University in Nigeria
Omu-Ijebu, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State
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Sikiru Adetona College of Education, Science and Technology (SACOETEC), formerly Tai Solarin College of Education, is a state-owned teacher-education institution at Omu-Ijebu, near Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. Its vision is to be a centre of excellence in teacher education, driven by people, technology and global best practices, and its mission is to produce highly competent professional educators for the national and international educational landscape.
The college was founded in 1978 by the Ogun State Government as Ogun State College of Education to train teachers for primary and secondary schools. It is led by a Provost, supported by a Deputy Provost, Registrar and Bursar, and governed by a Governing Council.
Academic work is organised in five schools: Arts and Social Sciences, Education, Science, Languages, and Vocational and Technical Education. The School of Education has departments of Primary Education, Early Childhood Care and Education, General Studies in Education, Educational Foundation, Curriculum and Instruction Studies, and Educational Psychology. The School of Science covers Biology, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physical and Health Education, Chemistry, Physics and Integrated Science. The School of Arts and Social Sciences has departments of Christian Religious Studies, Islamic Studies, Economics, Political Science, Social Studies, History and Geography, and the School of Vocational and Technical Education has Agricultural Science, Business Education, Fine and Applied Arts, Home Economics and Technical Education.
Programmes include the three-year full-time NCE (with double-major and single combinations such as Biology/Mathematics, English/Yoruba and Primary Education), an NCE Foundation programme, a four-contact-session programme, part-time NCE at the Ijebu-Ode study centre, and the Professional Diploma in Education (full-time, part-time, sandwich and online). From the 2025/2026 session the college also offers degree programmes in affiliation with Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED).
The college library seats 500 users and holds 25,000 volumes, with an e-library and internet access by cable and Wi-Fi. A career service centre organises career fairs, and the college has held matriculation ceremonies for degree and NCE intakes and inducted new teachers in collaboration with the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN).
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View scholarships for Sikiru Adetona College of Education, Science and Technology, Omu-Ajose →Five credit passes in NECO/WASSCE/GCE O-Level at one or two sittings, including English Language and Mathematics, with three relevant to the chosen course. Also accepted: Grade II Teacher's Certificate with credit or merit in five subjects including English and Mathematics; for Vocational and Technical Education, RSA or City and Guilds Intermediate Certificate or the Federal Craft Training Certificate with credit/merit in at least five subjects; NABTEB with five credits at a sitting in relevant subjects; Senior or Higher Arabic and Islamic Studies Certificate with five credit/merit passes including English.
For candidates with at least 100 in JAMB who have O-Level deficiencies: SSCE/NECO/GCE with at least three credits and two passes in not more than two sittings (two credits in relevant subjects), or equivalent technical or Arabic certificates. Candidates sign an undertaking to remediate deficiencies before moving to NCE II.
For candidates who scored below 100 in JAMB or did not sit it: SSCE/NECO/GCE with at least three credits, with an undertaking to remediate deficiencies before NCE II.
Five credits in not more than two sittings including English and Mathematics; or Grade II Teacher's Certificate; or Associateship Certificate in Education; or WAEC Commercial/RSA Stage II; or City and Guilds/Technical certificates; or NABTEB/NTC/NBC with four credits at one sitting.
Entry is by UTME subject combination, O-Level credits (typically five including English and Mathematics plus programme-relevant subjects) or Direct Entry with A-Level passes, NCE merit or ND/NCE credit in the relevant subject, as set per programme (for example Education and Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Economics, Geography, Political Science, English Language, Business Education, Physical and Health Education, Nursery and Primary Education, Guidance and Counselling, Social Studies, Computer Science). Programmes approved from 2025/2026: B.Sc.(Ed.) Transport Planning, B.Sc.(Ed.) Entrepreneurship Education, B.LIS. Library and Information Science, B.Ed. Educational Technology, B.Sc.(Ed.) Agricultural Science and B.A.(Ed.) Creative Arts.
HND, a bachelor's or master's degree, or a PhD without prior professional training in education. Duration: full-time 2 semesters, part-time (weekends) 3 semesters, sandwich 4 semesters, online 3 semesters. Specialisations: Vocational and Technical Education, Language Education, Science Education, Art and Social Science Education.
The college operates from its main site at Omu-Ijebu (Omu-Ajose), Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, where the five schools are located. Part-time NCE programmes in Business Education, Economics/Social Studies, Political Science/Social Studies and Primary Education are run at the Ijebu-Ode Study Centre.
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