About St. Monica’s College of Education
History of St. Monica’s College of Education
Early in 1930, Nana Agyemang Prempeh I, Asantehene, appealed to the then Anglican Bishop of Accra Diocese, Rt. Rev. John Offeur Anglionby for the establishment of an institution of higher learning for women in Ashanti. In response, the Bishop invited the Sisters of the Order of the Holy Paraclete (OHP) who had started schools in Cape Coast to transfer to Mampong, Ashanti.
The Order of the Holy Paraclete (OHP) is an Anglican Religious Community with its headquarters situated at Sneaton Castle, Whitby-England.
The three pioneer Sisters: Sister Lillian, Sister Dorothy and Sister Gertrude were accompanied by Mother Margaret, Founder and first prioress of the Order. They moved out of Cape Coast the same year with the entire population of fifty students to Mampong to form the nucleus of the present Training College. Land was made available for them for the establishment of the College by Nana Osei Bonsu I.
The College was named after St. Monica; a saint of North Africa and a type of faithful Christian Motherhood born in the year 331 AD in port city of Hippo and died in 387 AD. She gave birth to three children, two males and a girl who was chosen as the patron of the institution.
The college has undergone various changes since its inception. First, it offered a 4-year Cert A Post Middle Course. Later on both Cert A and B courses were offered at the institution. A two –Year Post Secondary Course was added later. Then a Three-Year Post-Secondary Course and a Two Year specialist course in Fine Art and Business Education were also offered.
Sister Nancy, the last of the sisters of the OHP to head the college left for Britain in 1975. Her departure marked the beginning of Ghanaian Administration of the College. Mrs. Lucy Peprah Tawiah was the first Ghanaian Principal, and then was Mrs. Grace Hanson. In October 1988, Mrs. Agnes Ofosu-Koranteng took over the administration of the College until October 2007 when she retired. A number of District Directors of Education for Sekyere West, acted as Principal of the College whilst a search for a substantive principal was initiated.
In April, 2010, Mrs. Christina Sobotie took over the administration of the College and she is currently the substantive Principal of the College.
St. Monica’s College of Education is the only female Anglican Teacher Training College in Ghana. Currently, the College offers a Three-year General programme leading to the award of Diploma in Basic Education (DBE) Course. The College also had the mandate to run a 4- year Diploma in Basic Education program known as UTDBE (Untrained Teacher Diploma in Basic Education) course.
Mission Statement
St. Monica’s College of Education shall serve as a centre of excellence for training teachers for the basic schools and inculcate in the products academic, spiritual and humanistic values which will make them effective role-models in the country.
Vision Statement
St. Monica’s College shall become one of the best Colleges of Education in Ghana.
The aim of the College is to produce God-fearing, honest, hardworking and responsible teachers capable of effectively playing their roles as future leaders in the development of our dear country Ghana.