List of Colleges of Education, courses & affiliate university

Currently, there are 46 government-accredited or public Colleges of Education (CoE) in the country offering various teacher education programmes. In this post, we will take a look at their specialism and affiliated university.

Colleges of Education, formally Teacher Training Colleges until 2007 run various pre-service teacher education programmes all in a bid to prepare the right teachers who are inspirational and aspirational to teach in the classrooms.

However, the central government realised that there were issues with learning outcomes in the basic school system because of the way the entire pre-service teacher education was structured and delivered.

To address the challenges, the government 2014 upgraded some Teacher Training Colleges into Diploma-awarding institutions and affiliated with the University of Cape Coast (UCC) as part of a review of the educational system.

Colleges of Education, courses & affiliate university

University of Ghana (UG)

1. Accra College of Education – Primary, JHS & Early Grade Education

2. Peki College of Education -Primary & JHS Edu.

3. Mount Mary College of Education, Somanya – Primary & JHS Education

4. Enchi College of Education – Early Grade, Primary & JHS Edu.

5. E.P College of Education, Amedzofe – Primary& JHS Education

6. Gbewaa College of Education, Pusiga – Primary & JHS Education

University for Development Studies (UDS)

1. Tumu College of Education – Primary, Early Grade and JHS Education

2. McCoy College of Education, Nadowli – Primary and JHS Education

3. Dambai College of Education – Early Grade, Primary and JHS Edu.

4. Gambaga College of Education – Primary, Early Grade & JHS Education

5. St. Vincent College of Education-Yendi – Primary, Early Grade & JHS Education

6. Al-Faruq College of Education, Wenchi – Primary, Early Grade & JHS Education ( College offers Arabic).

University of Cape Coast (UCC)

1. Foso College of Education – Primary, Early Grade & JHS Education

2. St.Francis College of Education, Hohoe – Primary and JHS Education

3. OLA College of Education, Cape Coast – Primary, JHS & Early Grade Education

4. Kibi College of Education – Primary and JHS Edu.

5. Holy Child College of Education, Takoradi – Primary, Early Grade & JHS Education

6. St. Teresa’s College of Education, Hohoe – Primary, Early Grade & JHS Education

7. Jasikan College of Education – Primary, Early Grade & JHS Education

8. Berekum College of Education – Primary, Early Grade & JHS Education

9. St. Monica’s College of Education, Mampong-Ash. – Primary & JHS Education

10. Atebubu College of Education – Primary, Early Grade & JHS Education

11. Offinso College of Education – Primary & JHS Education

12. S.D.A. College of Education, Agona-Ash. – Primary and JHS Education

13. Abetifi Presbyterian College of Education – Primary & JHS Education

14. St. Ambrose College of Education, Dormaa-Akwamu – Primary & JHS Education

University of Education (UEW)

1. St. Louis College of Education, Kumasi – Primary, Early Grade & JHS Education (Home Economics)

2. Presby Women’s College of Education, Aburi – Primary, Early Grade & JHS Education (Home Economics)

3. S.D.A. College of Education, Koforidua – Primary, Early Grade & JHS Education

4. Agogo Presby College of Education – Primary & JHS Education

5. Methodist College of Education, Oda – Primary & JHS Education (Home Economics)

6. Bia-Lamplighter College of Education – Primary, Early Grade & JHS Education

7. Presby College of Education, Akropong-Akwapim – Primary & JHS Education

8. Komenda College of Education – Primary, Early Grade & JHS Education

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)

1. Mampong Tech. College of Education- Primary & JHS Edu.

2. Ada College of Education – Primary & JHS Education

3. Akatsi College of Education – Primary & JHS Education

4. Bagabaga College of Education, Tamale – Early Grade, Primary & JHS Education

5. N.J. Ahmadiyya College of Education, Wa – Primary, Early Grade & JHS Education

6. St. John Bosco’s College of Education, Navorongo – Primary & JHS Education (Technical)

7. Wiawso College of Education – Primary, Early Grade & JHS Education (Technical)

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)

1. Akrokerri College of Education – Primary & JHS Education

2. Wesley College of Education, Kumasi – Primary & JHS Education

3. St. Joseph’s College of Education, Bechem – Primary & JHS Education

4. Tamale College of Education – Primary & JHS Education

5. E.P College of Education, Bimbilla – Primary, Early Grade & JHS Education