283 Teachers graduate from Ada College of Education

The first batch of 283 four-year Bachelor of Education students of the Ada College of Education (ADACOE) have graduated at a colourful ceremony held at the college at Ada-Foah in the Ada East District of the Greater Accra Region.

Out of the number, 35 had first class honours, 148 had second class upper division, 76 had second class lower division, 21 had third class and three had ordinary pass.

While Nathaniel Adjonyoh was adjudged the Overall Best student, Ruth Nakom was adjudged the Best Female student.

Programmes

The Ada College of Education (formerly Ada Training College) was established in 1965 as a direct response to the Education Act of 1961 that sought to give free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) to all children of school-going age in the country.

The college currently runs Bachelor of Education (BEd) programmes in primary and junior high schools (JHS), which include Science, Mathematics, Vocational Skills (Home Economics related, clothing and textiles), Visual Arts, Technical Skills and Agricultural Science.

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, in his goodwill message read on his behalf by the Director of Tertiary Education at the ministry, Professor Yayra Yao Dzakadzie, described the college’s contribution to the education sector in the country as marvellous and needed commendation.

He said the government’s objective to offer the most desirable environment possible, including providing colleges of education with the needed facilities, equipment and resources, to provide quality education to teacher trainees was on course.

In that context, Dr Adutwum reassured that the 300-bed capacity hostel projects in 46 colleges of education in the country, including the Ada College of Education, were progressing despite some initial challenges.

He said the government had also released the sum of GH¢241, 913,000 for the payment of teacher trainee allowances across the country.

The Acting Principal of the College, Henry Coffie, in his report, gave an assurance that every person in the college was committed to doing their best to improve equality and fairness to provide the best opportunities for everyone in the college’s wider community.

“Our goal is to ensure that our students will acquire the values and life skills essential to live and to serve in tomorrow’s world,” Mr Coffie stated.

A businessman, Daniel Nii Nshiah Mckorley, whose message was on motivation, entreated the graduands to be disciplined, humble, focused and be aggressive as they entered the world of work in their teaching career.

According to him, “We are living in an unfriendly world full of anxieties, distractions and uncertainties”, adding that the graduands, therefore, needed to be disciplined, humble, focused and, above all, be aggressive to achieve success in their teaching career.

The Overall Best Student, Nathaniel Adjonyoh, in his valedictory speech, entreated his colleagues to ensure that they did what was needful in their various schools where they would be posted to impact the needed knowledge and skills to the pupils they would be teaching.