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| | name = Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong | | name = Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong | ||
| | image = | | image = Presbyterian_College_of_Education_Akropong.jpg | ||
| | location = P. O. Box 27, ] | | location = P. O. Box 27, ] | ||
| | country = ] | | country = ] | ||
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| | former_names = {{unbulleted list|Basel Mission Seminary, Akropong|Scottish Mission Teacher Training College|Presbyterian Training College, Akropong}} | | former_names = {{unbulleted list|Basel Mission Seminary, Akropong|Scottish Mission Teacher Training College|Presbyterian Training College, Akropong}} | ||
| | district = Akwapim North Municipality | | district = Akwapim North Municipality | ||
| | principal = |
| principal = Dr. Nicholas Apreh Siaw | ||
| | founder = ] | | founder = ] | ||
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| The '''Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong''', is a co-educational ] in ] in the ] district of the ]. It has gone through a series of previous names, including the Presbyterian Training College, the Scottish Mission Teacher Training College, and the Basel Mission Seminary. The college is affiliated to the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.t-tel.org/coes-network/colleges/articles/presbyterian-college-of-education-akropong-akuapem |
The '''Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong''', is a co-educational ] in ] in the ] North district of the ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robert |first=Kumi |date=2021-12-02 |title=Presbyterian College Of Education 2022/2023 |url=https://www.successafrica.info/presbyterian-college-of-education-new/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Series |date=2023-05-25 |title=Presbyterian Training College |url=https://allghschools.com/presbyterian-training-college/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |language=en-US}}</ref> It has gone through a series of previous names, including the Presbyterian Training College, the Scottish Mission Teacher Training College, and the Basel Mission Seminary.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robert |first=Kumi |date=2021-12-02 |title=Presbyterian College Of Education 2022/2023 |url=https://www.successafrica.info/presbyterian-college-of-education-new/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |language=en-US}}</ref> The college is accredited by the ] of the ] as a Degree Research Institution affiliated to the ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Presbyterian College of Education (Akropong Akuapem) - T-TEL |url=http://www.t-tel.org/coes-network/colleges/articles/presbyterian-college-of-education-akropong-akuapem |access-date=2019-07-06 |website=t-tel}}</ref> | ||
| == History == | == History == | ||
| The first institution of ] in Ghana, it was founded by the ] as the Basel Mission Seminary on 3 July 1848 and fondly referred to as the ‘Mother of Our Schools’.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://www.t-tel.org/hub| |
The first institution of ] in Ghana, it was founded by the ] as the Basel Mission Seminary on 3 July 1848 and fondly referred to as the ‘Mother of Our Schools’.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Learning Hub - T-TEL |url=http://www.t-tel.org/hub |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722213311/http://www.t-tel.org/hub |archive-date=2019-07-22 |access-date=2019-07-25 |website=t-tel.}}</ref> The college was the first institution of higher learning to be established to train ]-] for the eventual ].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":40" /> The college is the second oldest higher educational institution in early modern ] after ]’s ], founded in 1827.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://ptc.edu.gh/website/#|title=Presby - PTC COLLEGE OF EDUCATION|website=Presby|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180605144550/http://ptc.edu.gh/website/|archive-date=2018-06-05}}</ref> For more than 50 years, it remained the only teacher training institution in the then Gold Coast. It is affiliated to the ].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/375798/presby-college-of-education-gets-new-principal.html|title=Presby College of Education gets new Principal|work=Modern Ghana|access-date=2017-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125231439/https://www.modernghana.com/news/375798/presby-college-of-education-gets-new-principal.html|archive-date=2017-11-25|url-status=live|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=About PUCG {{!}} Presbyterian University College, Ghana |url=http://www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh/site/about-pucg/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414081810/http://www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh/site/about-pucg/ |archive-date=2017-04-14 |access-date=2017-11-25 |website=presby university ghana |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Presbyterian College of Education (Akropong Akuapem) - T-TEL |url=http://www.t-tel.org/coes-network/colleges/articles/presbyterian-college-of-education-akropong-akuapem.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225131521/http://www.t-tel.org/coes-network/colleges/articles/presbyterian-college-of-education-akropong-akuapem.html |archive-date=2015-12-25 |access-date=2017-11-25 |website=t-tel |language=en}}</ref> The idea to establish the college was motivated by the ideals of 18th century ] ] inspired by German theologians ] and ].<ref name=":4" /> The Basel Missionaries who originated mainly from Switzerland and Germany established the college.<ref name=":6"/> In the course of the one hundred and sixty years of its existence, the college has run different academic programmes and different curricula have been followed, all tailored to suit the demands of the various times. | ||
