PRIMARY EDUCATION STUDIES DEPARTMENT

  DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY EDUCATION STUDIES

  1. General Admission Requirements
  • PRE-NCE Programme

The following candidates may be admitted into PRE-NCE Programme:

  1. Candidates who holds the NCE or GCE Certificate with less than three credits. Such candidate must at least have pass in English Language
  2. Candidates with a Hat pass in SSCE or GCE. Such a pass must include English Language.
  • Candidates with less than three credits in TC and have less than five year teaching experience.
  • NCE Programme

The following categories of candidate may be offered admission into NCE IPES.

  1. A teacher Grade II (TC) Certificate holder with credits or merit in three subjects, two of which must be relevant to the candidates’ course combination.
  2. A teacher Grade II (TC) Certificate holder without credit (flat pass) but must have post graduation teaching experience of not less than 5years.
  • A holder of an Association Certificate in Examination (ACE) awarded by an approved institution in Nigeria or abroad.
  1. A holder of pass in senior School Certificate (SSCE) or GCE ‘O’ Level in five subjects including English language, the 3 which must be at credits in two sittings two of the credits must be related to the course combination the student wishes to offer.
  2. Pass in PRE-NCE Programme.
  3. Curriculum Framework
  • NCE I FIRST SEMESTER
Course Code Course Title Credits Status
EDF 111 History of education in Nigeria 2 C
EDF 112 Child psychology 2 C
EDF 113 Principles and methods of teaching 2 C
PES 111 Philosophy of Primary education Studies 2 C
PES 112 English language studies in primary education I 2 C
PES 113 Mathematics in primary education studies I 2 C
PES 114 Basic science and technology in primary education studies I 2 C
PES 115 Home economics in primary education Studies I 2 C
PES 116 Agricultural science in primary education studies 1 E
PES 117 Social studies in primary education studies    

 

PES 118 Physical & Health Education in Primary Education studies I 2 C
PES 119 A Nigerian Language in Primary Education Studies either

i.                 Hausa or

ii.                Igbo or

iii.               Yoruba

iv.               Other Nigeria Languages

 2 C
PES 119 Educational Excursion I 1 C
GSE 111 General English 1 C
GSE 112 Introduction to Library studies 1 C
GSE 113 Basic General mathematics 1 C
Total 27 C
  • NCE I SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code Course Title Credits Status
PES 121 English language studies in primary education II 2 C
PES 122 Mathematics in primary education studies II 2 C
PES 123 Social studies in primary education studies II 2 C
PES 124 Home economics in primary education Studies II 1 E
PES 125 Agricultural science in primary education studies 1 E
PES 126 Arabic in primary education studies II 1 E
PES 127 french in primary education studies I 1 E
PES 128 School observation 2 C
PES 129A CRS & Moral in primary education studies I 1 0P
PES 129B Islamic religion  in primary education studies 2 C
     
  • NCE II FIRST SEMESTER

 

Course Code Course Title Credits Status
PES 211 Basic Science and technology in PES II 2 C
PES 212 Cultural and Creative Arts in PES I 1 C
PES 213 Moral education,CRS & moral education or islamis studies and moral studies 1 Op
PES 214 Nigerian Languages in PES II earlier.i. Hausa,ii. Igbo, iii. Yoruba or other Nigerian Languages 2 C
PES 215 Physical and Health Education in PES II 2 C
PES 216 Social studies in primary education studies III 2 C
PES 217 English Language  in primary education studies III 2 C
PES 218A French in primary education studies II 1 E
PSE Arabic  in primary education studies II 1  
PES 219 Educational Excursion 2  
  • NCE II SECOND SEMESTER
Course Code Course Code Credits
PES 221 Production and use of instructional materials 2
PES 222 Mathematics in PES II 2
PES 223 English in PES 2
PES 224A Social Studies in PES 1
PES 224B Micro Teaching for PES 2
PES 225 Basic Science/technology in PES 1
PES 226 Nigerian Language L1 and L2 in PES 2
PES 227 A CRS in Moral Education 1
PES 227B IRS in Moral Education 1
PES 228 Primary Home Economics curriculum and the methods, or primary agricultural education method 1
PES 229 Cultural and creative Arts 1

NCE III FIRST SEMESTER

Course Code Course Code Credits
EDC 311 Teaching Practice 6
  Total

NCE III SECOND SEMESTER

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PES 321 Primary school administration and supervision 2
PES 322 Computer appreciation and Application 2
PES 323 English Language IV 2
PES 324 Mathematics in primary Education III 2
PES 325 Basic Science and Technology in PES III 2
PES 326 Cultural & creative Arts in primary Education Studies II 2
PES 327 Coaching and management of sports in PES 2
PES 328A Basic French in PES 1
PES 328B Basic Arabic in PES 1
PES 329. Nigerian Language in PES [1 either

i.                 Hausa; or

ii.                Igbo; or

iii.               Yoruba; or

iv.               Other Nigerian Language.

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