Overview

Key facts:

The Early Childhood Education programme is offered at the University Of Ibadan,
The Faculty of Education came into being in 1962 when the then Institute of Education (Founded in 1957 and the Department of Extra-Moral Studies founded in 1949) were merged together and called ‘Faculty of Education and Extra-Moral Studies’. It was based in the present Faculty of Arts until it moved to its present site in 1967. In the year of its inception in 1962, the Institute of Education started the Bachelor of Education Programme and was renamed the Department and Institute of Education that same year.
The vision of Department of Early Childhood and Educational Foundations is to be a world-class research, resource and capacity building based Department, for the preparation of professional teachers that will support and promote inherent rights, education and well-being of African children through innovative initiatives that will cover children and other stakeholders.

Programme Structure

The following are the objectives of the programme:

To prepare teachers and caregivers with adequate knowledge of child development in their physical cognitive and affective domains.
To equip teachers and caregivers with the knowledge of developmentally and culturally appropriate practices in Early Childhood Education
To equip teachers and caregivers with adequate knowledge of different types of learning materials and equipment that are both culturally and developmentally appropriate for young children.
To prepare teachers and caregivers as early childhood education professionals with adequate knowledge of professional ethics in dealing with the children, their family, community/society and colleagues.
To educate teachers and caregivers on preparation of child-friendly learning environment and
To train teachers and caregivers to source for and use of local resources for teaching and learning.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-21 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Ibadan, Nigeria

Disciplines

Early Childhood Education

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

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Scholarships Information

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