Federal College of Education, Obudu

The Federal College of Education, Obudu is a federal teacher-education institution in Obudu, Cross River State, Nigeria. It trains professional educators through the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE), Bachelor of Education degree programmes and the Postgraduate/Professional Diploma in Education (PDE). Its programmes are accredited by the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) for the NCE and the National Universities Commission (NUC) for the degree programmes.

Academic work is organised in 12 schools and 83 departments. Seven schools run the three-year NCE: Secondary Education (Vocational Programmes), Secondary Education (Science Programmes), Secondary Education (Language Programmes), Secondary Education (Arts and Social Science), Adult, Non-Formal and Special Education, Early Childhood Care and Primary Education, and General Education. Four degree schools run the four-year B.Ed: the School of Education, the School of Arts, Languages and Social Science, the School of Sciences, and the School of Education and Vocational Studies.

NCE departments include Agricultural Education, Business Education, Fine and Applied Arts, Home Economics, Technical Education, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Education, Integrated Science, Mathematics, Physical and Health Education, Physics, English, French, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Christian Religious Studies, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Social Studies, Theatre Arts, Adult and Non-Formal Education, Special Education, Early Childhood Care Education and Primary Education Studies. The NCE structure runs over three years, with micro-teaching in Year 1, a four-week supervised teaching practice in Year 2 and a six-week practice in Year 3.

Support units include the Registry, Bursary, Library, ICT Directorate, Student Affairs, Academic Planning, Works and Physical Planning, Health Centre, SIWES Unit, Hostel Management and Public Relations. The ICT Directorate runs campus Wi-Fi, e-learning support, institutional email and computer labs. The college is led by a Provost, Deputy Provosts for Academics and Administration, a Registrar, Bursar and College Librarian, under a Governing Council.