Admission into Programmes for Private School Leaders, Owners, Teachers, and Administrators

The  School of Education and Life-Long Learning (SELLL) is advertising the following tailor-made programme to provide a competency-based continuous professional development and capacity-building for private school proprietors, heads, and administrators in Ghana.The programmes are categorised into Three (3)  Leadership Ranks and students will be placed using their academic qualifications as the basis. The programmes are:

1. Leadership Competency: Rank 1 (Basic Level)
2. Leadership Competency Rank 2  (Intermediate Level)
3. Leadership Competency Rank 3 (Advanced Level)

Admission Requirements

1. Proof of Ministry of Finance (MoF) certificate recognised by UEW and GNACOP (where available)
2. Professionals applying for the programme must hold a leadership position (e.g. headship, leader of a department, section or subject or an administrator) in a private basic or secondary school.
3. Must be a proprietor or proprietress of a private school (must be a school owner)
4. Must be a member of a private school Board or Council or Committee

Duration of the Programme: One (1) Year - Eight (2) Weeks in Each of the Two (2) Sessions.

Application for Admission: Click HERE to fill and submit the Application Form

Documents Required for Application and Admission: a. Academic Certificates, if available b. A photocopy of Ghana Card and Business Incorporation certificate, and two (2) references  (These documents must be Uploaded)       

Deadline for Registration: 15^th November, 2024

Mode of Delivery: Hybrid Mode - Face-to-Face (Weekends and Vacations) and Online (LMS)

Contact Persons’ Numbers:

1. Administration (0535196870) and Training Officer (0535196846) (GNACOPS)
2. Department of Educational Administration and Management, UEW: Dr. Nelson Amponsah (0242149361 )/ Dr. Mark Quansah (0246435927)/ Mr. Roger Amoako (0244574506)

The 1992 constitution of Ghana contains extensive provisions relating to education. Article 25 of the constitution provides for a right to education and stipulates that Basic Education shall be free, compulsory and available to all. Despite this provision, the quality of basic education in Ghana is challenged. This situation raises questions about the depth of understanding and knowledge of the factors affecting basic education in Ghana. Research also helps to propose measures that assist ongoing efforts to remove the obstacles or barriers that impede quality education.

The Certificate in Basic Education programme will help to champion this noble idea. Since the inception of the Department of Basic Education, its focus has been the pursuit of teaching, learning and research that are aimed at preparing professionally oriented teachers, headteachers, supervisors and administrators who would improve the quality of Basic Education in Ghana.

At the basic school level, some teachers are mainly teaching in private schools but do not have the requisite qualifications to read the diploma and degree programmes. This is the reason for giving them the basis (Certificate program) to enable them to pursue the Certificate and Diploma programmes. This requires that our programmes are tailored in way to cover many of such people who are experienced and working within their respective organizations. Hence the proposal for the Certificate in Basic Education (CBE) programme.

The aim of the Certificate in Basic Education programme is to produce broad-based and competent professionals with the requisite knowledge and skills that would enable them to access, evaluate and think critically to solve problems in Ghana’s basic education system. Typically, the CBE programme spans two sessions (one-year program) and combines both theoretical and practical components. The curriculum includes courses in educational subject- 2specific pedagogies (like Mathematics, English, Integrated Science, Social Studies and Information, Communication and Technology).

 Admission Requirements

1. Must hold Junior High School, and Senior High School Certificates (Proof of Academic Certificate Required)
2. Must be a teacher or Support Staff of a private Basic or Senior High School (Employment Offer Letter required).
3. Two (2) References required

Duration of the Programme: One (1) Year - Eight (2) Weeks in Each of the Two (2) Sessions.

