Dambai College of Education is a teacher education college in Dambai (

Krachi East District Krachi East Municipal District is one of the eight districts in Oti Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Krachi District on 1988, until the eastern part of the district was split off to create Krachi East District on ...

Oti Region The Oti Region is one of the six newly created regions of Ghana in December 2018. The region was carved out of the northern part of the Volta Region and will be in fulfillment of a campaign promise made by New Patriotic Party. Prior to the 2016 G ...

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

).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 The college is located in Volta Zone. It is one of the about 40 public colleges of education in Ghana. The college participated in the

DFID , type = Department , logo = DfID.svg , logo_width = 180px , logo_caption = , picture = File:Admiralty Screen (411824276).jpg , picture_width = 180px , picture_caption = Department for International Development (London office) (far right ...

-funded T-TEL programme.

History

Dambai College of Education was established on 28 August 1974 with the motto ‘SANKOFA’. The first principal was Mr. George Narh Bosumprah. The College opened with 31 students and 2 tutors. All the 31 students were males. Female students were admitted to the College in 1975. Mr. Ayensu, released his premises to house the first batch of students. A House in the college has been named after him. The vision of the college is to become one of the best colleges in Ghana in the field of discipline, academic and professional competencies. Its mission is to provide comprehensive teacher education programme for students to acquire skills that would enable them become committed and dedicated teachers to improve the quality of teaching and learning in basic schools in Ghana. The College was established to run a 4-year Teacher's Certificate ‘A’ Course. It remained a 4-year Certificate ‘A’ College till 1989 when the Teacher's Certificate ‘A’ 3-year post secondary course was introduced. The college started the Diploma in Basic Education programme in October 2004. The first batch of the Diploma in Basic Education students came out in July 2007. The College continues to run general programme. In October, 2007 the College was given accreditation to tertiary level of education in Ghana. It offers sandwich programme for untrained teachers, for Diploma in Basic Education. The College has four Halls of residence for students. The Halls are Volta, Ayensu and Oti for the male students and Unity Hall for the female students. In 2007, the Professional Board of the University of Cape Coast commended the College for improving its performance significantly in external examinations conducted by the Institute of Education. In the field of sports and games, Dambai College of Education has put u impressive performance over the years. In 2006/2007 academic year the College came first in soccer and cross-country competitions among the seven colleges in the Volta Region. The government has provided the college with a GETFund modern multi-purpose classroom block, a Library Complex, and an 8-unit 4 storey flats for tutors.

References

Colleges of Education in Ghana Oti Region Educational institutions established in 1974 1974 establishments in Ghana Education in Volta Region {{Ghana-university-stub