JHS Education

Programme Overview

B.Ed JHS Education

The Bachelor of Education (Junior High School Education) program has been designed to help teacher-trainees acquire the necessary skills to provide more authentic pedagogical contexts and activities that would help junior high school pupils to learn how to learn and become independent lifelong learners.

The rationale of the Bachelor of Education (Junior High School Education) program is also to develop competent teachers who will be able to focus their attention on the processes and critical decisions involved in teaching, have fluency in employing a range of teaching strategies, and develop subject knowledge. 

In keeping with global trends and the demand for more learner-centered approaches to teaching, coupled with the significant challenges most Ghanaian basic school pupils face in the acquisition of functional literacy, numeracy, and problem-solving skills, this rationale becomes very significant.

Program Goals

The program aims to train pre-service teachers to:

Program Objectives

The program primarily seeks to train “specialist” teachers for the junior high school level in the following subject areas: English Language, Mathematics, Science, French, Vocational Skills, Technical Skills, Religious and Moral Education, Social Studies, ICT, Physical Education, Agricultural Science, Ghanaian Language, and Music and Dance.