| These ideals emphasised a combination of spirituality with transformation of life through the practicality of Christian teachings.<ref name=":4" /> This feature distinguished the ] from ] and ] missionary societies such as the ], the ] and the Wesleyan Methodist Mission Society which were more doctrinal in their approach to ].<ref name=":4" /> | These ideals emphasised a combination of spirituality with transformation of life through the practicality of Christian teachings.<ref name=":4" /> This feature distinguished the ] from ] and ] missionary societies such as the ], the ] and the Wesleyan Methodist Mission Society which were more doctrinal in their approach to ].<ref name=":4" /> | ||
| Starting with an enrollment figure of 5 students in 1848, the |
Starting with an enrollment figure of 5 students in 1848, the college now has a student population of 1,268. The Presbyterian College of Education launched its 160th anniversary in July 2008. The college has the tradition of celebrating renowned achievements on milestone occasions: Thousands of highly skilled and exceptionally disciplined educationists have passed out of the college, and have contributed immensely to the development of Ghana not only as teachers, but also as economists, politicians, lawyers, bankers, industrialists, journalists and clergymen. The college contributed to the staffing of the University of Ghana when it was established in 1948. Over eighty percent of the Moderators of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (including the present E.P. Moderator) were trained at P.T.C.<ref name=":6" /> | ||
| The first principal of the college was the Basel missionary, the Rev. Johannes Christian Dieterle.<ref name=":5" /> A similar teacher-catechist seminary at Christiansborg, started by the German missionary and philologist, ] in 1852, was eventually merged into the Akropong college years later in 1856 to become a single entity.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a5loknGzxTQC|title=Encounters in Quest of Christian Womanhood: The Basel Mission in Pre- and Early Colonial Ghana|last1=Sill|first1=Ulrike|date=2010|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-9004188884|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330122402/https://books.google.com/books/about/Encounters_in_Quest_of_Christian_Womanho.html?id=a5loknGzxTQC|archive-date=2017-03-30}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |
The first principal of the college was the Basel missionary, the Rev. Johannes Christian Dieterle.<ref name=":5" /> A similar teacher-catechist seminary at Christiansborg, started by the German missionary and philologist, ] in 1852, was eventually merged into the Akropong college years later in 1856 to become a single entity.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a5loknGzxTQC|title=Encounters in Quest of Christian Womanhood: The Basel Mission in Pre- and Early Colonial Ghana|last1=Sill|first1=Ulrike|date=2010|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-9004188884|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330122402/https://books.google.com/books/about/Encounters_in_Quest_of_Christian_Womanho.html?id=a5loknGzxTQC|archive-date=2017-03-30}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=The Basel Mission bi-centenary celebration (1815 - 2015):…Origin, Heritage, Birth of Presbyterian Church Of Ghana - The Ghanaian Times |url=http://www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh/the-basel-mission-bi-centenary-celebration-1815-2015origin-heritage-birth-of-presbyterian-church-of-ghana/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615025911/http://www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh/the-basel-mission-bi-centenary-celebration-1815-2015origin-heritage-birth-of-presbyterian-church-of-ghana/ |archive-date=2018-06-15 |access-date=2018-06-15 |website=ghanaiantimes |language=en}}</ref> In 1864, the Basel missionary and builder, ], who became a captive of the ] between 1869 and 1874 and pioneered mission work in the Ashanti territories, arrived on the ] for the first time to assist the mission in its structural work, completing the construction of the seminary buildings at ].<ref name=":34">{{Cite book|title=Pioneers of the Faith: Biographical Studies from Ghanaian Church History|last=Knispel, Martin and Kwakye, Nana Opare|publisher=Akuapem Presbytery Press|year=2006|location=Accra}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DvHYAAAAMAAJ&q=survivors+on+the+gold+coast|title=Survivors on the Gold Coast: The Basel Missionaries in Colonial Ghana|last1=Schweizer|first1=Peter Alexander|date=2000|publisher=Smartline Pub.