200 LEVEL

PART TWO (200 LEVEL)

Federal College of Education, Osiele, Abeokuta (NCE) consist of 100 - 300 level students. Part Two students are 200 level Students of Federal College of Education, Osiele, Abeokuta. Part two students are students who are in the second year of the NCE Programme. Part two students are expected to prepare for the following:

* First and second semester lectures and examinations.

* Preparation for Teaching Practice (TP) processing at the TP Office, log book collection and more. Please Note: Students with 6 carry overs (C/O) and more are not eligible for Teaching Practice (TP).

PART TWO PAYMENT & FEES

* School fees

* Hostel fees (only for hostelites)

* Departmental fees

* DEWS and NEVS fees

Course Credit System

The course credit system is a quantitative system or organization of the curriculum in which subject areas are broken down into units which are examinable and for which students earn credits, if passed, the courses are arranged in progressive order of difficult or in levels of academic progress e.g level 1 or year one courses are 100 level and level II or year two courses are 200 level, etc.

ADVANTAGES OF THE COURSE CREDIT SYSTEM

The adoption of the course credit system for all Colleges of Education and other NCE awarding institution has the following merits:

*Allows students within limits to move at their own pace.

*Allows thematic structuring of the programs of study .i.e. ability to break courses into convenient and manageable modules.

*Allows inter-disciplinary collaboration, curriculum planning formulation and teaching and minimizes duplication of courses.

*Permits diagnostic approach of a students learning as well as continuous examination of students in each subject area.

*Provides students with greater flexibility in taking elective courses form outside their areas of specialization, thereby broadening their educational base.

*Facilitates inter-college transfer thereby enhancing student’s mobility.

CREDIT (UNITS)

Courses are assigned weights called units. Credit units consist of specified number of students-teacher contact hours per week semester. Credit units are use in two complimentary ways: as measure of course weighting and as an indicator of student’s workload.

As a Measure of Course Weighting:  a course may earn 2 credit units, another 1 credit unit, and another 3 credit units, etc. A 1 credit unit course means one hour of lecture per week for 15 weeks of the semester while a 2 credit unit course may mean two hours of lecture per week or one hour of lecture plus one two-hour practical per week per semester for 15 weeks.

A Measure of workload: one credit unit means 1 hour of lecture or tutorial per week semester. For others forms of teaching requiring students-teacher contact, the following equivalents may apply:

Two hours of seminar.

Three hours of laboratory work, field work, studio work, practicum, stadium supporting activity.

Teaching Practice:  Twelve weeks of teaching to earn six credit units to be credited under EDU 311.

Students Industrial Work Experience (SIWES): Sixteen weeks of student industrial attachment to earn four credit units for departments that are meant to go for SIWES

Teaching Practice

Teaching practice is very compulsory for all NCE students. All 200 level students must prepare for teaching practice after their second semester exam in order to resume their 300 level (1st semester) at their teaching practice school. Every student observing the teaching practice must pass the phase successfully, since teaching practice is 6 credit units course required for graduation.

Teaching practice is expected to last for last for 26 weeks (6 months) duration, which should run at a stretch from mid-September to December and from January to April (i.e. two terms). 

Students should note that members of the Teaching Practice Committee of their delegates (supervisors and external supervisor) shall undertake on the spot checks during the teaching practice period. Students teachers should refrain from any act that infringes on rules and regulation of the school area and the laws of the nation.

A student will be required to repeat teaching practice under the following conditions:

*If he or she scores less than 40%

*If he or she absents himself or herself from the teaching practice without permission from the school authority.

*If found guilty of professional misconduct.

*If a student is absent from teaching practice for any reason deemed valid by the academic board, he or she shall be required to make up the balance of the practice period.