opened Foso College in 1965. Foso College of Education was opened on 15 November 1965 at its present site 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. It was opened under the headship of Mr. R. R. Essah. Situated between Assin Foso and Assin Atonsu on the Assin Foso–Cape Coast highway, the college has a land area of 1 square kilometre which was leased out to the Government for the purpose by the Aboabo Stool of Assin Nyankomasi. In line with its motto: “Character, Wisdom, Knowledge”. The college's catchment area extends beyond the Central Region into the Ashanti Region, Brong-Ahafo Region, Eastern Region, Greater Accra Region and Western Region. Annual student enrolment levels are always appreciably high. The student population for the 2007/2008 academic year, for instance, was 938 made up of 638 males and 300 females. 766 pupil teachers are also on the Modular UTDBE programme. The students are handled by 51 teaching staff and 59 non-teaching staff. Since its establishment, Foso Training College has turned out over 5,600 teachers, most of whom hold very responsible positions in various spheres of national and international life. The college has grown from 240 students and 9 teaching staff in its first year to over 1600 in 2015 - 725 of whom were studying for the Diploma in Basic Education. A governing council was inaugurated in March 2019 by the Minister of State for Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah. The College's vision is to become a centre of excellence for training quality teachers whose orientation is holistic and consistent with national aspirations and development.
Name
Years served
Mr. R. R. Essah
1965 - 1975
Mr. E. A. Graham
1975 – 1980
Mr. E. O. Gyarteng
1980 – 1988
Rev. Bruce Asare
1988 – 1991
Mr. M. A. Kwofie
1991 – 1996
Mr. J. S. Ocran
1996 – 1999
Mr. J. B. K. Mensah
1999
Education
Foso Training College has run every pre-tertiary teacher training programme in Ghana. The programmes include the following: 4-Year Post-Middle Certificate ‘A’ 2-Year Post-Middle Certificate ‘B’ 2-Year Post ‘B’ Certificate ‘A’ 2-Year Post-Secondary Certificate ‘A’ 2-Year Post ‘A’ Specialist Course in Agricultural Science 3-Year Post-Secondary Certificate ‘A’ 3-Year Post-Secondary Specialist Course in Mathematics, Science, Agricultural Science and 2-Year Post-Middle Certificate ‘A’ Even though the college has been running a Diploma in Basic Education programme for both regular students and serving pupil teachers since 2004 and 2005 respectively, it officially received accreditation to the tertiary status in September 2007. In 2007/2008 academic year the college was mandated, in addition to other 14 colleges, to train quasi specialist teachers in Science and Mathematics for basic schools in the country.
