Prof. Raymond B. Bako
Center Director
Welcome to ACENPEE
I am delighted to welcome you to the Home page of the Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education (ACENPEE), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. ACENPEE is a World Bank supported Centre of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE Impact). The Project, which is based on result verified funding, is aimed at improving the quality, quantity and development impact of postgraduate education in selected universities through regional specialization and collaboration by strengthening the capacities of these universities to deliver quality training and applied research. ACENPEE is focused on enhancing engineering education by experimenting with new teaching methods, developing curricula, assessing how students learn, and moving those findings into the classrooms of tomorrow’s engineers. The ultimate goal is to educate engineering leaders who can respond creatively and responsibly to 21st-century challenges. ACENPEE’s “Certificate in Engineering Education (CEE)” graduate certificate program helps graduate students, faculty members, and industry professionals in engineering and allied STEM fields improve their teaching and course design skills. I encourage you to follow the menu and links on the website to see the work that ACENPEE is doing and how you can be a part of the effort to enhance engineering education, a relatively new area of study, in Africa.
Our Philosophy
The philosophy of the Centre is to transform human lives and society through quality teaching and learning in engineering education.
Our Vision
To become a renown regional centre of excellence in the advancement of new pedagogies in engineering education.
Our Mission
To provide a world class teaching and learning environment that stimulates and promotes innovation in techno-pedagogical skills and competencies for engineering education and practice.
Programs Overview
The M.Sc. and Ph.D programmes are generally by course work and research.
Chemical Engineering
The objective of this program is to provide advanced and specialized courses in the various options above. The trained engineers should be capable of adapting Chemical Engineering principles to solving local as well as regional problems and should have teaching and research competence and the motivation to train others providing innovation to evolving problems.
Civil Engineering
The trained civil engineer should be capable of adapting Civil Engineering principles to solving local as well as regional problems. They should also be able to train others and make academic and professional contributions in their area of specialization. The departmental postgraduate programme is geared towards the realization of these broad objectives.
Mechanical Engineering
The trained engineers should be capable of adapting Mechanical Engineering principles to solving problems and should be able to train others and make academic and professional contributions in their area of specialization. The departmental postgraduate programme is geared towards the realization of these broad objectives
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Objectives
Capacity building
Build capacity by providing training at M.Sc and Ph.D levels.
Enhance pedagogy
Enhance pedagogical practices and knowledge.
Research in challenging areas
Carry out research in existing challenging areas of engineering education.
Periodic evaluation
Undertake periodic curriculum evaluation, innovation and development based on emerging challenges.
Develop instrument and methodologies
Undertake periodic curriculum evaluation, innovation and development based on emerging challenges
SCHOLARSHIP POLICY
The Africa Center of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education (ACENPEE) is proud to honour academically talented and exceptionally skilled students with a variety of scholarships. The Center will annually award more than $50,000 in scholarships to regional graduate students (West African Subregion) as funded by the World Bank and as accrued to the Center based on the disbursement linked indicators (DLIs).
ACENPEE has a number of Scholarships available to students based on academic merit and leadership potential. Scholarships may be provided for partial or full tuition fees and the award of such Scholarships is at the discretion of the Selection Panel. Regional Students are entitled to full scholarship while National students are entitled to Research Support.