This institution started as a study centre and examinations preparatory outfit in 1997, it became a college of Arts and Sciences in 2001, with Abia State Government Approval in 2003. The National Commission for College of Education granted its take-off as a College of Education in June 2004 after successful inspections, while the final approval was issued on 25 October, 2005, by the then Honorable Minister of Education. The National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) registered the institution with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), through which students are posted to this institution for a three year course in Nigeria Certificate in Education. Furthermore, we have been fully accredited since 2006
The institution on the 17 October, 2017, made a giant stride when the Teachers. Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Abuja visited the institution for her first induction ceremony of both the lecturers and NCE graduates from 2017 backwards. All the inductees who registered with the TRCN were issued with their certificates and license on that day. We use this medium to call on some of our NCE graduates who could not meet up with the TRCN registration then to see the Dean, School of Education for details of registration as another round of TRCN registration is un-going
The institution has added another feather to her cap as we have boom fully affiliated to Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Port Harcourt, Rivers State for her degree programmes. This great feat was achieved in March 2018 when a team of inspectors from the University visited the school for inspection of our facilities. Having successfully met the requirements, the college is now permitted to run the following programmes a three years degree programme with NCE result, a four years degree programme with WASC result, Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PDCGE) and Professional Diploma in Education (PDE).
OUR APPROVAL LETTERS
Brief History about the Founder.
The Rev. Gentleman, Prosper Ojujo Nkwacha was born great into the noble family of Nkwocha-Anele on a remarkable and eventful day.
That day 20th May, 1947, was remarkable in the sense that there was an eclipse of the sun (solar eclipse), a (historical fact). Great in the sense that Nkwocha-Anele family was and still is, a shingle of Nobility in our community. At age 6 in 1953, he passed through three (3) primary Schools in quick succession. One was St. John’s Primary School, in our village. (2) After 3 months, our father brought him to National School Aba ut 100-foot-Road (now Azikiwe Road).
At that time, that road was 100 feet wide. Those were the colonial days (3). Not satisfied with the quality of teaching in National School, our father removed him to Aba Township School Aba (ATS, ABA). At that time, ATS was within the top 1% of the 5 best primary schools in Aba. From Primary an Prosper demonstrated academic excellence having distinctions in all his results. From there he moved on to standard one and all through to standard six in 1963 and ended making Double-Distinction (DD) in the First Schools Leaving Certificate (FSLC) examination.
That time Mr. 5.E. Imoke was the Minster of Education. In the same 1961, he took the Government College, Umuahia Common Entrance examination and pansed it. He graduated from the school in record time in 1966 and got admission at the “UNIVERSITY OF 17th November, Prague, Czechoslovalzia” to study Mechanical Engineering. This was in 1967, Unfortunately, the Nigerian Civil war broke out by July. 1967 truncating his ambition Our Father took us back to our village. The civil war had already started by this time and our village was attacked by Nigerian Soldiers. Nobody knew where each other ran to. At the end of the war in 1970, we returned to our village to continue life.
Undaunted by the vicious circumstances of that time, Prosper left the village for Owerri on foot and trekked for about 5% miles to Owen, He found a place to rest his head for the wight in the Motor-Park and in the morning, joined a Bedford Vehicle to Enugu. At Enugu, he discovered there were empty flats at Nwosu Quarters in Enugu campus of the University of Nigeria. So, together with other desperate boys, he squatted at Nwosu Quarters, Late Ukpabi Asika was the Sole Administrator of Eastern Region then. Luckily, there was an announcement inviting people to take up jobs at the re-habitation Centre. Prosper applied and was accepted. It was there that he met Miss Caroline Ukwu who later became his wife: Later, he was lucky to run into Mr. Sunday Nwosu, our Kinsman who was at that time working at the students Affairs Department of the University of Nigeria. The man detached him from the other squatters and offered him accommodation in his house. May his soul (Sunday Nwosu) rest in perfect peace.
Later Propser returned to Aba, and joined PZ Industries in 1971, it was from there that he gained admission to the University of Nigeria to read Accountancy in 1975. Prosper took a bold step and showed his admission letter to his Manager who presented the letter to PZ Management. They took interest in it and granted him University Scholarship for 4 years not minding that Prosper was their Scholar in the Secondary School Gin Graduation and after his NYSC, PZ reabsorbed him as a Manager, after training him on the job.
He was given a good salary package and a brand new car. He packed into a 3-bedroom flat and became an independent man from there, he ventured into politics and contested for the Chairmanship of Abs South Local Government with Barr, Nmaju. From intelligence gathered, we learnt that he won in that election, but the Nigerian factor breached the process and the results were tweaked resulting in the emergence of Nimaju as the winner. He didn’t let that stop him, rather he went into business becoming a supplier of Palm oil to soap manufacturing industries in Aba, as well as owning a supermarket at Nicholas Road. Umungas Aba. When he found out that the all supply business would not satisfy his cash flow needs, he veered into the Education Industry, establishing Carol-Schools (Nursery, Primary and Secondary Schools).