|isbn=9789988600013|language=en|access-date=2018-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122220008/https://books.google.com/books?id=DvHYAAAAMAAJ&dq=survivors+on+the+gold+coast&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGh63Yy5TcAhVqm-AKHYvABDoQ6AEIKTAA|archive-date=2018-11-22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":18">{{Cite book|url=http://ir.knust.edu.gh/bitstream/123456789/3970/1/Final.pdf|title=The Contribution of Ramseyer to the Development of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in Asante|last1=Asamoah-Prah|first1=Rexford Kwesi|publisher=Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology|year=2011|location=Kumasi|pages=56|access-date=3 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213073653/http://ir.knust.edu.gh/bitstream/123456789/3970/1/Final.pdf|archive-date=13 December 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
| According to the British historian of missions, ], the catechist-teacher education model adopted by the Basel Mission, was an innovation of the ] pioneered by the Anglican vicar, ] ''"as a sort of lower, unordained missionary"'' - ''"a subaltern role to facilitate the spread of the ]."'' <ref name=":40">{{Cite journal|last1=Kwakye|first1=Abraham Nana Opare|date=2018|title=Returning African Christians in Mission to the Gold Coast|journal=Studies in World Christianity|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|volume=24|issue=1|pages=25–45|doi=10.3366/swc.2018.0203}}</ref> The original curriculum included a five-year course in the methods in ], ], ] and ]. In popular culture, the school is dubbed, the ''Mother of our Schools.''<ref name=":4" /> It was the only ] on the ] for more than half-a-century producing educators for the needs of the community and the ].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The college now offers diplomas and degrees in education, pedagogy and related subjects. The college participated in the ]-funded ] programme, Ghana (T-TEL) programme.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |
According to the British historian of missions, ], the catechist-teacher education model adopted by the Basel Mission, was an innovation of the ] pioneered by the Anglican vicar, ] ''"as a sort of lower, unordained missionary"'' - ''"a subaltern role to facilitate the spread of the ]."'' <ref name=":40">{{Cite journal|last1=Kwakye|first1=Abraham Nana Opare|date=2018|title=Returning African Christians in Mission to the Gold Coast|journal=Studies in World Christianity|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|volume=24|issue=1|pages=25–45|doi=10.3366/swc.2018.0203}}</ref> The original curriculum included a five-year course in the methods in ], ], ] and ]. In popular culture, the school is dubbed, the ''Mother of our Schools.''<ref name=":4" /> It was the only ] on the ] for more than half-a-century producing educators for the needs of the community and the ].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The college now offers diplomas and degrees in education, pedagogy and related subjects. The college participated in the ]-funded ] programme, Ghana (T-TEL) programme.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Atlas of the Colleges of Education Ghana - Bjoern Hassler's website |url=https://bjohas.de/Atlas_of_the_Colleges_of_Education_Ghana |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120182837/http://bjohas.de/Atlas_of_the_Colleges_of_Education_Ghana |archive-date=2018-01-20 |access-date=2018-05-28 |website=bjohas de |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.t-tel.org/about/coes-network.html|title=Our network|website=Transforming Teacher Education and Learning, Ghana|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229052155/http://www.t-tel.org/about/coes-network.html|archive-date=December 29, 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref> It is one of the ].<ref name=":3" /><ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522135453/http://www.nab.gov.gh/public-colleges-of-education|date=2016-05-22}}</ref> | ||
| == Today == | == Today == | ||
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| It is now a fully-fledged public institution with the ] system under the auspices of the ]. Initially, the plan was to upgrade the college to a university but that idea was abandoned after the church founded the ] in 1998.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> | It is now a fully-fledged public institution with the ] system under the auspices of the ]. Initially, the plan was to upgrade the college to a university but that idea was abandoned after the church founded the ] in 1998.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> It is headed and supervised under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Nicholas Apreh Siaw, who is the current principal of the institution.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KEY OFFICERS – Presbyterian College of Education |url=https://pce.edu.gh/management-team/ |access-date=2024-11-26 |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
