Federal University of Education, Kontagora (Establishment) Act, 2021

Arrangement of Sections

1. Establishment of the Federal University of Education Kontagora.

2. Objectives of the University.

3. Constitution and Principal Officers of the University.

4. Powers of the University.

5. Functions of the Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor.

6. Establishment, composition, tenure and powers of the Council.

7.

8. Functions of the Senate of the University.

9. Functions of the Vice-Chancellor.

10. General fund of the University.

11. Power of the University to make Statutes.

12. Mode of exercising power to make Statutes.

13. Proof of Statute.

14. The Visitor.

15. Removal of certain members of Council.

16.

17. Removal of examiners.

18. Participation and discipline of students.

19. Exclusion of discrimination.

20. Restriction on disposal of land by the University.

21.

22. Appointment of committees.

23. Retirement age of academic staff.

24. Special provisions relating to pension of professors.

25. Miscellaneous and administrative provisions.

26. Restriction of suits and execution.

27. Repeal.

28. Savings and transitional provisions.

29. Proposal and recommendation

30. Interpretation.

31. Citation.

(2021)

Establishment of the Federal University of Education Kontagora.

1.

There is established the Federal University of Education, Kontagora (in this Act referred to as “the University”). 2 The University is a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue or be sued in its corporate name. 3 The University is a training institution for the development of teacher education in the country. 4 The University shall be supervised by the Federal Ministry of Education through the National Universities Commission (NUC) which shall be responsible for approving and regulating all academic programmes run in the University, to ensure quality compliance and provide funds for academic and research programmes, infrastructures and remunerations of employees.

Objectives of the University.

2.

The objective of the University shall be to – a encourage the advancement of learning and to hold out to all persons without distinction of race, creed, sex or political conviction; b develop and offer academic and professional programmes leading to the award of certificates, first degrees, post-graduate diploma and higher degrees with emphasis on planning, developmental and adaptive skills in education, technology, applied science, agriculture, commerce, arts, social science, humanities, management and allied professional disciplines c produce socially matured educated men and women with capabilities to understand the educational needs of Nigeria as a nation, and to exploit existing educational infrastructure and improve on it to develop new ones; d act as agents and catalysts for effective educational system, through post graduate training, research and innovation, for effective economic utilisation and conservation of the country’s human resources; e collaborate with other national and international institutions involved in training, research and development of education with a view to promoting governance, leadership and management skills among educational managers; f identify educational needs of the society with a view to finding solutions to them within the context of overall national development; g provide and promote sound basic education training as a foundation for the development of Nigeria, taking into account indigenous culture and the need to enhance national unity; h to provide higher education and foster a systematic advancement of the science and art of teacher’s education; i to provide for instruction in such branches of teacher’s education as it may deem necessary to make provision for research advancement and dissemination of knowledge in such manner as it may determine; j to provide teachers with operational competence for teaching in pre-tertiary institutions, basic, senior secondary schools and non-formal education institutions; and k to undertake other activities that are appropriate for a university of education of the highest standard.