Berekum College of Education is a teacher education college in Berekum (Berekum Municipal District, Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana). The college is located in Ashanti / Brong Ahafo zone. It is one of the about 40 public colleges of education in Ghana. The college participated in the DFID-funded T-TEL programme. History Berekum College of Education is located at the south-eastern part of Berekum, on the Berekum-Sunyani road. The college was established in February, 1953 as a Government institution with the motto PER ARDUA AD ASTRA (Through the Sky to the Star). Nana Yiadom Boakye Owusu II, the then Omanhene of Berekum traditional area released 42hectares (103.491 acres) of land, and laid the foundation stone for the establishment of the college. In February 1953, sixty male students were enrolled. Mr. T.T. Buchanan was the College's first principal. Mr. Alex Godwin Kwakye was the first college prefect. Three dormitories were built and named after the first three principals – Buchanan House, Nicholas House, and Stewart House. Mr. I.E. Hayfron was the first Ghanaian principals of the college. The college took off with a 2-year certificate ‘B’ programme till 1961 when a 4-year Certificate ‘A’ programme was introduced. The last batch of the 2-year Certificate ‘B’ students left in 1963. In 1964, a 2-year Specialist programme in Mathematics was also introduced. The programme was transferred to Winneba in 1966. The college became a co-educational institution when women were admitted in 1965. In 1968, a 2-Year Post-Secondary Certificate ‘A’ course was introduced to run alongside the 4-Year Certificate ‘A’ course which phased out in 1971. Berekum Girls Secondary school was established in 1972, and attached to the college, which became a female institution. Men were re-admitted into the college in 1974 which rendered the Girls Secondary School removed in 1975. In that year, a 3-Year Post-Secondary programme was introduced to run alongside the 4 Year Post Middle programme that was re-introduced in 1975. A Modular programme for uncertificated teachers was introduced in 1984. The Post Middle programme was finally phased out in 1992. The vision of the college is An icon of excellence in teacher education. In September, 2007 the college was given accreditation to offer Diploma programme. However, the first batch of Diploma graduates passed out in July, 2007. Student enrolment as at October, 2007 stood at 916, comprising 613 men and 303 women. The college runs a Sandwich programme in Diploma in Basic Education