Foso College of Education
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Motto in English | Character, Wisdom, Knowledge |
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| Established | November 15, 1965 |
| Affiliation | University of Cape Coast, Government of Ghana |
| Location | , , CR0074 , 5°41′00″N 1°15′54″W / 5.68330°N 1.26489°W |
| Language | English |
| Region Zone | Central Central / Western |
| Short name | Fosco |
| Website | https://www.fosco.edu.gh/ |
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| Source: An Atlas of The Forty Colleges of Education in Ghana.[1] | |
Foso College of Education is a co-educational teacher education college in Foso (Assin North Municipal District, Central Region, Ghana).[1] The college is located in Central / Western zone. It is one of 46 public colleges of education in Ghana and participated in the DFID-funded T-TEL programme.[2]
The principal is Dr. Anthony Baabereyir. Foso College of Education is affiliated to the University of Cape Coast.
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah opened Foso College in 1965.[3] Foso College of Education (which is often referred to as the University of Assin by the local people) was opened on 15 November 1965 at its present site with 240 students and 9 teaching staff. The students were made up of 120 Post Middle 4-Year and 120 Post ‘B’ 2-Year Certificate ‘A’ groups. It was opened under the headship of Mr. R. R. Essah.[4] Situated between Assin Foso and Assin Atonsu on the Assin Foso–Cape Coast highway, the college has a land area of 1 square kilometre which was leased out to the Government for the purpose by the Aboabo Stool of Assin Nyankomasi. In line with its motto: “Character, Wisdom, Knowledge”.[4]
The college's catchment area extends beyond the Central Region (Ghana) into the Ashanti Region, Brong-Ahafo Region, Eastern Region (Ghana), Greater Accra Region and Western Region (Ghana). Annual student enrolment levels are always appreciably high. The student population for the 2007/2008 academic year, for instance, was 938 made up of 638 males and 300 females. 766 pupil teachers are also on the Modular UTDBE programme. The students are handled by 51 teaching staff and 59 non-teaching staff. Since its establishment, Foso Training College has turned out over 5,600 teachers, most of whom hold very responsible positions in various spheres of national and international life.[4]
The college has grown from 240 students and 9 teaching staff in its first year[5] to over 1600 in 2015 - 725 of whom were studying for the Diploma in Basic Education.[6] A governing council was inaugurated in March 2019 by the Minister of State for Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah.[7]
| Name | Years served |
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| Mr. R. R. Essah | 1965 - 1975 |
| Mr. E. A. Graham | 1975 – 1980 |
| Mr. E. O. Gyarteng | 1980 – 1988 |
| Rev. Bruce Asare | 1988 – 1991 |
| Mr. M. A. Kwofie | 1991 – 1996 |
| Mr. J. S. Ocran | 1996 – 1999 |
| Mr. J. B. K. Mensah | 1999 – 2010 |
| Dr. Nana Kwaku Asiedu | 2011 – 2018 |
| Dr. Anthony Baabereyir | 2018 – |