HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF ADAMU TAFAWA BALEWA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION KANGERE, BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF ADAMU TAFAWA BALEWA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, KANGERE By Raji Musharaf Atolagbe The initiative to establish the Bauchi state college of education started as a result of the law established on the 22 nd of September, 2014 the date on which the bill to that effect was passed by Honorable House of Assembly of Bauchi State, was accented by his Excellency the then Governor of Bauchi State (Dr.(Mal)Isa Yuguda), the school was then known as “The Bauchi State Institute of Education, Kangere. The decision to establish the college, a second NCE-awarding institution in the state was informed by the desire to increase the capacity of the state to provide a sufficient number or proper training teachers institution for the rapidly growing number of Basic Education schools in the state, and the concomitant rise in school enrolment and retention. The importance of education for their children has fed to a mounting pressure for more schools and this translates to the ...