Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo

Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo is an offshoot of the St. Andrew’s College, Oyo formerly a Grade II Teachers’ College established by the Church Missionary Society (C.M.S.) in 1896 and it ranked as the oldest Teachers’ Training College in Nigeria. In 1976, the clamour for its upgrading to an NCE awarding institution began. The Oyo State Government acceded to this request in October 1980 by upgrading the College to a campus of the then Oyo State College of Education, Ilesa. In March 1983, the supervision of the College was transferred to the Oyo State College of Education, Ila Orangun. The College gained full autonomy as a full-fledged College of Education on 1st October 1985. At various times, the College had been renamed as St. Andrew’s College of Education, Oyo; Oyo State College of Education, Oyo; Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo in 2008 in memory of the renowned educationist and an Andrian, Rev. Canon Emmanuel Alayande without affecting the core mandate as stipulated in the College Law and now Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo. It is noteworthy that since the College was relocated to its present site in 2003, it has grown in leaps and bounds through funding by the Oyo State Government and the Normal and Special Interventions by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund VISION To be the best specialized University of Education in Africa with a niche in the: integration teaching and learning; advancement of knowledge through research and scholarship; leadership in service and development; and in producing teachers and manpower suited to the challenges of the contemporary global knowledge economy. MISSION To be an incubator for the training and production of highly qualified, top-notched and globally relevant professionals who will serve as teachers, administrators, supervisors, counsellors and other essential manpower in the field of education, community service, industry and development at the national and international levels.