College of Education, katsina-Ala

The College of Education, Katsina-Ala is a state-owned teacher-training institution in Katsina-Ala, Benue State, on College Road. It began as an Advanced Teachers' College, planned by the government of the former Benue-Plateau State, and admitted its first 530 students in 1976. Its stated objectives are to train qualified NCE teachers for primary and post-primary schools in the state and beyond, to provide in-service and part-time courses for people who cannot study full time, to create an enlightened society, and to prepare qualified persons for university education.

The college awards the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) through five schools: Arts and Social Sciences, Education, Languages, Sciences, and Vocational and Technical Education. NCE courses are taught in two-subject combinations, for example Economics/Geography, English and Literary Studies/Theatre Arts, Biology/Chemistry, Computer Science/Mathematics and Political Science/Tiv, together with single-field programmes such as Early Childhood Care Education, Primary Education Studies, Physical and Health Education, Integrated Science, Agricultural Education, Business Education, Fine and Applied Arts, Home Economics and Technical Education. Special Education and Rehabilitation Sciences is offered in combination with Computer Science, Tiv or Chemistry.

Through its Centre for Undergraduate Studies the college has run B.Ed programmes in affiliation with the University of Calabar since the 2014/15 session. Options are Arts Education, Biology Education, Economics Education, English Education, Geography Education, Home Economics Education, Human Kinetics and Health Education, Mathematics Education, Physics Education, Religion and Cultural Studies Education, Science Education, Social Science Education and Vocational Education.

The college has a Demonstration Secondary School and a College Practising School, and runs an automobile maintenance unit, a dairy and poultry farm and an institution bookshop. Fees and other payments are made through an online e-payment system, and students use an online portal to print exam cards and validate payments. The National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) carried out an accreditation visit to the college from 24 to 28 March 2024. The college is led by a Provost, with a Registrar and a Dean for each school.