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The Federal College of Land Resources Technology (FECOLART), Kuru-Jos, Plateau State, is a federal agricultural and land resources college that trains middle-level manpower in land resources inventory, management and conservation. Its mission is the efficient use of agricultural land resources for improved food production and environmental sustainability, and it also runs short courses on sustainable land use and provides soil advisory services.
The college is on Vom Road, opposite the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), at Kuru near Jos. Its campus covers more than 100 hectares of land.
National Diploma (two-year) programmes include Agricultural and Bio-Environmental Engineering Technology, Agricultural Extension and Management, Agricultural Technology, Soil Science Technology, and Surveying and Geo-informatics; Fisheries Technology, Horticultural Technology and Statistics are also offered at ND level. Higher National Diploma programmes (four semesters) include Agricultural Extension and Management and Surveying and Geo-informatics, with further HND options in Agribusiness Management, Crop Production Technology, Pasture and Range Management, and Soil Science and Land Resources Management. Graduates train as land surveyors, extension officers, agricultural technologists, agricultural engineering technicians, statisticians, fisheries and horticultural technologists and agribusiness managers.
Teaching is practical. Facilities include soil chemistry, soil biology and soil physics laboratories, computer laboratories with geospatial software, surveying equipment, the Tahoss Integrated Farm for hands-on farming, and a library of agricultural and technical resources. The EDSAC Centre provides entrepreneurship training. ND students complete the Students' Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES), a minimum of 16 weeks funded by the Federal Government through the Industrial Training Fund, starting at the end of the second semester of ND I; it is a compulsory four-credit-unit course.
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View scholarships for Federal College of Land Resources Technology, Kuru →Five O-Level credit passes including Mathematics and English Language, obtained in not more than two sittings (WAEC, GCE O/L, WASSCE, NECO, NABTEB or equivalent), plus the required UTME score and Post-UTME screening.
Minimum Lower Credit (CGPA 2.50 and above) in a relevant ND, with evidence of one year of industrial training for Lower Credit or two years for Pass, and the entry qualifications for the ND programme.
Applications are made through the college's online applicant portal at fecolart-project.web.app. Admissions enquiries: [email protected].
Kuru campus, Plateau State (Vom Road, opposite NIPSS): the main campus, with ND and HND teaching in agricultural engineering, agricultural extension, agricultural technology, soil science, surveying and geo-informatics and related fields.
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