in the B. Ed. programme. It is of worthy to note that, out of all the Colleges of Education affiliated to the University of Ibadan, Rivers State College of Education was the only one offering the Bachelor of Education degree programme. By 1980, the Government declared her intention to initiate degree programmes in educational fields through Colleges of Education and the Rivers State Government decided to sponsor the programme in order to increase the number of teachers in the State. Prof. G.O.M. Tasie was appointed Provost of the College and was taxed with the duty of upgrading the college to a degree-awarding institution. The 1981/82 academic year witnessed the actual admission of candidates for degree programmes in Rivers State College of Education after his appointment. Note that, of all the Colleges of Education affiliated to the University of Ibadan, Rivers State College of Education was the only one offering the Bachelor of Education degree programme. The Rivers State Government decided to convert Rivers State College of Education into a university in 2009 to further provide opportunities for high quality education for Nigerians especially indigenes of the State. Given that the college had for a long time been awarding degrees in affiliation with the University of Ibadan, the transition from a college of education to a university should be easy for the institution. In addition, many graduates of the extinct Rivers State College of Education yearned to improve their academic qualifications through the acquisition of university degrees, preferably within the environment they were acclimatized to. Ignatius Ajuru University of Education was established by the University of Education Law No. 8 of 2009 of the Rivers State Government passed by the Rivers State House of Assembly on 15 October 2009 and was approved by His Excellency, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, the then Executive Governor of Rivers State on 20 October 2009. IAUE became the second state-owned University. The current Vice-Chancellor of IAUE is Prof. Okey Onuchukwu Programmes Ignatius Ajuru University of Education offer the following programmes: Basic Studies Post Graduate School College of Continuing Education Faculties There are currently six faculties of study in the University. Faculty of Humanities Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Education Faculty of Business Studies (Management Sciences) Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences Faculty of Vocational and Technical Education Departments FACULTY OF BUSINESS STUDIES (MANAGEMENT SCIENCES) Department of Accounting (PGD, MSc, Mphil/PhD and PhD) Financial Accounting Public Finance