It also runs a degree program in affiliation with Ekiti State University and University of Ibadan Pursuant to the new National Policy on Education, which among other things stipulates the Nigeria Certification in Education (NCE) as the basic qualification for teaching in Nigeria by the year 2000, coupled with the need to provide functional and qualitative education predicated upon well trained and sound professional man power to the citizenry of the state, the Lagos State Government in December 1994, established the Lagos State College of Primary Education (LACOPED) for pre- service and in service training and certification of graduates for the Primary School system.
[citation needed] MOCPED, situated in Noforija near Epe, in the Epe Local Government Area of the State, is the first Tertiary Institution in Nigeria that anticipated the need for training the manpower of the Universal Basic Education System.
[citation needed] The enabling edict, conditions of service for Junior and Senior Staff and the College Master Plan subsequently came into being.
[citation needed] Regular academic activities for the NCE programmes commenced in November 1995 with 182 students, at the permanent site of the college in Noforija, Epe.
The Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCPED) is established to: ⦁ Provide courses of institution leading to National Certificate of Education (Primary) diploma and other distinctions in Primary Education and such related studies as may be prescribed; ⦁ Provide special training courses in educational and related courses, whether leading to College distinctions or not for such persons as may be prescribed, taking into account at all times the requirements of both the Federal and State Ministries of Education; ⦁ Provide an adequate supply of well qualified non-graduate teachers in accordance with the requirements of both the Federal and State Ministries of Education; ⦁ Conduct research with particular reference to education; ⦁ Arrange conferences, seminars, courses, study groups and for the purpose of improving instructions and learning in the Lagos State School system; develop and propagate a professional code and inculcate in its students the ethics of the profession; ⦁ Perform such other functions as may be conferred on it by this Law.