Institutional Vision, Mission, and Senate Mandate

Vision Statement

To be a world-class Centre for building academic staff capacity in all aspects of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching towards achieving sustained excellence in student learning.

To be a world-class Centre for excellence and innovation in teaching and learning, transforming educational experiences and outcomes at the University of Ibadan and beyond.

Mission Statement

To establish and operate a dedicated Centre for excellence in teaching and learning for diagnosing pedagogical challenges, evaluating classroom interaction dynamics, designing digital instructional packages, and training higher education teachers in discipline-specific instructional strategies.

To establish and operate a dedicated Centre for excellence in teaching and learning that will empower academic staff and students through continuous professional development, innovative pedagogies, digital learning, curriculum and assessment enhancement, educational research and strategic partnerships, fostering an inclusive, student-centred and evidence-informed culture of teaching and learning that promotes academic excellence and lifelong learning.

Senate Mandate 

Formally approved by the University Senate on 29 November 2010, CETeL is mandated to institutionalize quality teaching practices, coordinate faculty-wide pedagogical development, manage the university's Students' Assessment of Teaching instrument, and support educational technology adoption.

Core Values

Excellence, Innovation, Collaboration, Inclusivity, Evidence-informed practice and Continuous improvement

Guiding Statement

CETeL exists to make excellent teaching everyone’s responsibility and meaningful learning every student’s experience.