St. John Bosco's College of Education is a teacher education college in Navrongo (Kassena Nankana East District, Upper East Region, Ghana) set up in 1946 with 10 male students.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 The college became a public tertiary institution, established by the Colleges of Education Act (847) 2012, accredited by the National Accreditation Board Ghana, and mandated to train standard teachers for Pre-tertiary Education in Ghana.
The college is specialised in training teachers in the broad areas of Social, Agriculture and Pure Sciences, as well as Computing, Mathematics, Technical and Vocational disciplines. It is one of the about 40 public colleges of education in Ghana.National Accreditation Board, Ghana - Public Colleges of Education The college participated in the DFID-funded T-TEL programme.
History St. John Bosco's College of Education was established in January 1946 by the Catholic Mission. Ten male students were enrolled to pursue a 2-year post middle Teacher's Certificate ‘B’ course. Out of the ten students, seven completed the course. This course ended in 1961.
St. John Bosco's has recorded several successes in academia, sports and community or social work since its establishment. The college has never scored less than 80% in yearly examinations conducted by the Institute of Education, University of Cape Coast. Several of the graduates of the college are in prominent positions in the country. In sports, the college is the pacesetter among the colleges in Northern Ghana. Bosco's has played a leading role in the education against HIV/AIDS among students in particular, and the public in the Kassena-Nankana District in general. + Principals since the establishment of the college:NameYears served Rev. Fr. Chartrand Feb. 1946 – Jan. 1954Rev. Fr. Lebel Jan. 1954 – Jan. 1960Rev. Fr. Pwamang Jan. 1960 – Sept 1972Rev. Fr. J.W. Apuri Sept 1972 – Aug. 1979Mr. Blay-Toffey Aug. 1979 – Oct. 1980Rev. Fr. Awiah Nov. 1980 – Mar. 1981Mr. E.D. Zormal Mar 1981 – May 1981Mr. B.K. Tsetse May 1981 – Nov. 1985Rev. Fr. Victor Phelen Nov. 1985 – Dec. 1986Mr. B.J.L. Kumasi Dec. 1986 – Sept 1989Mrs. Rosemary Weobong Oct. 1989 – Sept 1998Mr. Francis Agyeere Oct. 1998 – Feb. 2000Mr. Alfred A. Ndago Feb. 2000 - Aug. 2014Mr. William A. AtindanaSept. 2014 - Aug. 2020Prof. Joseph AmikuzunuSept. 2020 - Date
Old Programmes
Certificate ‘A’ 4-year (Post Middle) 1961-1969/ 1981-1995 Certificate 'A' 2-year (Post- Secondary) 1970-1978 Specialist Certificate in Art Education 1973-1978 Certificate 'A' 3-year (Post- Secondary) General 1979-1988 Certificate 'A' 3-year (Post-Secondary) Science 1989-1992 Certificate 'A' 3-year Post Secondary Science and Arts 1990-2003 2-year Modular Course for untrained teachers 1983-1989 Diploma in Basic Education (Regular programme) 2004 Diploma in Basic Education (Sandwich) 2005 Certificate 'A' 4-year (Sandwich) 2006.
New (Current) Programmes Bachelor of Education Degree, 4-year Junior High School (Level Specialism Programme), 2018
B.Ed. Information Communication Technology B.Ed. Mathematics B.Ed. Science B.Ed. Agriculture Science B.Ed. Visual Arts B.Ed. Home Economics B.Ed. Technical Vocational Skills Bachelor of Education Degree, 4-year Primary School Education
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