| The curriculum now includes general education requirements tailored to the demands of a developing country. The school was established five years after the ] started the |
The curriculum now includes general education requirements tailored to the demands of a developing country. The school was established five years after the ] started the country's first primary school in 1843. The ], and later the ] also led pioneering efforts in establishing hundreds of ] and ]s and ].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> | ||
| == Education == | == Education == | ||
| The college started with a five-year |
The college started with a five-year teacher's certificate course and later run programmes which included the Cert ‘A’ 4-year course, 2-year Cert ‘B’ the 2-year Post ‘B’, 2-year Post-Secondary, 3-year Post Secondary and 2-year Specialist course in Science, Agriculture and Special Education, The college runs a three-year Diploma in Basic Education programme which started in 2004. It is among the fifteen Science designated colleges in the country. | ||
| The college is now accredited by the National Accreditation Board of the Ministry of Education, Ghana as a Degree Research Institution affiliated to the University of Education Winneba. | |||
| ⚫ | The Presbyterian College of Education has several programmes<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ptc.edu.gh/website/history-2/ |
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| ⚫ | The Presbyterian College of Education has several programmes<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://ptc.edu.gh/website/history-2/ |access-date=2019-07-06 |website=Presby University |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| # Vocational & Technical Skills | |||
| ⚫ | === Accredited Programmes === | ||
| # Languages | |||
| # Bachelor of Education, Primary Education | |||
| # Science | |||
| # Education |
# Bachelor of JHS Education (RME) | ||
| # Bachelor of JHS Education (History) | |||
| # Mathematics & ICT | |||
| # Bachelor of JHS Education (ICT) | |||
| # Social Sciences | |||
| # Bachelor of JHS Education (Agriculture Science) | |||
| # Communication skills | |||
| # Bachelor of JHS Education (Mathematics) | |||
| # Bachelor of JHS Education (Visual Art) | |||
| # Bachelor of JHS Education (Social Studies) | |||
| # Bachelor of JHS Education (Home Economics) | |||
| # Bachelor of JHS Education (Science) | |||
| # Bachelor of JHS Education (Technical) | |||
| == List of Principals == | == List of Principals == | ||
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| |16 | |16 | ||
| |1965 – 1971 | |1965 – 1971 | ||
| |The Rev. H.T. Dako | |The Rev. H. T. Dako | ||
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| |1999 | |1999 – 2010 | ||
| |Mr. Emmanuel |
|Mr. Emmanuel Kingsley Osei | ||
| |} | |} | ||
| == Notable faculty and staff == | == Notable faculty and staff == | ||
| ⚫ | {{see also|Category:Academic staff of the Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong}} | ||
| *] - Ghanaian musicologist, composer and teacher; instructor in music and agriculture | *] - Ghanaian musicologist, composer and teacher; instructor in music and agriculture | ||
| *] - first native Akan missionary of the Basel mission and philologist; instructor in language | *] - first native Akan missionary of the Basel mission and philologist; instructor in language | ||
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| == Notable alumni == | == Notable alumni == | ||
| {{see also|Category:Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong alumni}} | |||
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| * ] - Gold Coast educator, journalist, editor and Presbyterian minister | * ] - Gold Coast educator, journalist, editor and Presbyterian minister | ||
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| * ] - Ghanaian academic, administrator and Presbyterian minister | * ] - Ghanaian academic, administrator and Presbyterian minister | ||
| * ] - Gold Coast-born Basel missionary and theologian, first Synod Clerk, Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast, 1918 –1932 | * ] - Gold Coast-born Basel missionary and theologian, first Synod Clerk, Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast, 1918 –1932 | ||
| * ] - Ghanaian educationist and politician in the |
* ] - Ghanaian educationist and politician in the ]; Volta Regional Minister, 1960 – 1961 and ], 1961 – 1964 | ||
| *] - Gold Coast-born Jamaican educator, clergyman, missionary and first Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast, 1918 –1922 | *] - Gold Coast-born Jamaican educator, clergyman, missionary and first Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast, 1918 –1922 | ||
| *] - '']'', or ] of the ], 1892–1939. | *] - '']'', or ] of the ], 1892–1939. | ||
| *] - one of the early commissioned officers in the ], ] was named in his honour. | |||
| *] - Ghanaian composer and ethnomusicologist; | *] - Ghanaian composer and ethnomusicologist; | ||
| *] (1877–1951), Ghanaian writer; credited for writing one of Africa's earliest and Ghana's first novel titled ''Eighteenpence''. | |||
| * ] - ninth ] | |||
