Gbewaa College of Education explained

Gbewaa College of Education
Affiliation:Government of Ghana
City:Pusiga-Bawku
State:Pusiga District (Bawku Municipal District)
Country:Ghana
Postcode:UP0085
Language:English
Free Label:Region
Zone
Free:Upper East Region
Northern Zone
Free Label2:Short name
Footnotes:Source: An Atlas of The Forty Colleges of Education in Ghana.

Gbewaa College of Education is a teacher education college in Pusiga-Bawku (Pusiga District / Bawku Municipal District, Upper East Region region, Ghana).Pusiga District / Bawku Municipal District, Upper East Region, Ghana).[1] Located in Northern Zone, the school was set up in 1953 and affiliated to the University of Ghana.[2] It is one of the 46 public colleges of education in Ghana.[3]

The college participated in the DFID-funded T-TEL programme.[4] For the 2016–2017 academic year, the school admitted 560 students into Diploma in Education course.[5]

History

Government Training College Pusiga which is now Gbewaa College of Education was established in 1953. It was built on a land that only became part of Ghana after the 1956 plebiscite. Until then, that part of Ghana was called Trans-Volta Togoland.[6]

In September 1953, the College admitted 14 male students, to start the Certificate ‘B’ course. They were handled by 7 male tutors including the Principal. It remained a male Institution until 1976, when it became a mixed college.

The College has produced good sportsmen and women. Gbewaa College of Education won a prize from World Education/USAID for embarking on a successful Anti HIV/Aids Campaign in 2006.[6]

List of principals since the establishment of the college include:!Name!Years served
E H. Nicholson (Founder)Sept. 1953 - Dec. 1956
Mr. KaleemDec. 1956 - Apr. 1957
E. H. Nicholson Apr. 1957 - Nov. 1958
H. B. Bending May 1958 - Nov. 1960
I. K. Adjei Jan. 1961 - Nov. 1965
J. H. BanniahNov. 1965 - Nov. 1970
M. J. Anaman Nov. 1970 - Nov. 1979
C. V. Teview Nov. 1979 - Nov. 1983
Jacob I. Y. Asigri Apr. 1983 - Jun. 1987
A. A. Abem Jun. 1987 - Oct. 1988
Kwaku Acqua Jnr. Oct. 1988 - Jan. 1992
J. B. Larry Jan. 1992 - Nov. 1995
Luke Abugri Nov. 1995

Programmes

The programmes of the College since its establishment include:

i. Diploma in Basic Education

ii. Certificate ‘A’ four - year

Notable alumni

The College has produced academic giants for the nation. Some of them are:

Notes and 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. Web site: Gbewaa College of Education - T-TEL. www.t-tel.org. 2019-07-05. 2020-08-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20200812064317/https://www.t-tel.org/coes-network/colleges/articles/gbewaa-college-of-education. dead.
  3. Web site: CoE Network - T-TEL. www.t-tel.org. 2019-07-05. 2019-05-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20190506102614/http://www.t-tel.org/coes-network. dead.
  4. Web site: Our network . Transforming Teacher Education and Learning, Ghana . December 27, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171229052155/http://www.t-tel.org/about/coes-network.html . December 29, 2017 . dead .
  5. Web site: Gbewaa College of Education admits 560 new students. Modern Ghana. en. 2019-07-05.
  6. Web site: Learning Hub - T-TEL. www.t-tel.org. 2019-07-26. 2019-07-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20190722213311/http://www.t-tel.org/hub. dead.

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