Nusrat Jahan Ahmadiyya College of Education has held its fifth congregation in Wa in the Upper West Region. A total of 743 students graduated with Diploma in Basic Education (DBE).
They are made up of the 2019 batch of 409 graduates and the 2020 cohort of graduates numbering 334.
In this report, GBC’s Emmanuel Mensah-Abludo says that with the exit of the 2020 batch, those coming after them will receive Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) in connection with the upgrading of Colleges of Education in 2018/2019 academic year.
Currently, the College has a population of 1,119 students 591 males and 528 females. The Principal of the College, Hajia Asma-U Ismai observed that in spite of the challenges Commons of the school has consistently improved.
Hajia Ismail: “Our 2020 batch of Diploma in Basic Education (DBE) students, have indeed distinguished themselves academically. It will be gratifying to note that, this is the first time the number of First Class Honours has gone up from six (6) in 2019 to eight (8) in 2020. A percentage increase of approximately 33%.
I am happy to state that the final results of our graduates have consistently improved since I took over the administration of the college in 2014.”
The Transforming Teaching, Education & Learning (T-TEL) Key Adviser for Leadership for Learning and Institutional Development, Dr. Samuel Awuku who dwelt on “Remote Teaching and Learning in Colleges of Education – A New Reality” called for the blending of old and new ways of imparting knowledge so that we can have “a newer reality blended learning approach”.
The Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih was not happy about the performance of students in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in the Region.
He he said he was not happy because the region equally has all that it takes in its various Senior High Schools to support students to learn.
“I must indicate that hitherto we did not have such magnificent facilities in our secondary schools yet our performance used to be outstanding compared to our counterparts down south,” Dr. Bin Salih observed.
The Provost of the College of Education Studies, University of Cape Coast Professor Ernest Kofi Davis conferred diplomas on the graduates.
The Ameer and Missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana, Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih reminded the graduates that their training has sufficiently prepared them to be role models and tasked them to be worthy Ambassadors of the College.
Story filed by Emmanuel Mensah-Abludo.
