Deputy Minister for Education in charge Tertiary Education , Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has stated that the era when the Colleges of Education were considered as glorified secondary schools is over as the government rolls out reforms to transform them into real tertiary institutions.
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He said practices which enforced this notion such as dismissing female students who got pregnant during their studies even when they are married, preventing pregnant students from writing examinations  and prescribing uniforms for students must all now belong to the past.
Addressing student leaders of tertiary institutions across the country at the third annual student leaders' meeting initiated by the Ministry in Accra last Friday, he said ongoing reforms at the Colleges of Education after the passage of the Colleges of Education Act 2012, Act 847, made it unacceptable to compel teacher trainees to wear uniforms as though they were second-cycle students.Â
The Colleges, he added, were now full tertiary institutions and needed to be accorded full recognition of their status.
Mr Okudzeto Ablakwa informed the student leaders that talks had already been held with the Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF) and that they are to liaise with their principals to draw up workable programmes for the transition from uniforms in their various colleges.
Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) at the meeting hailed the reforms and commended government for what they described as very timely and most appreciated interventions, Daily Post reported.
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