Tamale College of Education

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Tamale College of Education
AffiliationGovernment of Ghana
Location
Tamale
,
Sagnarigu District
,
NS046
,
Ghana

9°25′17″N0°51′33″W / 9.42136°N 0.85926°W / 9.42136; -0.85926
LanguageEnglish
Region
Zone		Northern Region
Northern Zone
Short nameTaCo / Tace
Tamale College of Education
Source: An Atlas of The Forty Colleges of Education in Ghana. [1]

Tamale College of Education is a teacher education college in Tamale (Sagnarigu District, Northern Region, Ghana). [1] [2] The college is located in Northern Zone zone. It is one of the 46 public colleges of education in Ghana. [2] The college participated in the DFID-funded T-TEL programme. [3] For the 2018/2019 academic year, the institution received 1086 admission applications but admitted 543. The rest were rejected due to infrastructural challenges. [2]

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History

Tamale College of Education is located within the Education Ridge in the Tamale, Ghana Metropolis. It was opened in 1958 with the motto ‘ORA ET LABORA’ by the first president of the Republic of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Sixty female pioneer students were enrolled in the college that year, and it remained a female institution until 1977 when it became a mixed institution. [4]

The first principal of the college was Miss Freda Mischler, a Swiss Missionary. [4]

Tamale College of Education has staff and students’ accommodation. It has academic facilities such as Science Laboratory, Library, Assembly Hall, ICT centre with internet facilities. The college has a 4WD Nissan Patrol, a Benz Bus and a 58-seater Tata bus. [4]

The principals who have administered the college are:
NameYears served
Miss Frieda MischlerDec. 1957 – May 1966
Miss Victoria SackeyMay 1966 – Feb. 1971
Mr. Jacob Wayo AmankwaFeb. 1971 – Mar. 1972
Miss Roseline Shiata MumuniMar. 1972 – Aug.1973
Miss Fusein KatumiAug. 1973 – Oct. 1974
Mrs Elizabeth AddaborOct. 1974 – Feb.1987
Alhaji B.A. FuseiniFeb. 1987 – Mar. 1988
Mrs Margaret AndanMar. 1988 – Mar. 1997
Mr. Salifu SulemanaMar. 1997 – Jul. 2003
Alhaji Yakubu

Bukari

Jul 2003 -

2015

Alhaji Sulemana Iddrisu2015 - Date

Programme

The college has gone through the following programmes since its establishment:

Notable alumni

Tamale College of Education has produced over 5,000 teachers for the Ghana Education Service since its establishment. Some of the products are

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. 1 2 3 "Teacher Education: Tace Holds 7th Congregation For 476". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  3. ↑ "Our network". Transforming Teacher Education and Learning, Ghana. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Learning Hub - T-TEL". www.t-tel.org. Retrieved 2019-07-26.


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