. The college was established in September, 1978 as Federal Advanced Teachers’ College during the military administration of General Olusegun Obasanjo. This follows the recommendation of Sir Eric Ashby report of 1970 and subsequent promulgation of principal act cited as Federal College of Education Decree no. 4 of 1986 and as amended in Decree no. 6 of 1993.
A man of destiny and a seasoned administrator per excellence, his pedigree, antecedents, exposure and intellectual acuity traverse all parts of our national life. The developmental strides and transformation he has brought to bear as a former Provost of Niger State College of Education, Minna remain legendary. His administrative acumen and dexterity as the current Provost of Federal College of Education, Kontagora is exemplary.
The professor, a prudent manager of resources, is a master planner when it comes to achieving targets and goals as can be seen from list of projects to his credit. FCE, Kontagora is one of the Federal Colleges of Education in Nigeria effectively utilizing TETfund allocation in line with the extant laws.
Other tangible achievements of Professor Rashid Haruna include; facilitating the release of TETfund Academic Staff Training and Development , conference attendance, institution-based research, book publications, teaching practice intervention grant for the College, amicable resolution of the over six years lingering industrial dispute on conversion/change of Cadre of Academic Instructors, facilitating and hosting of ICT-based capacity building workshop in partnership with Digital Bridge...