B.ED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

(Faculty of Education and Institute of Education)

Early Childhood Education  (ECE) programme is one that is targeted at training teachers for the nursery and primary levels of education. Nursery education is a very salient step in the transition from home to school. It is aimed at preparing children for primary education since primary education level is the bedrock of any formal educational system. In recognition of the importance of these two levels, the Federal Government of Nigeria devoted adequate attention to them in the National Policy on Education. At present, there are very many pre-primary and primary schools in Nigeria. Most of the pre-primary schools are owned by private individuals and the teachers employed are often times not qualified to teach at this level. There is therefore the urgent need to train human resources in these areas. This is the cardinal purpose of ECE programme.

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

         The objectives of the B.Ed (ECE) programme include:

  1. Providing trained manpower for the pre-primary and primary levels of education
  2. Updating the competences of pre-service and in-service, pre-primary and primary school teachers;
  3. Producing teachers who can handle pre-primary and primary education courses  at teacher training levels;
  4. Producing pre-primary and primary school teachers who can pursue graduate courses in these and related areas;
  5. Producing teachers who are able to design, implement and evaluate pre-primary and primary education programmes;
  6. Producing teachers who can diagnose children’s learning needs, aspirations and potentials and translate same into achievable learning objectives for pupils.
  7. Giving training and imparting necessary skills to individuals at the pre-service and in-service, to make them self-reliant.

Admission Requirements

Full-Time Degree Programme

  1. Four-year programme

Admission into the four-year Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Education and Development programme shall be in accordance with the prevailing University of Benin Regulation, namely: Credit passes in at least five subjects in the Senior Certificate Examinations conducted by West African Examinations Council (WAEC), National Examinations Council (NECO),  Teachers Certificate Grade.11 at merit level pass and  National Business and Technical Examinations Board at  not more than two sittings. The subjects obtained must include credits in English Language, and any other three subjects. Jamb subjects include;English Language and any other three subjects

Three-year programme

i           Nigerian Certificate in Education NCE holders with a minimum of merit pass with University Matriculation Examination (UME)  admissions requirement. OR

ii          Merit passes in any Diploma programme of the University of Benin and any other recognized higher Institution. OR

iii.       Good passes in at least two subjects at one sitting at the Advanced level (Advance Level General Certificate in Education or Higher School Certificate) examination and 3 other Ordinary level credit           passes.  OR

iv         National Diploma of recognized polytechnics with a minimum of merit pass and University Matriculation Examination (UME) requirements.

  • Programme Duration
  • Full-time

The minimum number of academic years for the award of the B.Ed, (ECED) degree shall be 4 and 3 years for four-year and three-year programmes, respectively. The maximum number of academic years required to complete the Bachelor’s degree programme shall be six years (for the four year programme) and five years (for the three year programme).