Counselling and Educational Psychology

The philosophy of the Department of Counselling and Educational Psychology is to equipped the beneficiaries with intellectual and practical skills in subject matter and pedagogy, and ability to apply current research findings to the benefit of learners in and outside the school system.

The B.Ed programmes have the following specific objectives among which are to:
• equip prospective teachers with intellectual skills in all subject areas and to enable them function effectively as teachers in the schools;
• produce graduate teachers who will use their specialized training to give leadership in teaching and practical demonstration of acquired skills in teaching and workplace experience;
• train prospective teachers to be aware of the creativity and innovation in the educational delivery process;
• develop highly motivated professionally driven and conscientious teachers in the demonstration of classroom experience; and
• encourage prospective teachers to possess expanded academic and professional training in the various school subjects.