The Department of higher Education was established in 1990 within the School of Education . It is mandated to conduct human resource and research capacity building programmes in the area of Educational Policy, Planning and Management.
The department provides high quality Educational Policy, Planning and Management Programmes at postgraduate levels. Its aim is to help the university to respond to the national and international demands on its services to develop capacity in the area of Educational Policy, Planning, Management and Research so as to improve on the management of educational institutions and systems. In addition the department runs staff development and pedagogical programmes for both academic and non-academic staff of higher education institutions of learning.
The department works with other specialized departments in several faculties to form a partnership in teaching, research and community service.