The administration has stated that a lack of infrastructure led to its decision to reinstate the admission quota system at the nation’s colleges of education.
The government announced the reinstatement of the quota system for the 46 authorized public colleges of education for the academic year 2022–2023 in a letter dated December 16, 2022.
According to education observers, this action will probably make it more difficult for applicants to be accepted into the nation’s numerous colleges of education.
A total of 12,002 potential teacher trainees are anticipated to be admitted into the Colleges of Education for the 2022–2023 academic year, per the list made public by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC).
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission outlined the list of Colleges of Education with their respective admission quotas for the academic year under review in a letter to the National Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF).
In an interview with Citi News, the Executive Director of GTEC, Professor Mohammed Salifu, stated that physical spaces at the various Colleges of Education are limited due to the operation of the four-year system, thus the move to reinstate the quota system, and reduce enrolment.
“We planned a program of physical infrastructural expansion, but the expansion hasn’t kept pace with the progress of the cohort. As it stands now, physical space is still a little limited. You would have heard that we have hostel projects going on across all the various colleges. While that is ongoing, we have to manage the space we have. That is what informed the decision,” the Executive Director of GTEC explained.
Professor Salifu refuted claims that the quota system was reinstated due to the payment of teacher trainee allowances.