Federal College of Education (Technical), Omoku

The Federal College of Education (Technical), Omoku, in Rivers State, is a federal teacher-education institution established by Act No. 4 of 1986 of the Federal Government of Nigeria, as one of the Federal Colleges of Education (Technical). Act No. 6 of 1993 amended the founding Act, with the appointment of principal officers by tenure as its highlight. The College was set up to meet national self-reliance in the local production of technology teachers for technical, vocational, science and business subjects in vocational training centres, secondary schools and technical colleges.

The College runs courses leading to the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) in Technical, Science, Vocational and Business Education, on full-time and part-time bases. A one-year Professional Diploma in Education is available for graduates in technical, business, vocational, science and allied subjects who are not professional teachers. A part-time skill acquisition scheme also lets youths of the host communities acquire saleable skills for self-reliance.

Under a dual mandate approved by JAMB, the College also admits UTME and Direct Entry candidates to degree programmes, including Agricultural Science Education, Home Economics Education, Industrial Technical Education, Fine and Applied Art Education, Computer Science Education, Physics, Mathematics, Business, Biology, Chemistry, English Language, Political Science, Social Studies, Economics, Integrated Science, Pre-Primary and Primary Education, Health Science, Physical Education, Environmental Science Education, Educational Management, Library and Information Science Education and Guidance and Counselling.

Academic work is organised in schools: Adult and Formal Education, Business Education, Education, Primary Education, Science Education, Technical Education and Vocational Education. The College hosts a TETFund/ICDL accredited test centre for ICDL digital-skills certification, and has an enterprises arm that includes an automobile maintenance unit, a dairy and poultry farm and an institution bookshop.

The Student Union Government, made up of elected student representatives, links students and the administration. Membership is voluntary and open to all matriculated students, renewed each session on payment of annual dues; aspirants to union leadership must hold a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5.