Jigawa State College of Remedial and and Advance Studies, Babura

Jigawa State College of Remedial and Advanced Studies (JICORAS) is a state-owned college at No. 3 Yarkirya-Babura Road, PMB 2020, Babura, Jigawa State. It was established under a Jigawa State Government Act enacted on 6 July 2019 and operates a collegial system headed by a Provost and a Registrar, with a Governing Council. Its stated objectives are to emphasise self-reliance and indigenous technology, to promote social justice, civic responsibility and unity in diversity, and to encourage a scientific and rational approach to life.

The college is organised into schools: the School of Remedial Studies (IJMB Sciences, IJMB Arts and IJMB Management Sciences), the School of Science and Technology, the School of Health Sciences, and the School of Social and Management Sciences. The College Law also allows further schools, faculties, departments or units to be created anywhere in the state, and allows the college, by special arrangement with other institutions, to prepare students for their diplomas, certificates or other awards.

National Diploma programmes are offered in Computer Science, Library and Information Science, Science Laboratory Technology, Public Health Technology, Environmental Health Technology, Epidemiology and Disease Control, Accountancy, Business Administration and Management, Crime Management, Public Administration and Social Development.

The college is led by Engr. Dr. Maji I. Abubakar, a mechanical engineer with expertise in industrial engineering, who was appointed Provost by the Executive Governor of Jigawa State, Mal. Umar Namadi, FCA, on 5 August 2025. The Governor is the Visitor of the college. The college also runs an IT hub.

Its mission covers research, teaching and learning in technology, science, engineering, environmental, managerial, entrepreneurial, academic and professional fields, and its vision is to provide trained manpower that strengthens Nigeria's socio-economic and political development and competes in the global arena of inventiveness. Babura is a Local Government Area in the north of Jigawa State, bordering Katsina State to the north and Kano State to the south. The administrative offices are open Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm.