University in Nigeria
Kano
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Sa'adatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso is a Kano State Government teacher-training institution on the 11th kilometre of Zaria Road, Kano. It was set up in 1981 as the Advanced Teachers' College, Waje, renamed College of Education, Kumbotso in 1982, and became autonomous in 1987 when the Kano State Institute for Higher Education was decentralised. It is named after Hajiya Sa'adatu Abubakar Rimi, wife of the first civilian governor of Kano State. Its mission is the training of professional teachers who are motivated, committed and morally sound, and its vision is to be a citadel of teacher training per excellence.
The college offers the National Certificate in Education (NCE) through Regular and Special programmes, a Pre-NCE programme, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) that began in 2020. It has also run ABU and BUK degree programmes at the college through its School of Undergraduate Studies. On 14 February 2023 the National Universities Commission recognised the institution as Sa'adatu Rimi University of Education, Kano, the 61st state university and 222nd university in the Nigerian university system, and the university began a full academic session in 2023/2024.
Teaching is organised in nine schools, including Continuing Education, Early Childhood Education, Education, Languages, Science Education, Secondary Education, Undergraduate Studies, and Vocational and Technical Education. The university-level programmes for 2023/2024 are grouped into five faculties: Science and Science Education; Allied and General Education; Arts and Arts Education; Social Science and Social Science Education; and Vocational and Technology Education. Core values are discipline, creativity, honesty and integrity, a sense of responsibility, commitment and sacrifice, and fairness and tolerance.
Facilities include a computer laboratory, a library with manual and e-library services, lecture theatres, and the Kwankwaso Conference Centre, which hosts academic conferences and senate meetings. Students on NCE I and II in vocational and technical education and computer science education take SIWES industrial training. The college sick bay is an accredited Kano State Contributory Health Care Management Agency (KSCHMA) centre. A student dress code and disciplinary scale (verbal warning, written warning, suspension, expulsion) apply on campus.
The college has hosted the National Commission for Colleges of Education's review of the NCE Minimum Standards (Languages) in November 2018. Its awards include the Industrial Training Fund award as best College of Education in SIWES activities for 2016 (presented 15 August 2017), a 2017 Trans-Africa Youths Initiative merit award, a Sadarwa Newspaper 2015/2016 merit award as most vibrant state college of education in the North, and institutional membership of the Nigerian Academy of Education since 3 November 1998.
In September 2023, following a Kano State Government directive of a 50% reduction in fees at state-owned tertiary institutions, Sa'adatu Rimi University of Education was the first to implement the reduction.
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View scholarships for Sa'adatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso, Kano →Level 100: minimum of five credits in SSCE including English and Mathematics, plus a UTME score of 145 in the 2023 UTME. Level 200 (Direct Entry): 9 NCE points or a Diploma with Upper Credit, in addition to five credits in relevant SSCE subjects. Post-UTME screening in 2023 was applied for online through the university portal (application 20 to 24 November 2023, examination 25 November 2023).
UTME candidates for the BUK programme with 180 points and above were eligible for screening. Direct Entry candidates with nine points and above qualified for Level 200; those with seven or eight points could be admitted into Level 100. All candidates needed five SSCE credits (WAEC/NECO) including Mathematics, English and any two relevant subjects, uploaded O-level and NCE/Diploma results to the college and JAMB portals, paid a non-refundable screening fee of N2,000, and accepted admission through the JAMB portal and submitted the printed JAMB admission letter.
JAMB applicants for NCE go through the college screening exercise at the academic office, bringing SSCE result, JAMB registration, UTME slip, application acknowledgement and payment receipt. Applications for Regular and Special programmes are made online through the college portal using a Remita payment reference (RRR); applicants generate Remita for the application and screening fees, wait 24 hours, then log in and complete the form and print the acknowledgement letter. Successful applicants pay the acceptance fee at the accounts section and collect the admission letter at the academic division. Registration for fresh and returning students is paid centrally by Remita, with a late registration penalty.
The PGDE programme started in 2020 with online application through the college's consult portal.
Kumbotso main campus, Kano: 11 km along Zaria Road, Kano. All schools and the central administration are here. Facilities include a computer laboratory, library and e-library, lecture theatres, the Kwankwaso Conference Centre and a sick bay offering maternity, consulting rooms, pharmacy, laboratory, patient ward, doctors and nurses and an ambulance. A TETFund-built sick bay annex was under construction. Safety provisions include special-needs pathways, fire extinguishers and first aid boxes.
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