Ada College of Education

Ada College of Education is a teacher education college in Ada-Foah (Ada East District, 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]

Ada College of Education
Former name
Ada Teacher Training College
MottoAwareness, Curiosity and Compassion
Established1965 (1965)
AffiliationGovernment of Ghana
Location
Ada-Foah
,
Ada East
,
GY0294
,
Ghana

5.78044°N 0.62001°E / 5.78044; 0.62001
LanguageEnglish
Region
Zone		Greater Accra
Eastern / Greater Accra
Short nameAdaCo
Source: An Atlas of The Forty Colleges of Education in Ghana.[1]

The college has its accreditation from the University of Cape Coast.[4]

Location

Ada College of Education is located at Ada Foah in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.[5]

History

The Ada College of Education was previously called Ada Teacher Training College.[4] It was founded by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in 1965.[6]

Ada College of Education was founded with a vision to be a centre of excellence in the production of disciplined, resourceful and self motivated teachers always ready to offer services anywhere in Ghana. Its mission is to train teachers imbued with professional and academic competences and skills in general and technical education for basic schools in Ghana.[7] The college has its motto as ‘ Awareness, Curiosity and Compassion . The first batch of students numbered 24 with Mr. J.M.T. Dosoo after whom the college Library has been named serving as the first principal and was supported by Messrs J.N. Dzeagu, E.A.K. Kuworno, J.T. Antonio, and S.E.K. Loh. Mr. Aaron Kitcher who was the Regional Education Officer then and Lawyer Narter Olaga contributed immensely in the pioneering days of the college.

In 1974, the college replaced teacher trainees and started admitting students for vocational and secondary courses.[8][9]

There are four halls serving the residential needs of the students: these are Same Hall, Lorlorvor Hall, Songor Hall and Okor Hall. The college has ICT facilities. A Library, Science block and had a lot of classroom blocks constructed.[7]

Education

The college started as a four-year post middle institution. Since then, it has gone through the following programmes:

  • 2-year Modular course for untrained teachers from 1985 to 1991
  • 3-year post secondary
  • 3-year Diploma in Basic Education which started in 2004
  • 2-year sandwich course for Certificate ‘A’ teachers for the award of Diploma in Basic Education.

The college has six departments and offers various programmes.[8]

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

Programmes offered
  • General Specialisation in Primary and Junior High School
  • Early Childhood Education Studies
  • Mathematics/Science
  • French
  • Technical & Vocational
  • Visually and Hearing Challenged

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. Archived from the original on 2019-05-06. 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. Githuri, Job (2018-10-17). "Ada College of Education admission requirements". Yen.com.gh - Ghana news. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  5. "Ada College of Education honours Cephas Sottie". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  6. "Ada College of Education". 2018-10-17.
  7. "Learning Hub - T-TEL". www.t-tel.org. Archived from the original on 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  8. GHStudents (2018-11-12). "List of Courses Offered at Ada College of Education". GH Students. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  9. "Ada College of Education confer diplomas on 710 teachers". www.ghananewsagency.org. Retrieved 2019-07-06.



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