Application for Admission: Click HERE to fill and submit the Application Form

Documents Required for Application and Admission: a. Academic Certificate ( at least, WASCE) b. A photocopy of Ghana Card and Business Incorporation certificate, and two (2) references  (These documents must be Uploaded)       

Deadline for Registration: 15^th November, 2024

Mode of Delivery : Hybrid Mode - Face-to Face (Weekends and Vacations) and Online (LMS)

Contact Persons’ Numbers for enquiry:

1. Administration (0535196870) /Training Officer (0535196846) (GNACOPS)
2. Department of Basic Education, UEW : Prof. Sakina Acquah ( 0244482059)
3. Dr. Vivian Naa Ayelesa Acquaye ( 0205726392)

Pre-School education in Ghana has for decades involved private efforts largely.  Most pre-schools are established in private homes staffed with untrained teachers and are profit-making concerns usually owned by an individual or a group of individuals.  Churches also sponsor private programmes. The ever-increasing population in Ghana has made such private efforts more professionally inadequate at a time when the growing population of the poor and underprivileged children to require and deserve early intervention.  It has therefore become imperative for the government to intervene to help promote the welfare of these children.  A Pre-School unit at UEW will serve as a government agency to provide training for pre-school teachers to help them cater for children in a professional way.

Some children who begin school too early may feel bombarded and pressured by the constant attention given to their progress, and may respond in negative ways if they are given insufficient time to play on their own and to do things according to their own internal schedule.  The pre-school training, which teachers will undergo, will help create a bridge to ensure essential smooth transition from pre-school to formal or primary schools.

The introduction of the Free Compulsory and Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) in Ghana has necessitated the provision of meaningful and purposeful education for all.  In order to accelerate formal learning in the primary school, the need for early socialization and exposure of children to conditions of formal school has never been more imperative,

As Ghana provides free and compulsory education, Pre-School Education and qualified pre-school teachers are definitely required.  The training of such care-givers has not been given adequate attention and have therefore not kept up with demand.

Young children are being taught by unqualified people.  This negative trend must be reversed by training adequate pre-school teachers for a life-long-career.  Early exposure of children for example, at age two to the printed word introduces them to the idea of reading.  They thus become more easily accustomed to it as natural part of their reading and learning.

There is therefore a need for more and better child care and early childhood training to meet the demands of families in which both parents work is a common trend in today’s world.  Such working parents will need to send their children outside home, and at these stage children having some educational experience built into the pre-school situation is preferable to simple dysfunction baby-sitting.

Entry Requirements

Applicants must:

1. Hold, at least, Senior High School Certificate (Proof of Academic Certificate Required)
2. Must be a teacher or Support Staff of a private lower school level (e.g. Creche/ Day Care (0-2years)/ Nursery (2-4 years)/ Kindergarten (4-5 years)/ Other (indigenous/ traditional childcare).
3. Two (2) References required

Duration of the Programme:  One year, divided into two sessions, with each session lasting eight weeks over two (2) long vacations.

Application for Admission: Click HERE to fill and submit the Application Form

Documents Required for Application and Admission: a. Academic Certificate (WASCE) b. A photocopy of Ghana Card and Business Incorporation certificate, and two (2) references  (These documents must be Uploaded)       

Deadline for Registration: 15th November, 2024

Mode of Delivery : Hybrid Mode - Face-to-Face (Weekends and Vacations) and Online (LMS)

Contact Persons’ Numbers for enquiry:

1. Administration (0535196870) /Training Officer (0535196846) (GNACOPS)
2. Department of Early Childhood Education, UEW: Prof. Michael Subbey (0208962820)

The 1992 constitution of Ghana contains extensive provisions relating to education. Article 25 of the constitution provides for a right to education and stipulates that Basic Education shall be free, compulsory, and available to all. Despite this provision, the quality of basic education in Ghana is challenged (Akyempong et al., 2007). This situation raises questions about the depth of understanding and knowledge of the factors affecting basic education in Ghana. Research also helps to propose measures that assist ongoing efforts to remove the obstacles or barriers that impede quality education. The Diploma in Basic Education programme will help to champion this noble idea.

