Gbewaa College of Education is a teacher education college in Pusiga-Bawku (Pusiga District / Bawku Municipal District, Upper East Region, Ghana). Located in Northern Zone, the school was set up in 1953 and affiliated to the University of Ghana. It is one of the 46 public colleges of education in Ghana.
The college participated in the DFID-funded T-TEL programme. For the 2016âÂÂ2017 academic year, the school admitted 560 students into Diploma in Education course.
Government Training College Pusiga which is now Gbewaa College of Education was established in 1953. It was built on a land that only became part of Ghana after the 1956 plebiscite. Until then, that part of Ghana was called Trans-Volta Togoland.
In September 1953, the College admitted 14 male students, to start the Certificate âÂÂBâ course. They were handled by 7 male tutors including the Principal. It remained a male Institution until 1976, when it became a mixed college.
The College has produced good sportsmen and women. Gbewaa College of Education won a prize from World Education/USAID for embarking on a successful Anti HIV/Aids Campaign in 2006.
The programmes of the College since its establishment include:
i. Diploma in Basic Education
ii. Certificate âÂÂAâ four - year
The College has produced academic giants for the nation. Some of them are: