SchChat - School | Federal College of Education Omoku

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The Federal College of Education (Technical), Omoku, Rivers State of Nigeria is one of the Federal Colleges of Education (Technical) established by Act No. 4 of 1986 of the Federal Government of Nigeria. Act No.6 of 1993 amended the Act. The highlight of the amendment is the appointment of Principal Officers by tenure. The objectives for establishing the College are as follows: To meet the challenges of national self-reliance in the local production of technology teachers to teach technical, vocational, science, and business subjects/courses in vocational training centres, secondary, and technical colleges. To produce facilities for, and to stimulate students’ interest in vocational teacher education and to establish and develop the Colleges as seminal centres of ideas on the development and teaching of vocational/technical subjects/courses and on the practice of management of technological institutions. The College therefore runs courses leading to the award of Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) in Technical, Science, Vocational, and Business Education on full and part-time basis. A one-year Professional diploma Course in Education is also available for Graduates in Technical, Business, Vocational, Science and allied subjects who are not professional teachers. In addition to these regular academic programmes, there is a part-time skill acquisition scheme for youths of the host communities to acquire saleable skills for self-reliance. This scheme has contributed in no small measure to the relative peace the host communities now enjoy in spite of the fact that they are predominantly oil-producing communities with its attendant youth restiveness.