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admin The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 25 new academic programmes for the Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education (AIFUE), Owerri, Imo State, for the 2023/2024 academic session.
Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Stella Ngozi Lemchi, said the university would now be opened to applications from students across Nigeria and overseas.
She said: “Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education (AIFUE), Owerri, has received approval from to offer 25 new academic programmes starting from the 2023/2024 academic session.
“The approval is the outcome of a Resource Verification Exercise conducted by the NUC earlier this year. The 37-man panel from the NUC assessed dozens of proposed programmes across faculties of Education, Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, and Vocational and Technical Education.”
The don added that the NUC commended the varsity ‘or a very impressive performance’ during the Resource Verification.
“With the introduction of these 25 new programmes, AIFUE is now open to applications from students from all over Nigeria and overseas. The university, styled primus inter pares (first among equals) is now set to provide quality and excellent university education,” she added.
The approved programmes include B.A (Ed.) History, B.A (Ed.) Music, B.A (Ed.) Christian Religious Studies, B.A (Ed.) English Studies, B.A (Ed.) French, B.A (Ed.) Igbo, B.A (Ed.) Creative Arts Education and B.Ed. Guidance and Counseling.
Others are B.Sc. (Ed.) Biology, B.Sc. (Ed.) Chemistry, B.Sc. (Ed.) Physics, B.Sc. (Ed.) Mathematics, B.Sc. (Ed.) Integrated Science, B.Sc. (Ed.) Health Education, B.Sc. (Ed.) Computer Education and B.Sc. (Ed.) Human Kinetics.
B.Sc. (Ed.) Economics, B.Sc. (Ed.) Political Science, B.Sc. (Ed.) Social Studies, B.Sc. (Ed.) Geography, B.Sc. (Ed.) Agricultural Education, B.Sc. (Ed.) Business Education, B.Sc. (Ed.) Home Economics, B.Sc. (Ed.) Accounting, B. Technology Education were also approved.
