The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the establishment of full-time undergraduate degree programmes at the Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe, under its dual-mode mandate, beginning from the 2025/2026 academic session.

The approval, conveyed to the institution through an official communication from the commission, authorises the college to run Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), Bachelor of Science Education (B.Sc. Ed.), Bachelor of Arts Education (B.A. Ed.) and Bachelor of Technology Education (B.Tech. Ed.) programmes.

According to the NUC, the newly approved programmes cut across a wide range of disciplines aimed at strengthening teacher education and expanding access to specialised professional training in the North-East region.

The B.Ed. programmes include Early Childhood Care Education, Adult Education and Primary Education.

The B.Sc. Education programmes approved by the commission include Home Economics, Economics, Geography, English Language, Arabic, Accounting, Marketing, Management, Biology, Integrated Science, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science and Agricultural Science.

Also approved are B.A. Education programmes in Islamic Studies and Christian Religious Studies, as well as B.Sc. Education in Business Administration and Entrepreneurship Education.

In addition, the NUC granted approval for B.Tech. Education in Technical Education with options in Automobile Technology, Building Technology, Electrical/Electronics Technology, Metalwork Technology and Woodwork Technology.

With the approval, FCE (Technical) Gombe is now authorised to admit students into full-time degree programmes alongside its existing academic mandate.

The management of the college has advised prospective candidates to change their institution of choice to FCE (Technical) Gombe to qualify for admission into the newly introduced programmes.

It also disclosed that the change of institution process is free of charge and can be completed at the college’s ICT Centre.

The development, according to the college, is expected to boost access to quality teacher training and enhance technical manpower development in Gombe State and the North-East sub-region.