Welcome Message from The Head of Department- Vocational Education
Welcome to the web page of the Department of Vocational Education at the University of Calabar. We occupy a very strategic position in the heart of the Faculty of Education. The present Department of Vocational Education came into being in 2014 after the bifurcation of the then Department of Vocational and Special Education into two separate departments. Since then, the Department has been growing at a very fast rate. We invite you to browse through our web pages and find out more information about our excellent academic programs, research interests, staff profiles, courses, and other activities.
The Department of Vocational Education runs courses and curricula that lead to the award of undergraduate degrees in the following areas
- B. Sc. (Ed.) Agricultural Education
- B. Sc. (Ed.) Business Education
- B. Sc. (Ed.) Home Economics
We also have a postgraduate program in Business Education while arrangements are at the advanced stage to introduce postgraduate programs in other areas. Each program has a well-crafted mission, vision, and philosophy.
The Department is administratively structured into the three units of Agricultural Education; Business Education and Home Economics Education. Each Unit has a bunch of highly experienced and committed teams of academic, administrative, and technical staff, who have a deep commitment to inspirational teaching, training, and research in their areas of research in and outside the classroom environment. This enables students to learn, acquire skills and knowledge, and therefore develop a lifelong experience that will help them to be resourceful, job creators, vocationally buoyant, and key players in their future endeavors.
Our Alumni database is dominated by a group of happy, fulfilled, and highly accomplished members, who are occupying excellent job positions in various fields including teaching, entrepreneurship, administration, and decision-making arms of government. Their contributions and achievements have been very inspirational to the sustenance of our rich academic tradition.
If you are seeking for a university to study Agricultural Education, Business Education, and Home Economics, consider enrolling at the University of Calabar. Should you have any comments, questions, suggestions, and feedback, feel free to send them to us using any of our contact channels.
Thank you for visiting our website as we hope to meet you soon.
Cheers
Dr Isaac Okeme
Head of Department
Mission / Vision / Philosophy / Objective
Mission
To Produce high quality graduates and scholars in focal areas of learning with theoretical,practical and entepreneurial skills for the world of work in conducive environment through quality research and teaching.
Vision
To be a centre of excellence producing globally competitive graduates and contributing significantly to development through research.
Philosophy
The Vocational Education programme of the Department of Vocational Education is based on the philosophy that a skilled citizenry guided by competent instructor is the life saver of the society.
Objective
Under Construction. Kindly check back later
History
The University of Calabar grew out of the Calabar Campus of University of Nigeria, which began functioning during the 1973/74 academic session with 154 students and a small cadre of academic, administrative and professional staff in 1975. The Calabar Campus was transformed into a full-fledged University designated as the University of Calabar.
It began academic work with the Faculties of Arts, Science and Social Science in October, 1976 with an initial enrolment of 977 students. Education was then a Department in the Faculty of Arts. At the beginning of the 1977/1978 academic year, the Department of Education was up-graded to Faculty of Education. Since then, the Faculty of Education has been experiencing impressive growth. The Department of Vocational andSpecial Education came into being in October, 1997 through the splitting of the former Department of Curriculum and Teaching into two while the remaining part of the old Curriculum and Teaching still retains its name before the splitting. The Department of Vocational Education came into being in September 2014 following the creation of the Department of Special Education.
There are three academic programmes approved for the Department.
1) B.Sc.(Ed.) Agricultural Education
2) B.Sc.(Ed.) Business Education
3) B.Sc.(Ed.) Home Economics Education
4) M.Sc.(Ed.) Business Education
The Department is administratively structured into three (3) Units namely: Agricultural Education; Business Education and Home Economics Education. The Department is administered by the Head of Department with the Departmental Board as the highest decisionmaking body. The Departmental Board is the general policy making body subject and is subject to the authority the Faculty Board and the Senate. It deals with all matters of general interest to students.
There are academic advisers/examination officers, one for each unit who attends to students’ academic and personal problems. All matters are first discussed with the appropriate adviser. Students however have unrestricted access to the Head of Department. Matters for the consideration of Senate or the Vice-Chancellor are routed though the Head of Department and the Dean of Education.
Contact Us
Address: Department of Vocational Education, University Of Calabar.
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