By Erica Apeatua Addo
Enchi (WNR) Feb 27, GNA – The Enchi College of Education in the Aowin Municipality of the Western North Region has been crowned the Best Teacher Training Establishment in the country by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC).
GTEC, in partnership with the five mentoring universities, the National Teaching Council and the Transforming Teacher Education, has presented the results of the Fidelity of Implementation (FOI) for the Bachelor of Education programme, which was introduced in October 2019.
The first batch of graduates have completed their coursework and begun their National Service while the programme is in its fourth year.
After the successful implementation of the Bachelor of Education Programme in the forty-six training institutions in Ghana, the GTEC report indicated that Enchi College of Education was the overall best performing institution.
Out of 24 indicators used in the various categories of the programme, including teaching and learning of student teachers, assessment, teachers’ preparation form, experience of supported teaching in schools and tutor professional development session, ENCHICOE had 20 indicators, representing 83.3 per cent, making the institution the best among equals in the new curriculum implemented in 2019.
At a brief community sensitisation forum to celebrate this remarkable achievement at the campus, the principal of the institution, Mr Philip Ntaah, announced that ENCHICOE had renowned itself in Teacher Education in Ghana.
Following the implementation of the Diploma in Basic Education for Teacher Training Institutions, a national quiz competition was organized and ENCHICOE was adjudged the winner, he said.
The institution has also won the Overall Best in the Fidelity of Implementation of the Bachelor of Education in Ghana.
Professor Samuel Nii Ardey, the Provost of the College of Education, University of Ghana, who chaired the programme, said he was happy to be part of the success story of the College.
He congratulated the principal, teaching and non-teaching staff and students for the outstanding performance.
Prof. Ardey advised the students to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the College, adding: “put in all efforts to make your parents proud since they have sacrificed a lot to get you into the College, you need to repay your parents with excellent performance.”
The Tufuohene, Nana Payin II, on behalf of the Aowin Traditional Council, expressed joy over the success chalked by the institution and that the traditional authorities would do everything within their powers to ensure the College achieved its objectives.’
GNA