Bachelor of Education – Secondary

Program objectives

*General objectives:

This program is intended to produce highly motivated teachers, Head-teachers, and other caliber of school administrators who are well equipped with specialized professional, administrative, and content competencies to improve the science teaching and learning, and general administration/management in secondary schools.

*Specific objectives:

By the end of the program the candidates should be able to:

• To produce qualified secondary school teachers with secure knowledge and understanding of the secondary curriculum.
• To provide the opportunity for undertaking phased work-related training for serving teachers to develop knowledge, understanding and skills of working with children under the guidance of experienced practitioners.
• To provide opportunities for trainees to achieve their full academic potential through an undergraduate award, which encourages a high degree of initiative, creativity, independent judgment, self-motivation, critical self-awareness and self-education?
• To ensure that all trainees recognize and apply the theoretical principles of child development and learning to support all children in reaching their full potential.
• To develop the collaborative skills required to work with paraprofessionals and multi-agencies to enhance the well-being of all children.

Expected Learning Outcomes

After the completion of this course, prospective teachers should be able to;

1. Use acquired literacy and numeracy skills in their teaching
2. Demonstrate practical skills to generate local solutions to solve local problems within their schools and society.
3. Apply multimedia and educational technologies in their career as professional teachers.
4. Apply diverse pedagogical techniques in understanding students and how they learn
5. Apply competencies and skills in preparing contents and their mode of delivery.
6. Apply technologically appropriate and culturally sensitive pedagogical strategies in their professional responsibilities.
7. Develop and maintain supportive, inclusive and safe learning environments where students feel welcomed.
8. Demonstrate ability of lifelong learning, interest in research, creativity resourcefulness and innovation.
9. Apply academically and professionally acquired knowledge and skills, values and attitudes in all kinds of realities to create good learning environment.

Minimum Graduation Load  

The BED (Science) program is equivalent to a four semester course or two academic years whose total credit shall be 120. A semester takes 17 (seventeen) weeks, 15 (fifteen) weeks of lectures and doing course work and 2 (two) weeks of examinations.  Because the course is offered as an in-service program, it is not possible to cover the course content in two physical years. The course will therefore take approximately three physical years to complete.  Students admitted in the BED program will start their academic year in the August/September session and end in the next April/May session.

BED programme students will be exempted from school Practice this is because they have done two school practices during Diploma training. Instead they will be required to do a Basic research project related to school management and or special subject related. Teaching and learning shall be conducted through lectures, practical, peer learning and individual research. The face-to-face sessions are used to consolidate on what students have gone through during the self-study times when they are out of the university.  There shall be two face-to-face sessions per year. When students are out of the university they will be given self-study work and online lessons. It is the responsibility of the student to attend lectures during the face-to-face sessions, do assignments, tests, practical work and any private study.

Session Arrangement for Semester One

1. August – September holiday face to face session- 5 weeks
2. October- November- Online teaching – 8 weeks
3. December – Face to face session – Two weeks
4. December – End of Semester Examination

Session Arrangement for Semester Two

1. January – Face to Face Session 4 Weeks
2. February – April Online Teaching – 10 Weeks
3. May –     Face to Face Session One Week
4. May – End of Semester Examination
5. June –    July Project Report

Subject Combination

The following list shows possible subject combinations

• Biology and Chemistry
• Chemistry and Physics
• Chemistry and Mathematics
• Mathematics and Computer Education