The aim of the Diploma in Basic Education programme will concentrate on foundational courses such as Literacy and Language, Science, Mathematics, Social Studies, and ICT to produce broad-based and competent professionals with the requisite knowledge and skills to be able to assess, evaluate and think critically to solve problems in Ghana’s basic educational system. Typically, the Basic Education programme spans two years and combines both theoretical and practical components. The curriculum includes courses in educational psychology, teaching methods, subject-specific pedagogies (like Mathematics, English, Integrated Science, and Social Studies), child development, and classroom management. The programme also includes practical teaching experiences where students are required to engage in Supported Teaching in Schools (STS).

Programme Duration

1. Diploma in Basic Education candidates having 1-4 qualification(s) will have a duration of two (2) years without entrance examinations.

2. Diploma in Basic Education candidates having 5-7 degrees will have a duration of two (2) years with entrance examinations

3. Diploma in Basic Education candidates NOT having any 1-7 will have to take a six week access course, conducted by the Department of Basic Education through the University of Education, Winneba.

Admission Requirements

1. WASSCE: Credit passes in Six (6) subjects including two (2) core subjects (A1-D7) plus Credit passes (A1–D7) in two (2) electives.
2. SSSCE: Credit passes (A – D) in six (6) subjects comprising two (2) Core Subjects including English Language and Mathematics, plus two (2) elective subjects.
3. GCE ‘O’ Level: Credit passes (Grade 1-7) in five (5) subjects and any two (2) core subject such as English Language, Mathematics, and Integrated science subject.
4. Teacher’s Certificate ‘A’: Teacher’s Certificate ‘A’ from a recognized College of Education or Institution.
5. General Business Certificate Examination (GBCE) results should have credit passes (A-D) in six (6) subjects comprising three (2) core subjects including English Language, Integrated Science or Social Studies, and Core Mathematics plus three (2) relevant elective subjects.
6. International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE)/ International Baccalaureate (IB) must possess at least Grades A*/ A-C in English, Mathematics, and Biology at the Standard (SL)/ ’O’ Level, in addition to three Higher Level (HL – A to C)/’A’ Level (A to D)/IB 2 (A to C) grades in the relevant subjects.
7. Certificate in Basic Education

Deadline for Registration: 15^th November, 2024

Mode of Delivery : Hybrid Mode - Face-to Face (Weekends and Vacations) and Online (LMS)

Application for Admission: Click HERE to fill and submit the Application Form

Contact Persons’ Numbers for enquiry:

1. Administration (0535196870) /Training Officer (0535196846) (GNACOPS)
2. Dr. Vivian Naa Ayelesa Acquaye ( 0205726392)

With the ever growing need for graduate, technical/vocational teachers in Basic and Senior High Schools, University of Education, Winneba (UEW) saw the need to introduce a Diploma in Education (Sandwich) programme to train non-professional teachers to become professionals through: acquisition of professional knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that they require to be effective teachers at the levels that they operate; adoption of critical thinking and problem solving approaches based on contemporary learning theories and technologies to facilitate teaching and learning; effective utilisation of appropriate techniques to analyse learning performance problems and design, implement and manage instructional time and materials and effectively support students’ learning processes; and acquisition and application of research methods skills in identifying school and teaching related problems, gathering and analysing data to address them

Admission Requirements

Prospective students must:

1. Hold a Degree or Higher National Diploma in any subject; or
2. Hold an advance/final City and Guild Certificate in trade subject; or
3. Have a minimum of three passes in Royal Society of Arts or Ghana Commercial Examination (Stage III) in approved Business subjects; or
4. Hold a Diploma in Agriculture Science, Business Studies or Information and Communication Technology (ICT) or
5. Any other similar qualification approved by the University.

