Nigeria by the federal govern ...

Sokoto Sokoto is a major city located in extreme northwestern Nigeria, near the confluence of the Sokoto River and the Rima River. As of 2006 it has a population of over 427,760. Sokoto is the modern-day capital of Sokoto State and was previously the ...

. (UDUS)

References

External links

https://wenr.wes.org/2017/03/education-in-nigeri
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