President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of six Colleges of Education in the country.
The approval was announced on Thursday by the Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmed, via his Twitter handle.
According to the statement, the colleges are to be spread across the six geopolitical zones of the country.
Mr Ahmed wrote: “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of six new federal colleges of education in each of the six Geo-political zones of the country. •Bauchi •Benue •Ebonyi •Osun •Sokoto •Edo.”
DAILY NIGERIAN reports that there are 152 colleges of education in Nigeria. 21 of them are federal, 82 private and 49 others are state–owned.
List of Federal Colleges of Education In Nigeria.
| S/N | FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION | LOCATION |
| 1 | Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba | Asaba, Delta State. |
| 2 | Federal College of Education, Kano | Kano City, Kano State. |
| 3 | Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo | Oyo, Oyo State. |
| 4 | Federal College of Education, Abeokuta | Abeokuta, Ogun State |
| 5 | Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu | Eha Amufu, Enugu State. |
| 6 | Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe | Gombe, Gombe State. |
| 7 | Federal College of Education, Kontagora | Kontagora, Niger State. |
| 8 | Federal College of Education, Okene | Okene, Kogi State. |
| 9 | Federal College of Education (Technical), Omoku | OMoku, Rivers State. |
| 10 | Federal College of Education (Tech), Potiskum | Potiskum, Yobe State |
| 11 | Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri | Owerri, Imo State. |
| 12 | Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka | Akoka, Lagos State. |
| 13 | Federal College of Education (Technical), Bichi | Bichi, Kano State |
| 14 | Federal College of Education (Technical), Gusau | Gusau, Zamfara State. |
| 15 | Federal College of Education, Katsina | Katsina, Katsina State. |
| 16 | Federal College of Education, Obudu | Obudu, Cross River State. |
| 17 | Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo | Ondo, Ondo State. |
| 18 | Federal College of Education, Pankshin | Pankshin, Plateau State. |
| 19 | Federal College of Education, Yola | Yola, Adamawa State. |
| 20 | Federal College of Education, Zaria10. | Zaria, Kaduna State. |
| 21 | Nigerian Army School of Education (NASE), Ilorin | Ilorin, Kwara State. |
| 22 | Federal College of Education (T), Umunze | Umunze |
List of State Colleges of Education In Nigeria.
| S/N | STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION | LOCATION |
| 1 | College of Education, Gindiri | Gindiri, Plateau State. |
| 2 | Adamawa State College of Education, Hong | Yola, Adamawa State. |
| 3 | Tai Solarin College of Education, Ijebu-Ode | Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. |
| 4 | College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti | Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State. |
| 5 | Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo | Ikwo, Ebonyi State. |
| 6 | College of Education, Warri | Edjeba Road, Warri, Delta Stat |
| 7 | FCT College of Education, Zuba | Zuba, Garki, FCT Abuja. |
| 8 | Osisatech College of Education, Enugu | Enugu, Enugu State. |
| 9 | Nasarrawa State College of Education, Akwanga | Akwanga, Nassarawa State. |
| 10 | Isa Kaita College of Education, Dutsin-Ma | Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State. |
| 11 | College of Education, Ekiadolor-Benin | Ekiadolor-Benin, Edo State |
| 12 | College of Education, Gashua, Damaturu | Gashua, Yobe state. |
| 13 | Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan-Waya, Kafanchan | Kafanchan, Kaduna State. |
| 14 | Osun State College of Education, Ilesa | Ilesa, Osun State. |
| 15 | Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin | Ilorin, Kwara State. |
| 16 | Kwara State College of Education | Oro, Kwara State. |