| * ] - jurist, judge, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana, Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana in the Second Republic and acting President of Ghana from 7 August 1970 to 31 August 1970 | * ] - jurist, judge, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana, Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana in the Second Republic and acting President of Ghana from 7 August 1970 to 31 August 1970 | ||
| * ] - native Akan linguist, translator, philologist, educator and missionary who became the first indigenous African to be ordained a ] on Gold Coast soil by the Basel Mission in 1872 | * ] - native Akan linguist, translator, philologist, educator and missionary who became the first indigenous African to be ordained a ] on Gold Coast soil by the Basel Mission in 1872 | ||
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| == References == | == References == | ||
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Teacher-training college in Akropong-Akuapem, Ghana| Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong | |
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| Location | |
| P. O. Box 27, Akropong-Akuapem Eastern Region Akropong, E20004 Ghana | |
| Coordinates | 5°58′50″N 0°05′26″W / 5.98050°N 0.09046°W / 5.98050; -0.09046 |
| Information | |
| Former names |
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| Type | Co-educational Teacher-training College |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Reformed Protestant |
| Denomination | Presbyterian |
| Established | 3 July 1848; 176 years ago (1848-07-03) |
| Founder | Basel Mission |
| School district | Akwapim North Municipality |
| Oversight | Ghana Education Service |
| Principal | Dr. Nicholas Apreh Siaw |
| Campus type | Residential suburban setting |
The Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong, is a co-educational teacher-training college in Akropong in the Akwapim North district of the Eastern Region of Ghana. It has gone through a series of previous names, including the Presbyterian Training College, the Scottish Mission Teacher Training College, and the Basel Mission Seminary. The college is accredited by the National Accreditation Board of the Ministry of Education, Ghana as a Degree Research Institution affiliated to the University of Education, Winneba.
History
The first institution of higher education in Ghana, it was founded by the Basel Mission as the Basel Mission Seminary on 3 July 1848 and fondly referred to as the ‘Mother of Our Schools’. The college was the first institution of higher learning to be established to train teacher-catechists for the eventual Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast. The college is the second oldest higher educational institution in early modern West Africa after Sierra Leone’s Fourah Bay College, founded in 1827. For more than 50 years, it remained the only teacher training institution in the then Gold Coast. It is affiliated to the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. The idea to establish the college was motivated by the ideals of 18th century Württemberg Pietism inspired by German theologians Philipp Spener and August Hermann Francke. The Basel Missionaries who originated mainly from Switzerland and Germany established the college. In the course of the one hundred and sixty years of its existence, the college has run different academic programmes and different curricula have been followed, all tailored to suit the demands of the various times.
These ideals emphasised a combination of spirituality with transformation of life through the practicality of Christian teachings. This feature distinguished the Basel Mission from Anglican and Methodist missionary societies such as the Church Missionary Society, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and the Wesleyan Methodist Mission Society which were more doctrinal in their approach to evangelism.
Starting with an enrollment figure of 5 students in 1848, the college now has a student population of 1,268. The Presbyterian College of Education launched its 160th anniversary in July 2008. The college has the tradition of celebrating renowned achievements on milestone occasions: Thousands of highly skilled and exceptionally disciplined educationists have passed out of the college, and have contributed immensely to the development of Ghana not only as teachers, but also as economists, politicians, lawyers, bankers, industrialists, journalists and clergymen. The college contributed to the staffing of the University of Ghana when it was established in 1948. Over eighty percent of the Moderators of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (including the present E.P. Moderator) were trained at P.T.C.
The first principal of the college was the Basel missionary, the Rev. Johannes Christian Dieterle. A similar teacher-catechist seminary at Christiansborg, started by the German missionary and philologist, Johannes Zimmermann in 1852, was eventually merged into the Akropong college years later in 1856 to become a single entity. In 1864, the Basel missionary and builder, Fritz Ramseyer, who became a captive of the Asante between 1869 and 1874 and pioneered mission work in the Ashanti territories, arrived on the Gold Coast for the first time to assist the mission in its structural work, completing the construction of the seminary buildings at Akropong.
