The Continuing Education Centre (CEC) formally called centre for Continuing Education (CCE) was established ih the year 2003. Prof. Mba Uzoukwu was the first Director and he piloted the affairs of the centre from 2003 to 2007. The centre was running a programme under consuIta4icy services unit of the University. it operated at two different locations, Aba centre and Umuahia centre situated at number 50 Warri street Umuahia. The two satellite centres had co-coordinators in the persons of Mrs. Ikpekaogu for Umuahia centre and Mr Nwaubani for Aba centre. Both study centres were relocated to the university campus (Umudike) in 2007 during the second (2nd) semester 2006/2007 academic year for effective supervision and monitoring of their activities.
In 2007 the centre was renamed Continuing Education Centre and was coordinated by Prof. V.E. Osodeke who served as Ag. Director of the centre. The centre then runs the following programmes MBA and PGD (Project Management), Accountancy, Human Resources Management (HKM), marketing, banking /finance, business management. Currently, the center is running the following courses for part-time programme:
(1)Part time Degrees
(a)Agricultural economics
(b)Rural sociology and
(c) Agric business
(d) Agricultural Education
(e) Integrated Science Education,
(f) Mathematics Education
(g)Computer Science Education
(h)Home Economics Education,
(i)Biology Education
(j)Chemistry Education
(k) Physics Education
(l) Agronomy, Plant Health Management, soil Science and Meteorology,
(m)Computer Science
(n) Accounting
(o) Banking and Finance,
(p) Marketing,
(q) Business Administration
(r) Entrepreneurship Studies. The centre is also running ND programme in programmes in college of Management Sciences, Agribusiness and
Sciences.
(s) Economics
(t) Human Resource Mgt.
