Accra College of Education

Accra College of Education is a teacher education college in Accra (Accra Metro, Greater Accra, Ghana).[1] The college is located in Eastern / Greater Accra zone. It is one of the 46 Public Colleges of Education.[2] The college participated in the DFID-funded T-TEL programme.[3]

Accra College of Education
Former name
Accra Teacher Training College
EstablishedSeptember 8, 1909 (1909-09-08)
AffiliationGovernment of Ghana
Location
Accra
,
Accra Metro
,
GA516
,
Ghana

5.65719°N 0.16094°W / 5.65719; -0.16094
LanguageEnglish
Region
Zone		Greater Accra
Eastern / Greater Accra
Short nameAtraco
Websitehttp://acce.edu.gh/
Source: An Atlas of The Forty Colleges of Education in Ghana.[1]

As of May 2019, the college is affiliated with the University of Ghana.[4] The college offers courses such French, Mathematics and Early Childhood Education Studies.[5]

Location

The college is situated at Legon-Madina in the Greater Accra Region.[6]

History

The Accra College of Education was formerly called Accra Teacher Training College (ATTRACO). It was formed on September 8, 1909.[7] The college started with 24 students and the first principal was Mr. W. H. Baker.[7] Accra College of Education was opened on 15 November 1962 in a one-storey building at Accra New Town as Government Teacher Training College. The college was founded as a day training college with 19 students and eight members of staff, notable among whom were Messrs Kodjo Haizel and F.N. Gberbie, both of whom became principals of the college. The College was relocated at its present site at East Legon on 10 January 1985.[8] It became a boarding institution in 2001.

The College has run the following programmes since its foundation:

  • Certificate ‘A’ 4-year Post Middle
  • Certificate ‘A’ 2-year Post Secondary
  • 2-year Modular Post Middle for Pupil Teachers.
  • Certificate ‘A’ 3- year Post Secondary (Group One)
  • Certificate ‘A’ 3-year Post Secondary (Group Two)
  • 3-year Diploma in Basic Education.
  • Untrained Teachers 4-year Diploma in Basic Education.

Although the college remained the only day teacher training college in the country, until 2001, it performed very well both academically and professionally. It has produced many students who are eminent in several spheres of national life. Many of the past students, tutors of the college have won the best Teacher Awards. In 2007 the college won the Inter Colleges Spelling ‘B’ Competition at the zonal level.[8]

Accra Training College was honored by the visit of the wife of the President of the United States of America, Mrs. Laura Bush and the President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E. John Kufuor to launch a programme to produce reading materials for Basic Schools in 2006. Physical Education students of Accra Training College go through a programme called the ‘Right to Play’ which is an athlete-driven, international humanitarian organization that use play and sports for the development of children, and the youth in areas of the world affected by poverty, sickness and war. The Physical Education department took part in the ‘Nike Fine aside show down’ soccer tournament held at the Trade Fair Centre. The College team qualified to the final round of the competition. The college hosts all the Face-to-Face meetings of students and lecturers of the University of Education, Winneba for the Distance education programme. The current enrolment of students in 2007 was made up of 507 male 300 female students.[8]

List of principals:
Name Years served
Mr. I. B. Ama Hesse 1962 - 1972
Rev. Kodjo Haizel 1972 - 1977
Mr. Ferdinard Narh Gberbie 1978 - 1988
Mr. Emmanuel Kwahie Kassah 1988 - 1999
Mr. Abubakar Wallace 2000 - 2007
Mrs. Christina Bampo Henaku 2007

Education

The college has six departments and offers various programmes.[9]

Departments
  1. Vocational Skills
  2. Languages
  3. Science
  4. Education Studies
  5. Mathematics & ICT
  6. Social Sciences

Programmes offered[5]
  • General Programme
  • Early Childhood Education Studies
  • Mathematics/Science
  • French
  • Technical

References
  1. Björn Haßler, Jacob Tetteh Akunor, Enock Seth Nyamador (2017). An Atlas of The Forty Colleges of Education in Ghana. Available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International. Available at http://bjohas.de/atlas2017
  2. "CoE Network - T-TEL". www.t-tel.org. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  3. "Our network". Transforming Teacher Education and Learning, Ghana. Archived from the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  4. Adams, Claude Nyarko (2019-05-18). "Ghana: 6 Colleges of Education Now Affiliated to University of Ghana". Ghanaian Times (Accra). Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  5. "List of All Courses Offered At Accra College of Education". GHLoud.com. 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  6. "Accra College of Education - T-TEL". www.t-tel.org. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  7. "About us | Accra Training College". acce.edu.gh. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  8. "Learning Hub - T-TEL". www.t-tel.org. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  9. Bansah, Israel Boafo (2018-10-24). "Accra College of Education 2019/2020 Programmes". LegonConnect. Retrieved 2019-07-06.


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