School Of Arts And Social Sciences

The School of Arts and Social Sciences was one of the earliest school established for NCE programme in 1974 with four departments; Christian Religious Studies, Music, Geography and History. Islamic Studies Department was established in 1975/76 academic year but History and Geography were cancelled in 1987/88 academic year for Social Studies take-off.

            The school expanded in 2017/2018 with the re-establishment of History and Geography and establishment of Economics as a new department. In the year 2018/2019, Political Science was established in 2018/2019 academic year. Currently, the School runs degree in affiliation to University of Ibadan in three departments CRS, ISS and Social Studies since 2012/2013 academic session. 

Man, his complex nature and the increasingly more complex society in which he lives, and his relationship with the metaphysical world (expressed in myths and religions) have been interesting subjects for investigation by scholars. Using various instruments (qualitative and quantitative, or a combination of both), the Arts and Social Sciences discipline have sought to answer the basic questions concerning man, his society and his relationship with the metaphysical world. The NCE Arts and Social Sciences programmes seek to draw the teacher and his students into a mutual dialogue about their collective realties. This way learning is achieved and students are readied for the teaching world

The courses available in the School of Arts and Social Sciences include but not limited to; Christian Religious Studies, Economics, History, Geography, Islamic Studies, Music, Social Studies and Political Sciences.  Students are allowed to specialize in the combination of two of the courses as their teaching subjects.   They can even pick courses from other schools such as the School of Languages or PED.

The goals of the Arts and Social Sciences programmes include the following:

• To produce NCE teachers of Arts and Social Sciences subjects who are capable of contributing meaningfully to the production of the teaching of those subjects at the Basic Education level in Nigeria.
• To help the students acquire the basic knowledge and values needed to enhance the quality of their lives and the life of the nation.
• To help the students acquire the spirit of self-reliance, positive self-image, and balanced personality.

To prepare students for life-long education.

Some of the past Deans include: