A total of four hundred and sixty (460) First Year Teacher Trainees in the 46 colleges of Education in the country have been dismissed.
The Students were rusticated over poor academic performances by the University of Cape Coast which is the affiliating University of the colleges.
The affected students are the first batch of Trainees admitted in 2018/2019 academic year pursuing the four year Bachelor of Education Program.The B.Ed programme is the cumulative work undertaken by Ghanaian educators under the Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL), a six-year (2014-2020) government of Ghana programme, funded by UK aid, and is intended to transform the delivery of pre-service teacher education.
The new Policy requires that all basic school teachers would have to study and attain a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree aligned to the NTECF to be delivered by the 46 Public Colleges of Education in Ghana through their affiliate public universities.
The affected students were sacked for trailing total of 15 credit hours subjects in their first year. There is widespread depression among affected students with some attempted suicide while others unable to return home for fear of being stigmatized.
The affected students are accusing National Conference of Principals of Teacher Training Colleges (PRINCOF) and Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) for being indolent about their plight given that the First Year of their course w
