Welcome/ Introduction

Adult Education is encompassing and multi-dimensional in nature, it covers so many areas of specialization, however, as much as its scopes, all it’s tentacles Center on Human Development. Among the wide-range activities, forms, and scopes covered by Adult Education are: social welfare; industrial relations; lifelong education; adult literacy and community development. The Department of Adult Education took off as a programme in the Department of Arts and Social Science Education, after resource verification, during the 2022/23 Academic Session.  The programme started as a four-year Degree programme with options in seven (7) teaching subjects which are: Economics, English, Political Science, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics. The Department operate academic curricula that are tailored along the stipulations contained in the National Universities Commission (NUC) Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards. Presently the Department runs an undergraduate programme. (B.Ed. Adult and Continuing Education)

Philosophy of the B.Ed. Adult and ContinuingEducation Programme

The philosophy of the B.Ed. Adult and Continuing Education programme is derived from the National Policy on Education which identified Nigeria’s national development goals. Adult Education being part of the education discipline is poised to help Nigeria achieve those national development goals. The programme is geared towards inculcating relevant knowledge, skills and appropriate attitudes and values for the development of the individual, the community and the nation at large.