Komenda College of Education explained

Komenda College of Education
Motto:Bepכwso Kurow Hyeren
Mottoeng:A city set on a hill shines forth
Affiliation:University of Education Winneba, Government of Ghana
Principal:Kwesi Nkum Wilson
City:Komenda
State:Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Municipal District
Country:Ghana
Postcode:CK1838
Language:English
Free Label:Region
Zone
Free:Central
Central / Western
Free Label2:Short name
Free2:Komenco
Footnotes:Source: An Atlas of The Forty Colleges of Education in Ghana.

Komenda College of Education is a co-educational teacher education college in Komenda, Central Region (Ghana).[1] It is one of 46 public colleges of education in Ghana and participated in the DFID-funded Transforming Teacher Education and Learning Ghana (T-TEL) programme.[2] In 2017, Komenda CoE implemented a project to go paperless.[3] The Principal is Rev. Dr. Kwesi Nkum Wilson.

History

Komenda College was established in 1948,[4] on a site which had been used by the British Navy during World War II.[5]

Komenda College of Education started out of the buildings(Barracks) left by the Fleet Air Arm of the British Navy after the World War II.[6] Through the efforts of Mr. A.B. Sam, regent of Komenda, the legacy was leased to the Methodist Church Ghana, in 1947 to be used as a training college. The government made some renovation works on the buildings to make it suitable for educational use. On March 11, 1948, the first batch of students numbering forty men was enrolled to start an initial 2-year Teacher's Cert ‘B’ programme. In 1952, the college became a co-educational institution with its first batch of thirty women. The first principal of the college was Mr. Lawrence Alfred Creedy, a British citizen.[6] The motto of the college is “Bepכwso Kurow Hyer3n”, meaning a city set on a hill, shines forth. The adopted strands by the founding father were; Academic excellence, Service to God and Service to mankind. Messrs R.C. Mensah, C.K. Penrose, Wonderful Dadson, K.A. Essuman and J.C.O. Okyere were among the pioneer tutors of the college.[7]

The college has gone through the following academic programmes:

Notable alumni

Project

In June 2021, the college launched a project called ‘One Student, One Tree’ as part of the Green Ghana Initiative which sought to introduce students to plant, maintain and ensure environmental cleanliness.[9]

Awards

In November 2022, the college were the winners of the Southern Zone of the National Insurance Debate for tertiary schools in Ghana.[10]

Departments and Programmes

  1. Maths/ICT[11]
  2. Languages
  3. Education
  4. Social Science
  5. TVET
  6. Sciences

Principals

The following have been principals of the college:!Name!Years served
Mr. L.A. Creedy 1948 -1962
R.R. Okyne 1962-1971
Rev. C.K. Assiaw-Dufu 1972-1978
Mr. J.A. Walker 1978-1980
Mr. Robert Mensah 1981-1986
Mr. Robert Mensah 1981-1986
Mr. Robert Mensah 1981-1986
Mr. Kismet Sagoe (Ag) 1992-1993
Mrs. Rose Newman 1993-1998
Mr. J.K. Sekum (Ag) 1998-2000
Mr. J.K. Dadzie2000-2006
Ms. Gladys Annan Noonoo 2007-2014
Mrs. Comfort Sarpong Akosa2014-2018
Samuel Kow Parker (Ag)2018
V. Rev. Prof. Kwesi Nkum Wilson[12] 2018-

References

Merged content from Komenda Teachers Training College. See

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: 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 .
  3. Web site: Komenda College of Education begins implementation of 'paperless classroom'. 2017-12-20. www.myjoyonline.com. 2019-07-05.
  4. Web site: Komenda College of Education Celebrates 70 Years. 16 April 2018.
  5. Web site: Komenda College of Education - T-TEL. www.t-tel.org. 2019-07-05.
  6. Web site: Learning Hub - T-TEL. www.t-tel.org. 2019-07-23. 2019-07-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20190722213311/http://www.t-tel.org/hub. dead.
  7. Web site: About Komenda College of Education. Ti-mes. en-US. 2019-07-23.
  8. News: Presiding Bishop. 2016-09-07. The Methodist Church Ghana. 2018-05-10. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20180511082500/http://methodistchurch.org.gh/index.php/presiding-bishop/. 2018-05-11. live.
  9. Web site: GNA . 13 June 2021 . Komenda College of Education launches ‘One Student, One Tree’ Project. . 21 August 2023 . News Ghana.
  10. Web site: Daily Graphic . 17 November 2022 . National Insurance Debate: Komenda College of Education wins southern zone . 21 August 2023 . Graphic Online.
  11. Web site: Departments & Programmes . 2023-08-30 . Komenda College of Education . en-US.
  12. Web site: Coleman . Moses . 2023-05-09 . The Governing Council of Komenda College of Education Reappoints Principal for a Second Term . 2023-08-21 . Coleman Publications . en-US.