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A total of 3,717 qualified students who applied for admission to the Accra College of Education (AcCE) in the Greater Accra region, for the 2020-2021 academic year, have been denied admission to the College.
Speaking at the College’s third enrollment ceremony, the College Director, Dr. Samuel Awinkene Atintono, said the situation is due to infrastructure problems.
He said that of a total of 5,098 applications the College received this year, 4,137 were eligible for admission.
However, the Director noted, only 420 of the eligible applicants were admitted to offer four-year courses in different specialty areas, representing 10 percent of the total figure, leaving the 3,717 to their own devices.
“In fact, there were many eligible candidates that we were unable to offer admission to for many reasons. When students have excellent grades but cannot enter the University, it should be a matter of concern for us, ”he lamented.
Dr. Attintono said that the 420 applicants who were admitted this year was an improvement over the 350 admitted by the College last year, an increase of 20 percent.
“This is our modest contribution to accommodate the first batch of free high school (FSHS) graduates,” added Dr. Atintono.
Of the number that won admission, he said that 225, representing 54 percent, were male, while the remaining 195, accounting for 46 percent, were female.
He added that the College increased its female enrollment by 22 percent from 28 percent last year to 46 percent this year, and said the Institution was on track to reach its gender parity of 50 percent each. by 2024.
According to him, the 40 admitted students were enrolled in Initial Education, 115 in Primary Education and the remaining 265 in Secondary Education.
The principal said that despite the challenges of the college, he remained committed to providing quality training for teachers to become professionally competent.
Dr. Attitono noted that in order to improve teaching and learning on campus, he is currently requesting support from the government and private investors for various projects, including equipping a modern technology, communication and information (ICT) center, the construction of a hostel and housing for the staff, the nursing facility and rehabilitation of the College buildings.
He said that the College had also taken steps to strengthen the academic guidance units and appointed a career counseling and guidance coordinator, to help students who might have difficulty adjusting to the College’s learning strategies.
The principal urged students to take advantage of the large academic and non-academic support staff to achieve their goal.
Dr. Atintono congratulated the government for its continued support for the College to achieve full tertiary status.
ACCE, formerly Accra Teacher Training College (ATTRACO), was established on September 8, 1909. It is one of the 46 educational colleges in the country.
The College became one of the six Colleges of Education in the country affiliated with the University of Ghana, Legon, after it signed an affiliation agreement in 2019.
