ABOUT US- FACULTY OF EDUCATION- UNIBEN

FACULTY OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF BENIN
BENIN CITY

Dean’s Welcome Address
Welcome to the Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Benin City. Here in the Faculty of Education, we match conducive learning environment, fully functional laboratories, well-equipped classrooms, and standard up-to-date instructional facilities with research-proven cutting-edge programmes, robust practical and instructional experiences, and field practicums for grooming students from all walks of life. Our programmes are designed to accommodate the specific needs and abilities of all our students.

Over the years, employers in diverse professional fields have severally attested to the quality of our graduate outputs. This has further reassured and consolidated our commitment to providing the best programmes that will enable us produce competent and competitive graduates towards the actualization of Nigeria’s developmental initiatives.

The Faculty of Education, usually referred to as the “mother of all faculties”, currently houses eight (8) departments and runs a total of 31 programmes. Though plans are currently underway to create new departments that will bring the total number of departments to thirteen (13). In November 2023, 12 out of the 31 undergraduate programmes in the faculty underwent NUC accreditation exercise. Out of the 12 programmes, 10 got full accreditation while two received interim accreditation. This is one of the several attestations to the robustness of our programmes and the top-notch facilities we deploy to ensure that our teaming student population receive a well-designed and properly-implemented academic programme that will amply prepare them for the challenges of the 21^st century labour market both within and outside the country

The undergraduate full-time student population in the faculty stood at five thousand, eight hundred and eighty-two (5,882) at the end of the 2022/2023 academic session. The highest of this number was from the Department of Educational Foundations (DEF) with a total of 1,193 students, followed by the Department of Curriculum and Instructional Technology (CIT) with a total of 1,048 students. Next was the Department of Educational Management (DEM) with a total of 972 students. This was followed by the Departments of Vocational and Technical Education (VTE), Health, Safety and Environmental Education (HSE), Educational Evaluation and Counselling Psychology (EECP, Adult and Non-Formal Education (ADE), and Human Kinetics and Sports Science (HKS) with populations of 694, 648, 512, 499, and 316 students respectively.

FACULTY OF EDUCATION- ORGANOGRAM

Dr. (Mrs) Comfort. O. Nwadiani
Assistant Dean, Faculty of Education
2022-till date

Mr. Paul Oshodin-
Senior Assistant Registrar

Dr. Solomon Ogbouma
Assistant Dean, Faculty of Education

Godstime Omorodion
Senior Assistant Registrar

Mr. Ekimedo Olumese
PAR/Faculty Officer 2023 till Date

Mrs Idorenyin Omokaro.
Senior Assistant Registrar

Mrs Charity Eboigbe
Asst. Chief Data Processing Officer

Mr.Ogundipe Paul Pius,
Assistance Hall Supervisor

The Faculty of Education, University of Benin was established in 1974. It is one of the oldest faculties in the University. Its primary objective is to train graduate teachers for all levels of education in addition to producing Test Developers, Examination and Education Officers for the Ministries of Education and its Parastatals like WAEC, NECO, JAMB, NERDC, NABTEB etc. It started as a single Department located at the Ekenhuan Campus of the University. The Department of Education as it was known then had two units:
Educational Administration and Foundations Unit
Educational Psychology and Curriculum Studies Unit

The first Dean of the Faculty was Mr. G.N, Enobakhare who acted from September 1974 to June 1975. At its inception, a B.Sc. (Science Education) degree programme was introduced. There were only four foundation academic staff among whom is the living legend, Prof (Emeritus) N. A. Nwagwu of the Department of Educational Management.

The Institute of Education was established in 1976 to prepare grade two teachers for the Associateship Certificate in Education (ACE) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education for non-graduate teachers. The following year, 1977, the Centre for Extra-Mural Studies and Extension Services was established to offer services to interested members of the public. Also, in the same year the Department of Physical and Health Education was created. The Department of Vocational and Technical Education was created during 1989/90 academic year.

The first set of graduates of 14, all in Science Education was produced by the Faculty at the January 1978 Convocation ceremonies. The Faculty, beginning from the 2014/2015 academic session, had new academic Departments bringing the total Departments in the Faculty to eight (08).