{"id":29214,"date":"2025-05-08T13:06:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=29214"},"modified":"2025-05-08T13:06:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:06:40","slug":"history-of-ignatius-ajuru-university-of-education-iaue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/history-of-ignatius-ajuru-university-of-education-iaue\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE), located in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, is a public institution established to address the acute shortage of trained teachers following the Nigerian Civil War. The university&#8217;s origins trace back to <strong>June 14, 1971<\/strong>, when it was founded as the <strong>Advanced Teachers\u2019 Training College<\/strong> under the leadership of Dr. William Maxwell Jnr., a USAID representative serving in Rivers State at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>1975<\/strong>, the institution was upgraded to the <strong>Rivers State College of Education<\/strong> through the promulgation of Edict No. 1 on February 25. Mr. Emmanuel Aguma was appointed as the first Provost of the newly established college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The college held its first graduation ceremony on <strong>March 11, 1978<\/strong>, awarding the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) to 462 students. In <strong>1982<\/strong>, it admitted its first candidates for the <strong>Bachelor of Education<\/strong> degree program in affiliation with the University of Ibadan, becoming the only college among those affiliated with the university to offer this degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To fulfill the vision of becoming an autonomous degree-awarding institution, the Rivers State Government passed the <strong>University of Education Law No. 8 of 2009<\/strong>, leading to the establishment of the <strong>Ignatius Ajuru University of Education<\/strong> on <strong>October 20, 2009<\/strong>. The university was named in honor of the late Ambassador Ignatius Ajuru, a former Chairman of the institution\u2019s Governing Council, who played a pivotal role in its transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IAUE currently operates three campuses: the main campus at <strong>Rumuolumeni<\/strong>, and additional campuses at <strong>St. John\u2019s Diobu<\/strong> and <strong>Ndele<\/strong>. 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