Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu

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Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu
TypePublic
Accreditation National Board for Technical Education
Location
Ishiagu, Ebonyi State
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Nigeria
Website https://fcaishiagu.edu.ng/

The Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu (popularly known as "FCA Ishiagu") is based in Ishiagu, Ivo Local government area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. [1] [2] [3] The college promotes education, training and research into agricultural production, processing and technology. [4]

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History

The college which was established in Umudike in 1955 by the government of Eastern Nigeria, was amalgamated with the Agricultural Research Station, Umudike in 1964 and was taken over by the East Central State Government in 1970. In 1972, the Federal Government took over the college as part of the Federal Agricultural Research and Training Station (FARTS), and in 1976 the school became the training wing of the National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike. [5] The National Board for Technical Education accredited the college programs in 1989, and again in 1993. The college was relocated to its current site in 1995. As a "Village Agricultural Improvement Project" for 15 communities in the Olokoro Clan, the facility itself had been established in 1964..↵ [6]

Courses

Federal College of Agriculture Ishiagu, was only awarding National Diplomas(ND) but have recently upgraded to the award of Higher National Diplomas(HND). [7] The following programmes are run by the institution at the National Diploma level and Higher Diploma level; [8] [9] [10] [11]

National diploma

Higher national diploma

These are programmes for the award of Higher National Diploma; [12] [13]

See also

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