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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION

The establishment of the Department of Physical and Health Education within the Faculty of Education came as the result of the recommendation of the Development Committee that a Department of Physical and Health Education be created during the 1975-80 Development Plan Period. The Department came into being in the 1975/76 session when it started to offer a combined honours course in Physical and Health Education.

During the 1978/79 session, the Sports Centre was merged with the Department. The administration of students competitive and recreational sports thus became the direct responsibilities of the Department and the final fulfillment of the tenets for establishing the Department.

The Department is also to serve courses in the following programmes that lead to the University of Ibadan awards in:

  • Three-year B.Ed. (Bachelor in Education) degree in Physical and Health Education.
  • One-year Postgraduate Diploma in Physical and Health Education.
  • 1-year Certificate Course in Physical and Health Education.
  • Higher Degrees in Physical and Health Education at the MEd. (Master in Education), M.Phil. (Master in Philosophy), and Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) in Physical and Health Education levels respectively.

The Department, by the instrument that established it, is charged with the responsibility of teaching, research, sports administration and coaching of university sports and games. The teaching programme is geared towards the production of purely subject matter, graduate teachers of Physical and Health Education for secondary schools, teacher training colleges, voluntary sports organizations, sports councils and commissions. The Department conducts keep-fit programmes in order to meet the growing need of physical fitness within both the universities and the Nigerian communities.

The Postgraduate Diploma is to serve as a foundation course for practising student athletes who are new in the discipline of Physical and Health Education and for graduates in Physical Education who want to be proficient in some specific areas in Physical and Health Education.

. The course leading to the Certificate in Physical and Health Education is designed for teachers and those likely to be appointed to coaching, supervisory and administrative posts by the Ministry of Education, the sports councils, voluntary sporting organizations and the National Sports Commission.