History of Jigawa State College of Education

The College was established in April 1976 with its temporary site in Kano until 25th of February, 1980 when it was transferred to its permanent site at Gumel under the directive of the Kano State civilian Governor then, later the College administration was centralized with six other Colleges under the then Kano State Institute for Higher Education on the 1st July, 1987.

The then Kano State College of Education consisting of former Advanced Teachers’ College Gumel and Kumbotso, Kano were established under the Kano State Colleges of Education edict of 1987.

Source: jscoeg.edu.ng