School of Continue Education

The establishment of the School of Continuing Education was proposed by the University Management at its Regular meeting held on 20^th May, 2021. The proposal was approved by the Senate of Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina at its 108^th Meeting held on 2^nd June 2021.The decision of the Senate was ratified by the University Governing Council at its 47^th meeting held on Thursday, 6^th January, 2022 in accordance with the provision of Part VI Section 22 (a) & (b) of the University Law.

The University Management had, sequel to the Council approval, constituted a take up committee of Nine (9) and saddled it with the responsibility of running the affairs of the School. The Committee was later metamorphosed into the School Management Committee which was in accordance with the provision of Section 10.1 of the Statute establishing the School with composition as follows:

	Dr. Abdullahi IsyakuBarde	Director	Chairman
	Dr. AminuSalisu	Deputy Director	Member
	Dr. Abduljalal Muhammad Nasir	HOD Humanities	Member
	Dr. Hassan El-Makki R/dadi	HOD Management Science	Member
	Dr. Jamilu Mohammed	HOD Education	Member
	Dr. Aliyu Ibrahim	HOD Law	Member
	Dr. Ibrahim Lawal Kane	HOD Natural & Applied Sciences	Member
	Abdullahi Usman El-Murzuq	School Finance Officer	Member
	AbubakarTanimuYar’adua	School Secretary	Secretary

2.0     ACTIVITIES OF THE SCHOOL

2.1     Objective of the School

The objective of the School is to offer opportunities to all persons for the pursuit of knowledge in education, natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and other spheres of learning on part-time basis; and to develop high approach level manpower to meet the needs of the State and the Nation at large.

2.2     Staffing

The staff of the school are in two (2) categories, the administrative and the teaching staff. Interested teaching staff of the University and other relevant Institutions (with priority given to Katsina State indigenes) were employedas resource personsby the School Management on behalf of the School Governing Boardto teach on part-time basis while the administrative staff are appointed by the University Management as the case may be.

3.0     ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

3.1     Programmes Offered

1. BSc.Ed. Biology             
2. BSc.Ed. Chemistry                  
3. BSc.Ed. Economics
4. BSc.Ed. Geography        
5. BSc.Ed. Mathematics               
6. BSc.Ed. Physics
7. BA.Ed. Arabic                
8. BA.Ed. English                        
9. BA.Ed. Hausa
10. BA.Ed. History      
11. BA.Ed. Islamic Studies        
12. BA History
13. B.Sc. Accounting       
14. B.Sc. Public Administration

3.2     Students Enrolment

SN	Programmes	100 Level	200 Level	Total
i	BSc.Ed. Biology	63	41	104
ii	BSc.Ed. Chemistry	22	08	30
iii	BSc.Ed. Economics	18	06	24
iv	BSc.Ed. Geography	22	02	24
v	BSc.Ed. Mathematics	08	07	15
vi	BSc.Ed. Physics	07	06	13
vii	BA.Ed. Arabic	10	16	26
viii	BA.Ed. English	10	15	25
ix	BA.Ed. Hausa	28	14	42
x	BA.Ed. History	–	–	–
xi	BA.Ed. Islamic Studies	18	35	53
xii	B.Sc. Accounting	21	23	44
xiii	B.Sc. Public Administration	69	44	113
	Grand Total	296	217	513

3.3     Newly Approved Programmes

The following Programmes were approved by the Nigeria Universities Commission (NUC) to commence with effect from the 2022/2023 admission exercise.

1. Library and Information Science (BLIS)
2. BA. Arabic
3. BA. English
4. BA. French
5. BA. Hausa
6. B.Sc. Economics
7. B.Sc. Political Science
8. B.Sc. Sociology

3.4     Duration of Studies

• Candidates admitted through UTME         -Minimum of 12 and maximum of 18 Contacts

(at 3 contacts per academic session)

• Candidates admitted through DE               -Minimum of 9 and maximum of 15 Contacts

(at 3 contacts per academic session)

4.0     ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

4.1     100 Level Entry Requirements

For admission into 100 Level, candidate should possess a Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSCE; NECO; NABTEB) or its equivalent with a minimum of five (5) credits including Mathematics and English Language obtained in not more than two (2) sittings.

4.2       Direct Entry Candidates

The following candidates shall qualify for Direct Entry into Level 200:

1. In addition to the above O’level requirements, holders of National Certificate of Education (NCE) with a minimum of nine (9) points or Diploma with a minimum of Lower Credit pass or its equivalent in relevant certificates obtained from recognized institutions;
2. All applications shall be subjected to a selection process.