University in Nigeria
Sokoto, Sokoto State
University profile
Shehu Shagari University of Education, Sokoto (SSUES) is a state university on Airport Road, Sokoto, devoted to teacher education. It is described by the National Universities Commission as the first university of education in northern Nigeria and the fourth of its kind in the country. It is named after Shehu Shagari, President of Nigeria from 1979 to 1983 and a son of Sokoto. Its vision is to be a leading and reputable teacher education institution in Nigeria, and its mission is to produce professionally sound and morally upright teaching manpower to meet the needs of Sokoto State and the nation.
The university grew out of Shehu Shagari College of Education, founded by the Sokoto State Government in 1970 to train teachers for primary and secondary schools. Governor Aminu Tambuwal's government approved its upgrade to a university and the National Universities Commission recognised it as a state university with a bias towards entrepreneurship and functional education.
Teaching is organised in five faculties: Arts and Arts Education, Education, Science and Science Education, Social Science Education, and Vocational and Technology Education. Together they run more than 25 undergraduate programmes of four years, leading to the B.A.Ed, B.Ed, B.Sc.Ed and B.Lib degrees. Examples include Fulfulde, English and French education; early childhood, special, environmental and guidance and counselling education; library and information science; biology, mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry and integrated science education; economics, political science and geography education; and technical, business, agricultural science, home economics and entrepreneurship education.
Beyond the faculties, the university runs directorates including General Studies, Academic Planning, Gender and Developmental Studies, Guidance and Counselling, Information and Communication Technology, Examinations and Registration, Investment, Research, Innovation and Development, Quality Assurance and Linkages. Specialist centres cover Disaster Risk Management and Humanitarian studies, Continuing Education, Entrepreneurship Development and Career Services. Student and staff portals and an e-library are available online.
The university is led by Vice-Chancellor Prof. Malami Umar Tambawal, with Prof. Muhammad Aminu Mode as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics). It reports more than 3,000 enrolled students and more than 180 academic staff. Its degree programmes are accredited by the National Universities Commission.
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View scholarships for Shehu Shagari University of Education, Sokoto →Candidates need a minimum of five O-Level credits, in not more than two sittings, including English Language and Mathematics, in subjects appropriate to the chosen course, in addition to the required JAMB score. The JAMB subject combination must also suit the course. A minimum UTME score of 140 was set for the 2022/2023 admission exercise. Candidates must be at least 16 years old.
Candidates need an NCE, a diploma or an equivalent with at least a Lower Credit grade, plus five O-Level credits including English Language and Mathematics, in subjects relevant to the chosen course.
Candidates choose the university through the JAMB portal (change of institution) and upload their O-Level results. Those admitted on JAMB special waiver must regularise their admission with the JAMB Sokoto office, paying a non-refundable JAMB registration fee of N9,000 and presenting their matriculation number, O-Level results and birth certificate (2024 deadlines: registration 28 June, regularisation 30 June), then submit the JAMB slip to the Academic Secretary.
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