History of Kaduna State College of Education

The College with the name Advanced Teachers’ College, Kafanchan began formal classes on 30th March 1977 on its first campus at Manchock. On the ground were teaching staff strength of 17 and a student population of 186. The Kaduna State Ministry of Education was, of course, the supervising agency under the government of Wing Commander Usman Jibril while Mr. Paul Turton was the first Principal of the College.

Kafanchan Teachers’ College, formerly known as College of Mary Immaculate, became the second campus in 1978. This campus not only has three well-established laboratories for the teaching of science subjects, but it also had electricity and pipe-borne water.

The College with the name Advanced Teachers’ College, Kafanchan began formal classes on 30th March 1977 on its first campus at Manchock. On the ground were teaching staff strength of 17 and a student population of 186. The Kaduna State Ministry of Education was, of course, the supervising agency under the government of Wing Commander Usman Jibril while Mr. Paul Turton was the first Principal of the College.

The first Governing Council of the College was established in October 1978. This was under the chairmanship of His Royal Highness, Mallam (Dr.) Gwamna Awan. BME. OON, the then Chief of Kagoro of blessed memory.

The Department of Technical and Commercial Education, now Business Education, came into existence in 1980 on the second campus. The College operated a ‘crash programme’ which saw three batches of NCE students graduating in two years each. This ended in June 1981.

The College gained autonomy and was no longer directly administered by the State Ministry of Education. It was affiliated to Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria in 1980. By 1988, the College began the process of movement to its permanent site at Gidan Waya. At present 80% of the movement has been completed. The Technical and Fine and Applied Arts departments are still at the temporary site in Kafanchan.

Source: kscoe.edu.ng