Enchi College of Education

Enchi College currently offers a senior high school education programme, with a range of specialisations including French and History.[6] In the 2018/19 academic year, 350 people enrolled on the B.Ed. degree programme.[6]

Enchi College of Education was established in 1965 as a male institution and became co-educational a decade later with the admission of thirty-five women in 1975.[7] It re-located to its present site in 1978. Enchi College started with 4-year post middle Teacher's Certificate ‘A’ programme. The college is located at the district capital of the Aowin-Suaman District Assembly in the Western Region.[8] The original campus was sited at the southern end of the town, now being used as the Brentu Secondary Technical School. The first principal was Mr. Addisson. The college was converted into a three-year post secondary teacher training college in 1988. The college's 40 years of existence so far has been marked by a number of achievements. With an initial enrolment of 70 students and 9 academic staff, the college now had a total enrolment of four hundred and fifty trainees made up of 350 men and 100 women. The teaching staff of 39 is made up of 3 females and 32 males.[7] The college has 49 non-teaching staff. In the 2002/2003 academic year, the University of Education, Winneba, chose the college as the Western Regional Centre for the Distance Education Programme to prepare certificate ‘A’ teachers for Diploma in Basic Education. In October 2004, the college started the three-year Diploma in Basic Education programme. It is currently running the Untrained Teachers Diploma in Basic Education (UTDBE) programme alongside its regular programme. The college has been able to produce over 2,500 teachers, most of whom are currently occupying very enviable positions in the country.[7]

Despite its busy teaching lessons and practice schedule, there are still many ways for students to get involve in extra-curricula activities. The college proudly produces some sport personalities who excelled at regional, national and beyond national level.

The college has initiated the following programmes:

• a palm plantation which supplies the kitchen with palm fruits for students’ meals.
• a teak plantation.
• a Demonstration Department made up of kindergarten, Primary and Junior High Schools.
• trainees from time to time embark on clean-up campaigns in the town

In politics, the College also produced some political figures in Ghana's history. The former Western Regional Minister and a current Member of the Ghana Parliament for Sefwi-Wiawso is a product of Enchi College of Education. Others notable personalities: Hon Mathias Kwame Ntow (MP for Aowin constituency, Western region) Madam Victoria Aidoo (Principal of the Enchi College of Education), etc.

Nelson Ackumey (1991-1994), currently in the United States Army, whose performance in track and fields at the time drew much crowd to Enchi park, is one of few. [1]