Bagabaga College of Education

Bagabaga College of Education is a teacher education college in Tamale (Sagnarigu District, Northern Region, Ghana).[1][2] The college is located in Northern Zone zone. It is one of the about 40 public colleges of education in Ghana.[3] The college participated in the DFID-funded T-TEL programme.[4] The college was set up in January 1944 with 17 males students with an objective to train professional teachers to teach in basic schools. The college is affiliated to the University of Education, Winneba.

Bagabaga College of Education
MottoAdvance with the Sciences
EstablishedJanuary 31, 1944 (1944-01-31)
AffiliationGovernment of Ghana
Location
Tamale
,
Sagnarigu District
,
NS002
,
Ghana

9.42393°N 0.86935°W / 9.42393; -0.86935
LanguageEnglish
Region
Zone		Northern Region
Northern Zone
Short nameBace / Batco
Source: An Atlas of The Forty Colleges of Education in Ghana[1]

History

Bagabaga College of Education (BATCO) was opened on 31 January 1944 with the motto ‘ ADVANCE WITH THE SCIENCES’ . Seventeen male students were enrolled as pioneer students with Mr. K. J. Dickens as the first principal. Messrs Abu Wemah and J. C. Annan were the other two pioneer members of the teaching staff.[5]

BATCO's mission is to train academically sound, competent and disciplined professional teachers to teach in Ghanaian basic schools. The college has the vision to become the best Teacher Education institution in the Northern sector, and one of the best in the West African sub-region. The college has been called by the following names:

  • Tamale Government Training College
  • Government Training College
  • Bagabaga Specialist Training College
  • Bagabaga Training College
Since 1944 the college has had nineteen principals. They are:
Name Years served
K. J. Dickens 1944 – 1946
Lt. Col. Wentworth 1946 – 1951
A. G. Page 1951 – 1953
D. M. Walsh 1953 – 1956
H. O. A. Mcwilliams 1956 – 1963
A. F. Menka 1963 – 1964
D. Gave 1964 – 1965
E. I. Benyarku 1965 – 1968
G. J. Agyeman 1968 – 1969
S. Aberdie Asante 1969 – 1971
A. Anaara 1971 – 1972
J. A. Braimah (Jnr) 1972 – 1974
J. N. Diakpieng 1974 – 1987
J. E. Bawa 1987 – 1988
J. A. Braimah (Jnr) 1988 – 1989
J. A. Ali 1989 – 1991
M. M. Mahama 1991 – 1995
S. M. Safo 1995 – 1998
S. Seini 1998 – 2001
A. Zakaria 2001-

Programmes

Programmes the college has offered over the years:

  • 1944- 2—year Certificate “B” teacher training course; shortly started the 2 year Certificate ‘A’ post “B” course.
  • 1961 one-year Rural Agricultural Science course and later upgraded to a two-year Agriculture Science specialist course.
  • 1967 2-year post secondary teacher training college course.
  • 1972/73 started 3-year post secondary teacher training course
  • 1972/73, a two-year specialist course in General Science and Mathematics was started in addition to the already existing Agricultural Science course.
  • 1983/84 mounted a post-middle modular programme 1987/88 Certificate ‘A’ post-modular teacher programme was introduced (it was short-lived)
  • 2004/2005 Diploma in Basic Education programme (Regular & Distance) and Certificate ‘A’ 4-year (Distance) course.[5]

Notable alumni

The college has produced over 7,000 Teachers (of various grades and Categories) for the Ghana Education Service. So many past students have held responsible positions in various spheres of our national life. Notable among these old students who distinguished themselves :

Dr. Hilla Limann -President of the Third Republic of Ghana.

Chief Simon Diedong Dombo - Leader of Opposition in Parliament in 1960.

Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia - Lawyer, former Diplomat, former Chairman of Council of state of the Forth Republic of Ghana and former Chief of Kperiga traditional area Walewale.

Mr. Jatoe Kaleo - Minister of State of the Second Republic of Ghana.

Mr. B. K. Adama - Minister of Defence in the Second Republic of Ghana.

Chief Abeifaa Karbo - Paramount Chief of Lawra traditional area, and former Chairman of Public Services Commission.

Mr. A. A. Asumda- Minister of State in the First Republic of Ghana.[5]

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. "Teachers asked to motivate students to learn mathematics". www.graphic.com.gh. 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  3. "National Accreditation Board, Ghana - Public Colleges of Education". Archived from the original on 2016-05-22. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  4. "Our network". Transforming Teacher Education and Learning, Ghana. Archived from the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  5. "Learning Hub - T-TEL". www.t-tel.org. Archived from the original on 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
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