According to the British historian of missions, Andrew Walls, the catechist-teacher education model adopted by the Basel Mission, was an innovation of the Church Missionary Society pioneered by the Anglican vicar, Henry Venn "as a sort of lower, unordained missionary" - "a subaltern role to facilitate the spread of the Gospel." The original curriculum included a five-year course in the methods in pedagogy, education, theology and Christian catechism. In popular culture, the school is dubbed, the Mother of our Schools. It was the only teacher-training college on the Gold Coast for more than half-a-century producing educators for the needs of the community and the Presbyterian Church. The college now offers diplomas and degrees in education, pedagogy and related subjects. The college participated in the DFID-funded Transforming Teacher Education and Learning programme, Ghana (T-TEL) programme. It is one of the about 40 public colleges of education in Ghana.
Today
It is now a fully-fledged public institution with the Ghana Education Service system under the auspices of the Government of Ghana. Initially, the plan was to upgrade the college to a university but that idea was abandoned after the church founded the Presbyterian University College in 1998. It is headed and supervised under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Nicholas Apreh Siaw, who is the current principal of the institution.
The curriculum now includes general education requirements tailored to the demands of a developing country. The school was established five years after the Basel Mission started the country's first primary school in 1843. The Basel Mission, and later the Presbyterian Church of Ghana also led pioneering efforts in establishing hundreds of primary and secondary schools and teacher-training colleges.
Education
The college started with a five-year teacher's certificate course and later run programmes which included the Cert ‘A’ 4-year course, 2-year Cert ‘B’ the 2-year Post ‘B’, 2-year Post-Secondary, 3-year Post Secondary and 2-year Specialist course in Science, Agriculture and Special Education, The college runs a three-year Diploma in Basic Education programme which started in 2004. It is among the fifteen Science designated colleges in the country.
The college is now accredited by the National Accreditation Board of the Ministry of Education, Ghana as a Degree Research Institution affiliated to the University of Education Winneba.
The Presbyterian College of Education has several programmes
Accredited Programmes
- Bachelor of Education, Primary Education
- Bachelor of JHS Education (RME)
- Bachelor of JHS Education (History)
- Bachelor of JHS Education (ICT)
- Bachelor of JHS Education (Agriculture Science)
- Bachelor of JHS Education (Mathematics)
- Bachelor of JHS Education (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of JHS Education (Social Studies)
- Bachelor of JHS Education (Home Economics)
- Bachelor of JHS Education (Science)
- Bachelor of JHS Education (Technical)
List of Principals
| No. | Period | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1848 – 1851 | The Rev. Johann Christian Dieterle |
| 2 | 1852 – 1857 | The Rev. Johann Georg Widmann |
| 3 | 1868 – 1877 | The Rev. Johann Adam Mader |
| 4 | 1878 – 1888 | The Rev. Johannes Mueller |
| 5 | 1889 – 1890 | The Rev. David Eisenschmidt |
| 6 | 1891 – 1905 | The Rev. Bahasar Groh |
| 7 | 1906 – 1909 | The Rev. Wilhelm Jakob Rottmann |
| 8 | 1909 – 1911 | The Rev. Immanuel Bellon |
| 9 | 1912 – 1917 | The Rev. Dr. Gustav Jehle |
| 10 | 1920 – 1926 | The Rev. William G. Murray |
| 11 | 1926 – 1937 | The Rev. William Ferguson |
| 12 | 1937 – 1947 | Mr. Douglas Benzies |
| 13 | 1949 – 1957 | The Rev. J. S. Malloch |
| 14 | 1958 – 1962 | The Rev. Dr. J. Noel Smith |
| 15 | 1963 – 1965 | The Rev. E. A. Asamoa |
| 16 | 1965 – 1971 | The Rev. H. T. Dako |
| 17 | 1971 – 1974 | The Rev. L. S. G. Agyemfra |
| 18 | 1973 – 1978 | The Rev. S. K. Aboa |
| 19 | 1979 – 1987 | The Rev. S. A. Ofosuhene |
| 20 | 1987 – 1993 | Mr. Ofori Boahene |
| 21 | 1994 – 1996 | The Rev. K. Agyin-Birikorang |
| 22 | 1997 – 1999 | The Rev. S. K. Mensah |
| 23 | 1999 – 2010 | Mr. Emmanuel Kingsley Osei |
Notable faculty and staff
See also: Category:Academic staff of the Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong- Ephraim Amu - Ghanaian musicologist, composer and teacher; instructor in music and agriculture
