University in Nigeria
Oyo
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Best Legacy College of Education (Belcoed) is an autonomous, private teacher-education institution in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, owned by the Best Legacy Group of Schools. It awards the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) and, through affiliation with Al-Hikmah University in Ilorin, Kwara State, bachelor's degrees in education. It also offers Pre-NCE, PDE/IJMB, a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), certificate courses and NCE by correspondence. The college is registered and recognised by the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Abuja, and its courses are accredited by the Commission.
The college is located at No. 1, Abisara Oke Memorial Estate, Oke-Owode Area, along Ikirun Road, Ogbomoso North Local Government Area. Its stated aim is to produce motivated, effective classroom teachers, especially for Universal Basic Education (primary and junior secondary) classes, and to relate its work to the socio-cultural and economic needs of its surroundings.
Teaching is organised in five schools: Education, Arts and Social Sciences, Languages, Science, and Vocational and Technical Education. The School of Education covers General Education, General Studies, Primary Education Studies and Early Childhood Care Education. Arts and Social Sciences has departments of History, Geography, Economics, Political Science, Social Studies, Christian Religious Studies, Islamic Studies, Music, and Cultural and Creative Arts. Languages has English, Yoruba and French. Science has Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Physical and Health Education. Vocational and Technical Education covers Agricultural Education, Business Education and Home Economics.
Students have access to computer laboratories staffed by student lab aides, a library, a students' common room with television, snooker, table tennis and video games, and a college clinic staffed by registered doctors and other medical practitioners. Hostel accommodation is among the college resources. Entrepreneurial and skill-acquisition programmes sit alongside the teacher-education curriculum, and teaching practice is compulsory for all NCE students.
The college grew from the Best Legacy Group of Schools, which began in 1996 with Best Legacy Nursery and Primary School in Ogbomoso. The group also runs Best Legacy High School, established in 2005, as a day and boarding school.
A competitive scholarship endowed by the OKE Foundation, courtesy of the College Director, John Oke, for exceptionally brilliant but indigent students who might not otherwise afford tertiary education. It is awarded as a full scholarship (covering full tuition) or a partial scholarship (covering half tuition); beneficiaries make a one-time payment of other municipal and service charges in the schedule of fees. It is offered annually to newly admitted UTME students and may be held for the duration of the programme, subject to satisfactory performance.
Eligibility: accepted admission or under consideration for admission to an NCE programme in the current admission cycle; credit-level passes at a single sitting in O-Level English Language, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Biology/Agricultural Science/Geography; satisfactory performance in the College Scholarship Screening; and good reputation maintained.
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View scholarships for Best Legacy College of Education Ogbomoso →Applications for the NCE programme are made through JAMB, and candidates admitted into NCE Regular pay for JAMB regularisation. Applicants qualify with any of the following: GCE O/L or SSCE with passes in at least five subjects in two sittings, four at credit level; Grade II Teachers Certificate (TC II) or Higher Islamic Studies (SISC) with credit or merit in three subjects, two relevant to the intended course; RSA, City and Guilds Intermediate Certificate or Federal Craft Training Certificate; an Associate Certificate in Education from an approved institution in Nigeria or abroad; or a pass in the final examination of the Pre-NCE (Languages or Sciences) organised by an accredited body. Credits in English and/or Mathematics may be required for some courses, and the college may set its own qualifying tests or interviews for some courses, for example Physical and Health Education.
Any of: TC II with credits or merits in three subjects, one in the subject the candidate wishes to study; GCE O/L or SSCE with five passes in one sitting, three at credit level; GCE O/L or SSCE with five passes, four at credit level, in two sittings; or a Grade II pass certificate with at least five years of post-qualification teaching experience.
Two part-time programmes are offered: the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), which requires a first degree or HND at minimum, and Certificate courses, which require at least a secondary school leaving certificate.
Entry requires five credit passes in GCE, WAEC, NECO or NABTEB, or an NCE, OND or HND certificate for direct entry. Programmes include B.Ed. Educational Management, B.Ed. Educational Guidance and Counselling, B.A.(Ed.) English Language Education, B.A.(Ed.) Arabic Language Education, and B.Sc.(Ed.) in Islamic Studies, Political Science, Social Studies, Economics, Business Studies, Computer Science, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and Biology.
An NCE with credit or merit in the relevant subject area and Education. In addition, Science courses require a credit in Mathematics and at least a pass at O-Level, while Arts courses require a credit in English at O-Level.
The college operates from a single campus at No. 1, Abisara Oke Memorial Estate, Oke-Owode Area, along Ikirun Road, Ogbomoso North LGA, Oyo State, where all five schools are taught.
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