Federal College of Education, Katsina

The Federal College of Education, Katsina is a federal teacher-training institution in Katsina State, north-western Nigeria. Founded in 1976 as the Federal Advanced Teachers' College, it was set up to produce well-qualified non-graduate teachers holding the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) for primary and junior secondary schools. Its vision is to be the flagship of teacher education, and its mission is to produce quality teachers who meet the basic education needs of the country and the manpower needs of their immediate and wider environments.

The College is on the Katsina–Dutsin-ma road (PMB 2041, Dutsin-ma Road, Katsina). It is supervised by the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), established by Act No. 3 of 1989 and amended by Act No. 12 of 1993.

Academic work is organised in six schools: Secondary Education Arts and Social Sciences, Secondary Education Languages, Secondary Education Sciences, Secondary Education Vocational and Technical Education, a School of Education covering Early Childhood Care, Primary and Adult and Non-formal Education, and the School of General Studies. A School of Undergraduate Studies houses the degree programmes. The 2024/2025 data summary records 6 schools, 27 departments and 63 programmes, with 336 academic staff and 312 non-teaching staff.

NCE programmes run full time and part time, mostly as double majors across social studies, Islamic and Christian religious studies, languages (Arabic, English, French, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba), sciences (biology, chemistry, computer science, integrated science, mathematics, physics, physical and health education), vocational and technical education (agricultural, business, fine and applied arts, home economics), early childhood care education, primary education and adult and non-formal education. Degree programmes in education run under the dual mandate mode in affiliation with approved university programmes, alongside a Professional Diploma in Education (PDE), Pre-NCE and a part-time computer certificate.

The College library, established in 1975, holds over 50,000 volumes and seats 500 readers, with an e-library of more than one hundred computers and access to Research4Life, JSTOR and ProQuest. The College also hosts the ILMI Journal and benefits from TETFund interventions in infrastructure, library development, staff training, research and teaching practice, including a gymnasium centre.