Established | 1953 |
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Affiliation | Government of Ghana |
Location | , Pusiga District (Bawku Municipal District) , UP0085 , 11°04′01″N 0°06′54″W / 11.06708°N 0.11491°W |
Language | English |
Region Zone | Upper East Region Northern Zone |
Source: An Atlas of The Forty Colleges of Education in Ghana.[1] |
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]
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]
Name | Years served |
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E H. Nicholson (Founder) | Sept. 1953 - Dec. 1956 |
Mr. Kaleem | Dec. 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. Banniah | Nov. 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 |
The programmes of the College since its establishment include:
i. Diploma in Basic Education
ii. Certificate ‘A’ four - year
The College has produced academic giants for the nation. Some of them are: