Brief History

This page presents to you the history of St. Joseph's College of Education in brief

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Brief History

St. Joseph’s College of Education (until 2007 St. Joseph’s Training College) was founded in 1948 by Rev. Father Joseph Mulders, the then Parish Priest of the Catholic Church at Bechem. It started as a two-year Teacher Certificate ‘B’ College for men with 21 students and 3 members of staff. In 1974, the College became co-ed or mixed

The College was housed initially at the Bechem Catholic Mission and moved to its present site donated by Nana Fosu Gyeabour 1, the then Bechem Manhene and his elders. The first Principal was Mr. I. J. Nicholson.

The College has since its establishment trained thousands of teachers in many different categories

1948 - 1962
Introduction of 2-Year Certificate “B”
1962 - 1974
Introduction of 4-Year Certificate “A”
1974
College became a mixed Institution
1974 - 1976
Specialist course in Maths and Science introduced
1975 - 1979
“A” 3-Year Post-Sec. course for Commercial & Vocational Skills introduced
1979 - 1983
3-Year Post-Sec. General course introduced
1984
4-Year Certificate “A” reintroduced
1985
Modular course run concurrently with 4-Year course
1992
3-year Post-Sec. General course reintroduced
2004
Diploma in Basic Education (DBE) in General, Science and Technical introduced
2005
Untrained Teachers Diploma in Basic Education & 4-Year Untrained Teachers’ Cert. “A” introduced
2007
College accredited to become a College of Education and to run the Diploma in Basic Education
2-Year Sandwich DBE for Cert. “A” Teachers (Top-up)
2012
2-Year Post Diploma in Basic Education (Sandwich)
2018
2-Year B. Ed in Basic Education (Sandwich)
4-Year B. Ed (JHS/Primary Education) degree introduced

As part of the new educational reforms, all Colleges of Education in Ghana transited from the existing Diplomas in Basic Education (DBE) to 4-year Bachelor of Education (B. ED) in 2018. The College is now affiliated to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). With this policy, the College now runs B. Ed JHS Education and B. Ed Primary Education programme. The University mentors the College in all programmes and activities.

University of Education Winneba, also runs a 3-year DBE, a 2-year Post Diploma in Basic Education and a 1-year PGDE and a 4-year B. Ed (JHS Education) on campus (Distance).