School of Continuing Education

SCHOOL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION
The University has established a School of Continuing Education to complement its efforts in the development of middle and higher level manpower for the nation. The School of Continuing Education offers fulltime/ evening/weekend/part-time academic and professional programmes for workers and others who may not be able to undertake regular full-time studies in the University.

PHILOSOPHY
The philosophy of the School is to supplement the efforts of the University of Uyo in its middle and higher level manpower development for the nation. To this end the School of Continuing Education offers Full-time programmes at the Certificate and Diploma levels and Part-time Undergraduate and Postgraduate degree levels. The programmes of the School are meant to provide opportunities mainly to workers who are not able to undertake regular full time studies in Universities as well as sub-degree training for capacity building and educational advancements.

OBJECTIVES
The Objectives of the School are specifically:
i. To provide access for people to go into professional and academic programmes at the degree level through certificate and Diploma Programmes of the School.
ii. To offer opportunities for full time workers to earn University degrees.
iii. To offer opportunities of professional training for practitioners in the public service and industries.
iv. The School offers opportunities for people to receive effective preparation through extramural studies to take the UTME/GCE/WASCE/NECO and other examinations.
The School of Continuing Education is administered by the following organs:
THE BOARD
i. The Board of the School is composed of the following officers of the University:
The Vice Chancellor as Chairman, the other members is Deputy Vice Chancellor (Admin.), Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), Registrar, Bursar, University Librarian, Director, School of Continuing Education, Representative of Council, Dean, Postgraduate School, Dean of Servicing Faculties, Dean of Student Affairs, Director, Institute of Education, two Representatives of Senate, Director, Academic Planning and the Administrative Secretary as secretary.

THE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
ii.The Academic Committee which is made up of : The Director of the School as Chairman, all Heads of Servicing Departments and Co-ordinators as members and the Administrative Secretary as secretary

THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
iii.The School Administration which is made up of The Director, The Administrative Secretary, The Deputy Bursar, Head Admissions Unit, Head Examinations/Sandwich Unit, Head Records/Statistics Unit, Head Post Graduate and Extramural Unit.

The programmes are at the following levels:
1. Sub-Degree(Certificate/Diploma)
2. Bachelor’s Degree
3. Postgraduate Diploma and Higher Degrees
1. Sub-degree (Certificate and Diploma) Programmes:
The following full-time/part time sub-degree certificate and
diploma programmes are run by the School of Continuing
Education in its various faculties;
(a) Faculty of Arts:
Certificate:
i) Certificate in French(CF)
Diploma:
i) Diploma in Music(DMA)
ii) Diploma in Theatre Arts (DTA)
iii) Diploma in Religious Studies(DRS)
iv) Diploma in International History and Diplomacy
v) Diploma in Mass Communication
(b) Faculty of Education:
i) Diploma in Physical Education
ii) Diploma in Library Science
(c) Faculty of Environmental Studies
i) Certificate in Fine Arts
(d) Faculty of Law:
i) Diploma in Law
ii) Diploma in Criminal Justice Administration
(e) Faculty of Social Sciences:
Diploma:
i) Diploma in Public Administration (DPA)
ii) Diploma in International Relations (DIR)
iii) Diploma in Local Government and Rural Development
iv) Diploma in Public Finance (DPT)
v) Diploma in Personnel Management (DPM)
vi) Diploma in Local Government and Rural Development (DLG)
vii) Diploma in Actuarial Science (Insurance Theory and Policy).
Certificate:
i) Certificate in Public Administration (CPA)
ii) Certificate in Local Government and Rural
Development (CLG)
2 Bachelor’s Degree Programmes:
The School of Continuing Education offers the following
Bachelor’s degree programmes on part time basis:
a) Faculty of Arts:
i) B.A. Communication Arts
ii) B.A. History and International Studies
iii) B.A. English
b) Faculty of Business Administration:
i) B.5c.Accounting
ii) B.5c.BusinessManagement
iii) B.Sc. Marketing
iv) B.Sc. Banking and Finance
v) B.Sc. Insurance
c) FacuIty of Education:
a) B.A (Ed.) English
b). Ed. Social Studies
c) B.Sc.(Ed.) Political Science
d) B.Ed. Guidance& Counselling
e) B.Sc.(Ed.) Health Education
f) B.Ed. Pre-Primary and Primary Education
d) Faculty of Social Sciences:
i) B.Sc. Economics
ii) B.Se. Geography and Regional Planning
iii) B.Se .Political Science and Public Administration
iv) B.sc. Psychology
v) B.Sc. Sociology and Anthropology
3. Postgraduate Programmes
The Schoolof Continuing Education offers the following full time/part time postgraduate programmes.
a) Faculty of Business Administration:
i) Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (Executive)
ii) Master of Business Administration (Executive)
b) Faculty of Education:
i) Postgraduate Diploma in Education
ii) M.Ed. Educational Management and Planning
c) Faculty of Environment Studies:
i) Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Management
d) Faculty of Social Sciences:
i) Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration
ii) Postgraduate Diploma in International Relations
iii) Postgraduate Diploma in Local Government and Rural Development
iv) M.Sc. Public Order and Information Management
v) Master of Public