Gov’t plans new teacher university to transform education training

The government is considering the establishment of a National Teacher University that will bring all 48 public colleges of education under a single university system as part of efforts to strengthen teacher education and improve the quality of training for educators across the country.

He also disclosed that he had directed the Administrator of GETFund to make provision for a GH¢100 million allocation in the 2027 funding formula to support the Kenyase campus, with the long-term objective of expanding it into a new public university.

He said the government is considering Peki as the possible location for the National Teacher University, adding that President John Dramani Mahama has tasked him with establishing the Amoako Nuama Committee to develop recommendations for the creation of additional public universities.