SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES
HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES
What is today known as the School of Languages started as an unnamed body of three foundation Departments in May 1964. The School was later known as the School of Arts along the pattern of the Faculty of Arts in the then University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo) University, Ile-Ife. It began with the training of graduates in the Nigeria Certificate in Education (N.C.E.). From 1982, the School housed three Departments that offered the B.A Ed. Programme in English, Yoruba and French in affiliation with the University of Ife. Following the disarticulation of the College administratively in 1991 from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, the School of Languages was created from the then School of Arts on 1st August 1993 when it (old School of Arts) was split into the School of Arts and Social Sciences and School of Languages in line with the policy of the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE). The Departments were later restructured to include English, French and Nigerian Languages (viz Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba). Each of these units later became substantive Departments bringing the total number of the Departments in the School to five. Departments of English Yoruba and French run both NCE and Degree programmes, while Hausa and Igbo run only the NCE Programme at present.
Philosophy and Objectives
The basic philosophy of the School is to develop prgrammes in Languages Education that would enhance the training and retraining of competent teachers for the primary and secondary levels of education in the country.
In realizing the philosophy above, the School has the following objectives:
- To equip the students with basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in the correct and approved orthography of the language;
- To teach the students the sounds, lexis and structure of the languages;
- To expose the students to the available oral and written literatures in the languages;
- To familiarize the students with the rich culture of the prople through literature;
- To equip the students with the principles and techniques of teaching the languages; and
- To equip the students with necessary techniques of updating their knowledge through research.
S/N |
NAME |
POSITION |
QUALIFICATION |
| 1 | Dr. R.A. Adesuyan | Dean | B.A. M.A, PGDE, Dip. MIS, PhD. |
| 2 | Mrs. C.C. Nnadi | Vice Dean | NCE, B.Ed, M.Ed, M.A. |
| 3 | Mr . A. O. Bernard | Head, Department of English | B.A. M.Ed, M.A. |
| 4 | Dr. (Mrs) E.M. Olabiyi | Head, Department of French | NCE, B.A., M.A. Ph.D. |
| 5 | Dr. (Mrs) M.A. Fasehun | Head, Department of Yoruba | B.A. (Ed), M.A. Ph.D. |
| 6 | Mr. A. O. Chukwu | Head, Department of Igbo | B.A., M.A. PGDE
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| 7 | Dr. A. Uba | Head, Department of Hausa | B.A. (Ed), M.A. Ph.D. |
ABOUT THE DEAN
I warmly welcome the general public and every one on behalf of the Board of the School of Languages to Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo City, Ondo State, Nigeria. Adeyemi College of Education is a Federal Government owned higher educational Institution It is affiliated to Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife for its Degree programmes. It was established in 1964 with its motto, Education for Service. School of Languages is one of the seven Schools in the College which houses five Departments. They are English, French Yoruba (Degree and NCE), Hausa and Igbo (NCE). Housing the pioneer Departments in the College, the School of Languages is indeed the Heartbeat of the College, therefore students who seek admission here have made the right choice. The Management of the School and the rest of our committed staff are prepared to serve you and make your stay in the College in general, and in the School in particular very fulfilling. I encourage you to visit the Website of the College regularly and take advantage of existing opportunities that exist. Once again, I welcome you to Adeyemi College of Education in general, and School of Languages in particular; and I hope this encounter would be a life -long relationship. Thank you. ADESUYAN R.A. (Ph.D) Dean, School of Languages. 
B.A. (Hons) Yoruba – 1986,
M.A. Yorùbá Language – 1991,
M. A. Yoruba Language and Literature (2009), Post Graduate Diploma in Education – 1999, Diploma in Computer – 2004, Ph.D Yoruba Language and Literature – 2014
Yoruba Phonology, Syntax and Dialectology.