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About Komenda College of Education

Mission

Komenda college of Education is a co-educational institution devoted to technological and general training to produce competent professional teachers for basic schools to meet the educational needs of the nation. In this regard, we provide excellent opportunities for equipping students-teachers with ethical problem solving and leadership skills.

Vision

Komenda college will set the pace for excellence in teacher education in Ghana.

Core Values

Academic excellence
Service to God
Service to mankind

Our Story

Komenda College was established out of the buildings (barracks) left by the Fleet Air Arm of the British Navy after the Second World War.

1948- History of Komenda College

Komenda College was established out of the buildings (barracks) left by the Fleet Air Arm of the British Navy after the Second World War. Through the efforts of Mr. A.B. Sam, the then regent of Komenda, the legacy was leased to the Methodist Church Ghana, in 1947 to be used as a training college. The government of Ghana made some renovation works on the buildings to make it suitable for educational use. On 11th March 1948. The first batch of students numbering forty men was enrolled to start an initial 2-Year Teachers’ Certificate “B! Programme.
In 1952, the College became a co-educational institution with its first batch of thirty women.
The first Principal of the College was Mr. Lawrence Alfred Creedy, a British citizen.
The motto of the College is “Bepowso Kurow Hyeren”, meaning a city set on a hill, shines forth. M.H.B. 577 is the College hymn. The three strands adopted by the founding fathers were: -Academic excellence Service to God Service to mankind.