Dambai College of Education

Dambai College of Education is a teacher education college in Dambai (Krachi East District, Oti Region, Ghana).^[1] The college is located in Volta 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]

Dambai College of Education

Established	August 28, 1974 (1974-08-28)
Affiliation	Government of Ghana
Location	Dambai , Krachi East District , VR00006 , Ghana 8°03′56″N 0°10′35″E / 8.06568°N 0.17651°E / 8.06568; 0.17651
Language	English
Region Zone	Oti Region
Short name	Dace
Source: An Atlas of The Forty Colleges of Education in Ghana.^[1]

History

Dambai College of Education was established on 28 August 1974 with the motto ‘SANKOFA’. The first principal was Mr. George Narh Bosumprah. The College opened with 31 students and 2 tutors. All the 31 students were males. Female students were admitted to the College in 1975. Mr. Ayensu, released his premises to house the first batch of students. A House in the college has been named after him.^[4]

The College was established to run a 4-year Teacher's Certificate ‘A’ Course. It remained a 4-year Certificate ‘A’ College till 1989 when the Teacher's Certificate ‘A’ 3-year post secondary course was  introduced.^[4]

The college started the Diploma in Basic Education programme in October 2004. The first batch of the Diploma in Basic Education students came out in July 2007. The College continues to run general programme. In October, 2007 the College was given accreditation to tertiary level of education in Ghana. It offers sandwich programme for untrained teachers, for Diploma in Basic Education.

The College has four Halls of residence for students. The Halls are Volta, Ayensu and Oti for the male students and Unity Hall for the female students.

List of Principals

Name	Years served
Bosompra G. N.	1974 -1980
Kwamuar S. Y.	1980 – 1982
Demuyakor C. K.	1982 – 1989
Dzomeku S. W. D. K.	1989 – 1990
Dedume S.F.K	1990 – 1994
Kokorokoh L. A. Y.	1994 – 2001
Amewotey J. S. K. (Ag.)	2001 – 2002
Bobson D. P.	2002 – 2007
Rev. Agbeti E. K. (Ag.)	2007

In 2007, the Professional Board of the University of Cape Coast commended the College for improving its performance significantly in external examinations conducted by the Institute of Education. In the field of sports and games, Dambai College of Education has put u impressive performance over the years. In 2006/2007 academic year the College came first in soccer and cross-country competitions among the seven colleges in the Volta Region. The government has provided the college with a GETFund modern multi-purpose classroom block, a Library Complex, and an 8-unit 4 storey flats for tutors.^[4]

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. . Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
3. . Transforming Teacher Education and Learning, Ghana. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
4. . www.t-tel.org. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.