Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe

Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe (NOCEN) is a teacher-training college at 1 College Road, Nsugbe, in Anambra State, south-eastern Nigeria. It was founded in 1976 as a college of education and has since widened its range of courses and disciplines. It is a state-owned institution supported by the Anambra State Government and benefits from TETFund interventions, and its stakeholders include the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), the National Universities Commission, the Anambra State Ministry of Education and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).

Teaching is organised in six schools: Education, Arts and Social Sciences, Early Child Care Education, Language, Sciences, and Vocational and Technical Education. A School of Entrepreneurship and Digital Innovation (SEDI) also runs events such as the annual NOCEN/SEDI Digital and Entrepreneurship Conference. The Department of Music has a choir that performs at college events.

Programmes include the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE), degree programmes offered in affiliation with UNN, part-time studies, a sandwich programme for working professionals and a Professional Diploma in Education (PGDE).

The college runs demonstration secondary schools attached to its campuses at Nsugbe and Awka, and holds an annual matriculation ceremony for new students. Graduating teachers are inducted into the profession through a Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) induction held at the college. Its Student Union and associations, orientation and matriculation for freshers, and accommodation are part of campus life.