Gbewaa College of Education is a teacher education college in Pusiga-Bawku (Pusiga District / Bawku Municipal District, Upper East Region, Ghana).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 Located in Northern Zone, the school was set up in 1953 and affiliated to the University of Ghana. It is one of the 46 public colleges of education in Ghana.
The college participated in the DFID-funded T-TEL programme. For the 2016–2017 academic year, the school admitted 560 students into Diploma in Education course.
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.
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. +List of principals since the establishment of the college include:NameYears servedE H. Nicholson (Founder)Sept. 1953 - Dec. 1956Mr. KaleemDec. 1956 - Apr. 1957E. H. Nicholson Apr. 1957 - Nov. 1958H. B. Bending May 1958 - Nov. 1960I. K. Adjei Jan. 1961 - Nov. 1965J. H. BanniahNov. 1965 - Nov. 1970M. J. Anaman Nov. 1970 - Nov. 1979C. V. Teview Nov. 1979 - Nov. 1983Jacob I. Y. Asigri Apr. 1983 - Jun. 1987A. A. Abem Jun. 1987 - Oct. 1988Kwaku Acqua Jnr. Oct. 1988 - Jan. 1992J. B. Larry Jan. 1992 - Nov. 1995Luke Abugri Nov. 1995
Programmes The programmes of the College since its establishment include:
Certificate ‘B’ Post Middle 1954 - 1964 Certificate ‘A’ Post Middle 1964 - 1991 Cert ‘A’ Three Year Post Secondary 1992 - 2004 Diploma in Basic Education 2004 - Distance Education Programme in Basic Education for Untrained Teachers 2005 - 2009 for the award of:
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:
Prof. Nabilla, member of Council of State Dr. Kwabena Adjei, N.D.C. National Chairman Dr. Abdulai, Principal Tamale Polytechnic Dr. Golfred Tangu, Minister of State in charge of Roads Dr. Dominic Donile, NCCE, Accra Prof. Saaka Hon. Awudu Yirimenya, Dep. Minister of Local Government Mr. B.L. Baba, LOC, Accra Sharlotte Azorago, 2004 National Best Teacher. Rev. Eddie Eyison, National Treasurer Musicians Union of Ghana. Musiga
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