Motto | To train teachers for the service of the dynamic society through renewed research. |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1962 |
Provost | Dr. Suleiman Balarabe |
Location | , Nigeria 11°05′02″N 7°43′55″E / 11.084°N 7.732°E |
Affiliations | Ahmadu Bello University and Usmanu Danfodiyo University |
Website | fcezaria |
Federal College of Education, Zaria now Federal University of Education, Zaria, was a college of science and art in Zaria, Nigeria. It was established by the then Northern Region Government of Nigeria in November 1962.[1][2][3] It was initially named Northern Secondary Teachers College and later known as Advanced Teachers' College Zaria, under the administrative and policy control of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, until 1991.[4] The institution was initially located at the present site of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic (Annex) before it was moved to Gyallesu, opposite Ahmadu Bello University, Kongo Campus - Zaria in 1973.[5] It was later disarticulated from ABU, Zaria and renamed Federal College of Education, Zaria.