Jasikan College of Education is a teacher education college in Jasikan-Buem (Jasikan District, Oti Region, Ghana).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 The college is located in Volta Zone zone. It is one of the about 40 public colleges of education in Ghana. The college participated in the DFID-funded T-TEL programme.
History Jasikan College of Education was first established at Peki Blengo as a Body Cooperate college (BODYCO) on 21 January 1952 with the motto "Sapere Aude" which means "Dare to be Wise". Thirty male students were enrolled at its inception. The pioneer staff included Rev. Eugene Garu, a German-American missionary, Ag. Principal, Messrs H.B.K. Ogbete and P.K. Kpeto.
The college moved to Jasikan in December 1952. Nana Osei Brantuo III released land for its development. The college started with a 2-year Teacher's Certificate ‘B’ Post Middle programme in 1952. The programme was upgraded to 4-year Teacher's Certificate ‘A’ Post Middle/2-year Post ‘B’. The 2-year Teacher's Certificate ‘A’ Post Secondary was introduced into the college in 1974. In 1975, it admitted the first batch of 3-year Post Secondary students. Between 1985 and 1991, the college run the Modular programme. The Diploma in Basic Education programme was introduced in October 2004 for regular students; in 2005 for untrained teachers and in 2006 for Certificate ‘A’ teachers on sandwich basis. + List of principals since the establishment of the college:NameYears served Mr. F.D. Harker 1952 – 1962Mr. G. Hosu-Porley 1962 – 1964Mr. W.K. Agbenyega 1964 – 1976Mr. A.A. Jaisey 1976 – 1982Mr. T.K. Adams 1982 – 1990Mr. C.K. Demuyakor 1990 – 1991Rev. R.K. Abenney 1991 - 1996Rev. Fr. J.K. Danso 1996 - 2002Mr. G.F.K. Wotordzor 2002
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