Jasikan College of Education

Jasikan College of Education is a teacher education college in Jasikan-Buem (Jasikan District, Oti 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]

Jasikan College of Education
Collège d'éducation Jasikan
MottoSapere Aude
Motto in English
Dare to be Wise
Established21 January 1952
AffiliationGovernment of Ghana
Location
Jasikan-Buem
,
Jasikan District
,
VJ0005
,
Ghana

7.4125°N 0.4631°E / 7.4125; 0.4631
LanguageEnglish
Region
Zone		Oti Region
Volta Zone
Short nameJASICO
Colorsmaroon
Source: An Atlas of The Forty Colleges of Education in Ghana.[1]

History

Jasikan College of Education was first established at Peki Blengo as a Body Cooperate college (BODYCO) on 21 January 1952 with the motto "Sapere Aude" which means "Dare to be Wise". Thirty male students were enrolled at its inception. The pioneer staff included Rev. Eugene Garu, a German-American missionary, Ag. Principal, Messrs H.B.K. Ogbete and P.K. Kpeto.[4]

The college moved to Jasikan in December 1952. Nana Osei Brantuo III released land for its development. The college started with a 2-year Teacher's Certificate ‘B’ Post Middle programme in 1952. The programme was upgraded to 4-year Teacher's Certificate ‘A’ Post Middle/2-year Post ‘B’. The 2-year Teacher's Certificate ‘A’ Post Secondary was introduced into the college in 1974. In 1975, it admitted the first batch of 3-year Post Secondary students. Between 1985 and 1991, the college run the Modular programme. The Diploma in Basic Education programme was introduced in October 2004 for regular students; in 2005 for untrained teachers and in 2006 for Certificate ‘A’ teachers on sandwich basis.[4]

List of principals since the establishment of the college:
Name Years served
Mr. F.D. Harker 1952 – 1962
Mr. G. Hosu-Porley 1962 – 1964
Mr. W.K. Agbenyega 1964 – 1976
Mr. A.A. Jaisey 1976 – 1982
Mr. T.K. Adams 1982 – 1990
Mr. C.K. Demuyakor 1990 – 1991
Rev. R.K. Abenney 1991 - 1996
Rev. Fr. J.K. Danso 1996 - 2002
Mr. G.F.K. Wotordzor 2002

References
  1. 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. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. "Learning Hub - T-TEL". www.t-tel.org. Retrieved 29 July 2019.


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