St. Teresa's College of Education

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St. Teresa's College of Education
AffiliationGovernment of Ghana
Location
Hohoe
,
Hohoe Municipal District
,
VC0002
,
Ghana

7°09′32″N0°28′55″E / 7.15879°N 0.48193°E / 7.15879; 0.48193
LanguageEnglish
Region
Zone		Volta Region
Volta Zone
Short nameTeresco / Wotraco
Source: An Atlas of The Forty Colleges of Education in Ghana. [1]

St. Teresa's College of Education is a teacher education college in Hohoe (Hohoe Municipal District, Volta Region, Ghana). [1] The college is located in Volta Zone zone. It is one of the about 40 public colleges of education in Ghana. [2] The college participated in the DFID-funded T-TEL programme. [3]

History

St. Teresa's College of Education, a female institution, which was originally called Women's Training College (WOTRACO) was established on the 1st of November, 1961 with 35 pioneer students. The college was founded by His Lordship Rt. Rev. Anthony Konings who was the Bishop of Keta Diocese. [4] The name of the College was changed to St. Teresa's Training College in 1964 when the institution was placed under the patronage of St. Teresa of the Child Jesus and adopted the motto “Live the Truth in Charity”. The college inherited the premises of a Sisters’ Convent which had two storey buildings and one bungalow. Between1963-1967 a number of structures for academic work and residence were built. A 6-unit classroom block and a Library were put in 2007 by the government.

In 1975, government converted the college into a Teachers’ Resource Centre against the wish of the Dioceses. The teacher training programme was re-introduced in 1977 with the admission of men in addition to female students. In the 1990/1991 academic year it was restored to its original status as a female institution. The College, at the time of its establishment offered the 2-year Teachers Certificate ‘B’ course. The first batch of Certificate ‘A’ 4-year trainees were admitted in the 1962/63 were admitted. [4]

Principals of the college since 1961 are the following:
NameYears served
Ms. Catherine Bagley1961 – 1962
Ms. Eleanor Staunton1962 – 1970
Mrs. Justine Adjah (Ag.)1970 – 1973
Ms. Cecilia Y. Tibu1973 – 1978
Mrs. Gladys B. Ahiabu1978 – 1990
Mrs. Matilda Louisa Asamoah (Ag).1990
Mrs. Benedicta A. N. Tiriku1990 – 2001
Ms. Josephine Rita Yempew2001 – 2008

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References

  1. 1 2 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
  2. ↑ National Accreditation Board, Ghana - Public Colleges of Education
  3. ↑ "Our network". Transforming Teacher Education and Learning, Ghana. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Learning Hub - T-TEL". www.t-tel.org. Retrieved 2019-07-29.


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