SchChat - School | Osun State College of Education

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The Oyo (now Osun) State College of Education, Ila-Oragun was established as a campus of Oyo (now Osun State College of Education, Ilesa in 1979 by the then Military Administrator of Oyo State, Brigadier (now Rtd.) Major General Paul Tarfa. The College started on the campus of the defunct Ila Progressive Commercial College with Dr. S. O. Omotoso as the Head of Campus. The campus opened with 150 students and five (5) staff members, three academic and two administrative. The official opening ceremony was performed on the 25th September, 1979 by Chief Ayantayo Ayandele, the then Honourable Commissioner for Education. On 1st January, 1981, the College grained autonomy and consequently was affiliated to the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife). On 1st March, 1983, the civilian administration of Oyo State transferred St. Andrew’s College campus, Oyo and Wesley College campus, Ibadan from Oyo (now Osun) State College of Education, Ilesa to Oyo (now Osun) State College of Education, Ila-rangun for more effective supervision and co-ordinator. By 1985, the State Military administration resolved to reduce the seven (7) campuses of the two (2) State Colleges of Education to three (3) autonomous Colleges of Education at Ilesa, Ila-Orangun and Oyo. As a result, students, staff and movable materials of the Wesley Campus were shared between the two Colleges at Ila-Orangun and Oyo. The college was formally established on 25th September, 1979 by The Oyo State Government (Ila-Orangun Edict No. 13) of 1986 and The Oyo State College of Education, Ila-Orangun (Amendment) Edict (No. 6) of 1988. The College is geared towards the training and production of well-informed, mature and responsible middle level man-power in the teaching profession. The concept of “The Exemplary Teacher” underlines and permeates the total academic and social programmes of the College; hence the motto of the College; “Academic and Moral Excellence”.