Tamale College of Education

Tamale College of Education is a teacher education college in Tamale (Sagnarigu District, Northern Region, Ghana). The college is located in Northern Zone zone. It is one of the 46 public colleges of education in Ghana. The college participated in the DFID-funded T-TEL programme. For the 2018/2019 academic year, the institution received 1086 admission applications but  admitted 543. The rest were rejected due to infrastructural challenges.

History
Tamale College of Education is located within the Education Ridge in the Tamale, Ghana Metropolis. It was opened in 1958 with the motto ‘ORA ET LABORA’ by the first president of the Republic of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Sixty female pioneer students were enrolled in the college that year, and it remained a female institution until 1977 when it became a mixed institution.

The first principal of the college was Miss Freda Mischler, a Swiss Missionary.

Tamale College of Education has staff and students’ accommodation. It has academic facilities such as Science Laboratory, Library, Assembly Hall, ICT centre with internet facilities. The college has a 4WD Nissan Patrol, a Benz Bus and a 58-seater Tata bus.

Programme
The college has gone through the following programmes since its establishment:


 * 4-year Teacher's Certificate ‘A’ Post Middle 1957-1994
 * 3-year Teacher's Certificate ‘A’ Post Middle 1990-2006
 * 3-year Diploma in Basic Education post secondary 2004-
 * 4-year Diploma in Basic Education – UTDBE 2005
 * 2-year Diploma in Basic Education post ‘A’ sandwich 2007

Notable alumni
Tamale College of Education has produced over 5,000 teachers for the Ghana Education Service since its establishment. Some of the products are


 * Mrs. Margaret Andan who became a principal of the college and a Divisional Director for Secondary Education
 * Miss Alice Continua a former District Chief Executive of Lambussie Karni District, and currently the Member of Parliament.
 * Doris Asibi Seidu, former member of parliament for the Chereponi constituency.
 * Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, former deputy minister for Trade and Industry.
 * Alhassan Suhuyini, current member of Parliament for Tamale north.