Federal College of Education, Abeokuta

The Federal College of Education, Abeokuta, is a federal teacher-training institution at Osiele, on the Abeokuta-Ibadan Road in Ogun State, south-west Nigeria. Its Visitor is the Honourable Minister of Education, and it is led by a Provost, with a Registrar, Bursar and College Librarian as principal officers. Abeokuta, the state capital, was founded by the Egba in 1830 and lies 104 kilometres from Lagos.

The college prepares teachers for primary, junior secondary and ultimately senior secondary schools. Its mission is to offer all-round quality teaching, research and public service, through full-time courses in technology, applied science, commerce, arts, social sciences, humanities and management. It provides three-year full-time and five-year sandwich courses leading to the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE). Under the Federal Colleges of Education Act of 2023, federal colleges of education have the legal basis to award diplomas and degrees; the college runs B.Ed degree programmes in affiliation with the University of Ibadan and sandwich degree programmes with Lagos State University (LASU).

Academic work is organised into schools: the School of Science, School of Languages, School of Vocational Studies, School of Arts and Social Sciences and School of General Education, alongside SECPANE. The School of Languages covers Arabic, English, French, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. The School of Vocational Studies covers Agricultural Education, Business Education, Fine and Applied Arts and Home Economics. The School of Arts and Social Sciences covers Christian Religious Studies, Economics, Islamic Studies, Music, Political Science, Social Studies and Theatre Arts. The School of General Education comprises Curriculum Studies and Educational Technology, Educational Foundations and Management, and Psychology, Guidance and Counselling.

The permanent site occupies 632.95 hectares. The college also operates a Staff School, established on 4 January 1988, and a Model Secondary School, established on 23 September 2002 with 36 students, which serve as practice and demonstration schools. Hostel accommodation is available to students, with applications made through the college hostel portal and fees paid online before completing the process at the Students Affairs office. The college publishes the Abeokuta Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and receives TETFund interventions for infrastructure, research and staff development.