| 17 | College of Education, katsina-Ala | Katsina-Ala, Benue State. |
| 18 | Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso, Kano | Kumbotso, Kano State. |
| 19 | College of Education (Technical), Lafiagi | Lafiagi, Kwara State. |
| 20 | Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe | Nsugbe, Anambra State. |
| 21 | Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Otto/Ijanikin | Otto/Ijanikin, Lagos State. |
| 22 | Emmanuel Alayande College of Education (EACOED), Oyo | Oyo, Oyo State. |
| 23 | College of Education, Waka BIU | Waka BIU, Borno State. |
| 24 | St. Augustine College of Education (Project Time), Lagos | Yaba, Lagos State. |
| 25 | Delta State College of Education, Agbor | Agbor, Delta State |
| 26 | Akwa Ibom State College of Education, Afahansit | Afahansit, Akwa Ibom State. |
| 27 | Kogi State College of Education, Ankpa | Ankpa, Kogi state. |
| 28 | Adamu Augie College of Education, Argungu | Argungu, Kebbi State. |
| 29 | College of Education, Azare | Azare, Bauchi State |
| 30 | Umar Ibn Ibrahim El-Kanemi College of Education, Science and Technology, Bama | Bama, Borno State. |
| 31 | College of Education, Jalingo | Jalingo, Taraba State. |
| 32 | Zamfara State College of Education, Maru | Maru, Zamfara State. |
| 33 | Jigawa State College of Education, Gumel | Gumel, Jigawa State. |
| 34 | Niger State College of Education, Minna | Minna, Niger State. |
| 35 | Rivers College of Education, Rumuolumeni | Port-harcourt, Rivers State. |
| 36 | Shehu shagari College of Education, Sokoto | Sokoto, Sokoto State. |
| 37 | Jama’Atu College of Education (JACE), Kaduna | Kaduna, Kaduna State. |
| 38 | College of Education, Arochukwu, Abia | Arochukwu Abia State |
| 39 | College of Education, Ila-Orangun, Osun State | Ila-Orangun, Osun State |
| 40 | Michael Otedola Coll. of Prim. Education, Lagos | Noforija-Epe Lagos |
| 41 | Kashim Ibrahim College of Educ., Maiduguri | |
| 42 | Delta State Coll. of Physical Education, Mosogar | Mosogar, Sapele, Delta State |
| 43 | Enugu State Coll. of Education (T), Enugu | Abakaliki Road, Enugu State |
| 44 | Cross River State Coll. of Education, Akampa | Akampa, Calabar, Cross River S |
| 45 | Edo State College of Education, Igueben | Igueben, Edo State |
| 46 | Isaac Jasper Boro COE, Sagbama | Sagbama, Yenogoa, Bayelsa Stat |
| 47 | Kogi State College of Education, Kabba | Kabba, Kogi State |
List of Private Colleges of Education In Nigeria.
| S/N | PRIVATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION | LOCATION |
| 1 | Institute of Ecumenical Education, (Thinkers Corner), Enugu | Enugu, Enugu State. |
| 2 | Delar College of Education | Agodi Gate, Ibadan, Oyo State |
| 3 | City College of Education, Mararaba, Gurku | Mararaba, Gurku, Nasarawa Stat |
| 4 | Ansar-Ud-Deen College of Education, Isolo | Oshodi, Isolo, Lagos State. |
| 5 | Yewa Central College of Education, Ayetoro | Ayetoro, Ogun State. |
| 6 | OSISA Tech. Coll. of Education, Enugu | Enugu, Enugu State |
| 7 | St. Augustine Coll. of Education, Lagos | Akoka, Lagos |
| 8 | African Thinkers Community of Inquiry, Enugu | Enugu, Enugu State |
| 9 | Muftau Olanihun College of Education, Ibadan | Ibadan |
| 10 | Havard Wilson College of Education, Aba | Aba, Abia State State |
| 11 | Muhyideen College of Education, Ilorin | Ilorin |
| 12 | College of Education, Offa | Offa, Kwara State |
| 13 | Bauchi Institute of Arabic & Islamic Studies, Bauchi | Bauchi |
| 14 | Corner Stone College of Education, lagos | Unilag, Lagos |
| 15 | Peaceland College of Education, Enugu | Enugu |
| 16 | The College of Education, Nsukka | Enugu |
| 17 | Unity College of Education, Auka Adoka, Benue | Otikpo |
| 18 | DIAMOND COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ABA | Aba |
| 19 | Kinsey College of Education, Ilorin, Kwara State | Ilorin |
| 20 | ECWA College of Education, Jos (ECOEJ) | Jos |
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