Accra College of Education

Accra College of Education be teacher training education college wey dey Accra (Ayawaso West Wuogon), Greater Accra, 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 De college dey insyd the Eastern-Greater Accra zone. Ebe one of de 46 Public Colleges of Education wey dey Ghana insyd de city dem san dey call de college the City College."Accra College of Education hosts 'Experiment Share' for students - T-TEL". 2022-03-21. Retrieved 2023-09-05. De college come join de Department for International Development (DFID) fund by T-TEL program."Our network". Transforming Teacher Education and Learning, Ghana. Archived from the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.Nzaley-Addy, Lenis (2023-05-09). "Accra College of Education: Admission Requirement And Courses". Ghana Education News. Retrieved 2023-08-30.

De college get ein affiliation to the University of Ghana Legon for May 2019.Adams, Claude Nyarko (2019-05-18). "Ghana: 6 Colleges of Education Now Affiliated to University of Ghana". Ghanaian Times (Accra). Retrieved 2019-07-11.

De college dey do programmes lyk Primary, Junior High School den Early Childhood Education Studies."List of All Courses Offered At Accra College of Education". GHLoud.com. 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2019-07-06. wey de bew B.Ed Progammes wey all the 46 colleges dey do.De JHS education some of dema courses be specialism insyd Science, Social Studies, ICT, Mathematics, Visual Arts den odas. Dema Upper Primary courses some be English Language, Social Science, Child Psychology, Communication Skills den odas.

 Location 
De college dey Legon-Madina in the Greater Accra Region. De school dey East Legon area, wey de school dey UPSA dema road top as you dey go de ARS roundabout.

 Facilities 
De college get well set up buildings, auditorium, lecture halls, cafeteria, canteen, library, football park, volley den basketball court. 

 Halls 
De college get 4 halls. Dema names be Gberbie Hall, Henaku Hall, Nii Kwrakwranya II Hall den Ama Hesse Hall.

 History 
Na dem dey bell de college ATTRACO den tymz but dem change am go Accra College of Education (AcCE). 

Dem form am for November 8, 1909."History – Accra College of Education". acce.edu.gh. Retrieved 2023-09-05. De college start plus 24 students wey de first principal be Mr. W. H. Baker. Accra College of Education open for 15th November 1962 for one-storey building insyd for Accra New Town wey every bro no sey ebe Government Teacher Training College. As dem found de college government do am day training college wey 19 students den eight members be staff. Some important persons be Mrs. Kodjo Haizel den F.N. Gberbie, both of dem cam turn principals of de college. For 10th of January 1985,"Learning Hub - T-TEL". www.t-tel.org. Archived from the original on 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-07-25. dem change de location of de college wey now ecome dey East Legon. Na de college be de only non-residential teacher training college til ecome turn boarding institution for October 2001 wey dat be de time ecome gain ein full residential status. By 2022, clinic dey plus resident nurse for de college insyd."Accra College of Education admits students for Ga and Dangme languages". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2022-02-15. Dema current principal be Professor Atinono Awinikini.

Over de years, de College dey run different programmes wey dey include: 

 Certificate ‘A’ 4-year Post Middle; 
 Certficate ‘A’ 2-year Post Secondary; 
 2-Year Modular Post Middle for pupil teachers; 
 Certificate ‘A’ 3-Year Post Secondary, 
 3-Year Diploma for Basic Education wey now e dey run 4-Year Bachelor give Primary Education, 
 4-Year Bachelor give Early Grade, 
 4-year Bachelor give Junior High Education programmes plus specializations largely for Social Sciences insyd.

De College be affiliated to University of Cape Coast til 2018 wey ein den University of Ghana, Legon come get fresh affiliation. De College get six academic departments: Languages, Social Sciences, Education Studies, Vocational Skills, Mathematics / ICT, den Science.

De College get nine active non-academic departments/Units: Central Administration, Internal Audit, Library, Catering, Works den Estates, Finance den Accounts, Laboratory, Security, Sanitation den General Labour, Procurement den Stores, Transport den ICT.

De College get staff strength of 121 wey 54 be academic staff den 67 be non-academic staff.

For every year insyd, de College dey produce graduates wey go serve for all levels for de country ein educational institutions, civil den public service for top management positions. Odas too dey do well for dema private businesses.

Various Principals don contribute greatly to de upliftment of de College since ein inception to date. De current Principal be Professor Dr. Samuel Awinkene Atintono, who wey de school ein board committee duly appoint am as de 7th Principal for Accra College of Education on de 1st of November 2018 through competitive interview spearhead by de National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) wey now ebe Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), den subsequently confirm by de Governing Council of Accra College of Education.

Although de college remain de only day teacher training college for de country insyd til 2001, e perform very well both academically den professionally. De school produce bunch students wey dem be very eminent for several spheres of national life. Bunch past students den lecturers win best Teacher Awards. For 2007 insyd de college win de Inter Colleges Spelling ‘B’ Competition for de zonal level.

 List of Principals 
+Name                         Years dem serveMr. I. B. Ama Hesse1962 - 1972Rev. Kodjo Haizel1972 - 1977Mr. Ferdinard Narh Gberbie1978 - 1988Mr. Emmanuel Kwahie Kassah1988 - 1999Mr. Abubakar Wallace2000 - 2007Mrs. Christina Bampo Henaku2007-2018Mr. Samuel Awinkini Atintono2018 To Date

 Education 
De college get six departments wey we dey do various programmes.Bansah, Israel Boafo (2018-10-24). "Accra College of Education 2019/2020 Programmes". LegonConnect. Retrieved 2019-07-06.Ferdinand, Ellis (26 April 2023). "Courses offered at Accra College of Education for the 2023/2024 Academic Year".

 Departments 

 Vocational Skills
 Languages
 Science
 Education Studies
 Mathematics & ICT
 Social Sciences

 Programmes dem offer 

 B.Ed. Early Grade Education
 B.Ed. Primary Education
 B.Ed. JHS EducationGHStudents (2023-04-07). "Accra College of Education Admission Forms 2023/2024 - GH Students". Retrieved 2023-08-30.
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