- David Asante - first native Akan missionary of the Basel mission and philologist; instructor in language
- E. A. Boateng - first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast; instructor in geography
- Johann Gottlieb Christaller - German missionary and philologist; instructor in language
- Alexander Worthy Clerk - Jamaican Moravian missionary and teacher; instructor in Biblical studies
- Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia - Ghanaian composer and ethnomusicologist; instructor in music
- Fritz Ramseyer - Swiss missionary and builder; mission technical staff
- Carl Christian Reindorf - Gold Coast historian and Basel Mission pastor; instructor in history
- Johannes Zimmermann - German missionary and philologist; instructor in language
Notable alumni
See also: Category:Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong alumni- Gottlieb Ababio Adom - Gold Coast educator, journalist, editor and Presbyterian minister
- Kwasi Sintim Aboagye - Ghanaian politician, member of parliament during the first republic.
- Clement Anderson Akrofi - Gold Coast ethnolinguist, translator and philologist who worked extensively on the structure of the Twi language
- Ofori Atta I - Okyenhene or King of Akyem Abuakwa, 1912 – 1943
- Rose Akua Ampofo - Ghanaian educator, gender advocate and first woman in Ghana to be ordained a Presbyterian minister
- Michael Paul Ansah - Ghanaian politician, minister of state in the third republic
- David Asante - first native missionary of the Basel Mission and philologist; instructor in language
- Christian Gonçalves Kwami Baëta - Gold Coast academic and Presbyterian minister and Synod Clerk, Evangelical Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast, 1945 – 1949, who was instrumental in the establishment of the University of Ghana, Legon in 1948
- Solomon Antwi Kwaku Bonsu - Ghanaian politician, minister of state in the first republic
- Carl Henry Clerk - Gold Coast educator, administrator, journalist, editor and Presbyterian minister, fourth Synod Clerk, Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast, 1950 – 1954
- Nicholas T. Clerk - Ghanaian academic, administrator and Presbyterian minister
- Nicholas Timothy Clerk - Gold Coast-born Basel missionary and theologian, first Synod Clerk, Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast, 1918 –1932
- Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka - Ghanaian educationist and politician in the First Republic; Volta Regional Minister, 1960 – 1961 and Minister for Finance, 1961 – 1964
- Peter Hall - Gold Coast-born Jamaican educator, clergyman, missionary and first Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast, 1918 –1922
- Emmanuel Mate Kole - Konor, or paramount chief of the Manya Krobo, 1892–1939.
- Joseph Edward Michel - one of the early commissioned officers in the Ghana Army, Michel Camp was named in his honour.
- Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia - Ghanaian composer and ethnomusicologist;
- Richard Emmanuel Obeng (1877–1951), Ghanaian writer; credited for writing one of Africa's earliest and Ghana's first novel titled Eighteenpence.
- E. M. L. Odjidja - ninth Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana
- Nii Amaa Ollennu - jurist, judge, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana, Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana in the Second Republic and acting President of Ghana from 7 August 1970 to 31 August 1970
- Theophilus Opoku - native Akan linguist, translator, philologist, educator and missionary who became the first indigenous African to be ordained a pastor on Gold Coast soil by the Basel Mission in 1872
- Solomon Osei-Akoto - Ghanaian educationist and politician in the Second Republic, Deputy Minister for Transport and Communications, 1969 – 1972
- Emmanuel Charles Quist - barrister, judge and the first African President of the Legislative Council and first Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
- Edward Akufo-Addo-politician and judge; former Chief Justice in the NLC era and President of Ghana in the second Republic
See also
- Akrofi-Christaller Institute
- Education in Ghana
- Presbyterian Women's College of Education
- Salem School, Osu
- Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon
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External links
- Presbyterian College of Education Website Archived 2018-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
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