Foso College of Education
About Fosco
Foso College of Education is a preferred institution among the committee of Colleges for the training of teachers for basic schools in Ghana. It was incorporated as a co-educational teacher training college by Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah on the 15th of November, 1965 under the headship of the late Mr. R.R. Essah with 240 students and 9 teaching staff. The students were made up of 120 Post Middle 4-Year and 120 Post ‘B’ 2-Year Certificate ‘A’ groups.
Programmes Offered
In the college’s years of existence, Fosco (as the College is affectionately called) has run every major pre-tertiary and now tertiary teacher education programmes in Ghana. Some of these programs are:
2-Year Post-Middle Cert.
2-Year Post-‘B’ Cert. ‘A’
4-Year Post-Middle Cert. ‘A’
2-Year Post-Sec Cert. ‘A’
2-Year Post-‘A’ Specialist programme in Agric. Sci.
4-Year Untrained Teachers Diploma in Basic Education
3-Year Post-Sec Specialist Programme in Maths, science and Agric. Sci.
2-Year Modular Programme for Untrained teachers
2-Year Post-Modular cert. ‘A’
3-Year Post-Sec cert. ‘A’
3-Year Diploma in Basic Education
As a College that believes in holistic development and nurturing of quality teachers, FOSCO intermingle academic work with character training through allied activities, role-modeling and mentorship. Strong, positive religious and cultural values as well as talent development are rigorously enforced.
The College is situated on a one square kilometer land at Assin Foso, off the Cape Coast – Kumasi highway.