Deadline for Application and Registration : 11^th October, 2024

Mode of Delivery : Hybrid Mode - Face-to Face (Weekends and Vacations) and Online (LMS)

Application for Admission: Click HERE to fill and submit the Application Form

Contact Persons’ Numbers for enquiry:

1. Administration (0535196870) /Training Officer (0535196846) (GNACOPS)
2. Department of Basic Education, UEW : Prof. Sakina Acquah ( 0244482059)
3. Dr. Vivian Naa Ayelesa Acquaye ( 0205726392)

The Diploma in Early Grade Education programme is uniquely designed to train and empower professional Early Drade teacher for the delivery of early grade educational services. This programme also seeks to prepare students to serve as links between the school and various organisations and the community in order to ensure the holistic training of learners. This programme  is a  designed to:

• created opportunity for many students who want to pursue a Diploma programme in Early Grade Education after their Senior High School, Certificate in Early Grade Education or related certificate programmes.
• provide an excellent model to educate professionals for classroom leadership, management and pedagogists in Early grade Education in Ghana and beyond.
• make available the vast and rich human and material resources in the Early Grade Education currently available at the University of Education, Winneba, accessible to train early childhood diploma teachers.

Equip individuals to deliver services in social works, NGOs and care giving establishments who are into the provision of care for children.

The Diploma in Early Grade Education programme is designed to provide a developmentally appropriate care and education of children from birth through age eight within various early childhood settings. It aims at emphasising the wholistic development of the child and to expose students to the scientific knowledge base regarding: (1) development of children, (2) learning theories, (3) age-appropriate pedagogies, (4) appropriate educational practices and (5) the development of competence in working with parents of young children. The programme also aims at equipping students with requisite skills in assessment techniques, principles of child guidance and counselling, teacher professionalism and advocacy.

Admission Requirements

1. Applicants with WASSCE and SSSCE

WASSCE

A cutoff aggregate score of Forty-Two (42) or better in six (6) subjects, comprising three (3) core and three (3) elective subjects.

AT LEAST Credits (A1-D7) in three (3) core subjects i.e. English, Mathematics Integrated Science and or Social Studies. AT LEAST Credits (A1-D7) in three (3) Elective subjects.

SSSCE

A cutoff aggregate score of Twenty-four (24) or better in six (6) subjects, comprising three (3) elective subjects and three (3) core subjects.

AT LEAST Passes (A-D) in three (3) core subjects i.e. English, Mathematics, Integrated Science and or Social Studies. AT LEAST Passes (A-D) in three (3) Elective subjects.

2. Applicant who are 25years and above, will qualifies to sit for a Mature Students Entrance Examination and gain admission if they pass.
3. Applicant with Distinction or Credit in Certificate in Pre-School Education OR related programmes from an accredited institution qualifies to be admitted onto this programme.
4. GCE “O” Level with Credits (Grade 6 or better) in five (5) subjects, including English Language, Mathematics and a Science subject. OR
5. Applicants with Teachers’ Certificate ‘A’

Deadline for Registration: 15^th November, 2024

Mode of Delivery : Hybrid Mode - Face-to Face (Weekends and Vacations) and Online (LMS)

Mode of Application: Please,  check the University’s  system for application process.

Contact Persons’ Numbers for enquiry:

1. Administration (0535196870) /Training Officer (0535196846) (GNACOPS)
2. Department of Basic Education, UEW : Prof. Sakina Acquah ( 0244482059)
3. Dr. Vivian Naa Ayelesa Acquaye ( 0205726392)

Deadline for Application and Registration : 11^th October, 2024

Mode of Delivery : Hybrid Mode - Face-to Face (Weekends and Vacations) and Online (LMS)

Application for Admission: Click HERE to fill and submit the Application Form

Contact Persons’ Numbers for enquiry: Contact Persons’ Numbers for enquiry:

1. Administration (0535196870) /Training Officer (0535196846) (GNACOPS)
2. Department of Early Childhood Education, UEW: Prof. Mike Subbey  (0208962820)