Africa Education Watch has expressed serious reservations about the government’s plan to set up a new College of Education in Jomoro, calling the initiative poorly justified and misaligned with current educational priorities and labor market realities.

In a statement released on April 1, 2026, the think tank criticised the move, arguing that it does not represent a careful use of limited public funds, particularly given Ghana’s estimated GH¢16 billion shortfall in annual education financing

Eduwatch highlighted that the nearby Enchi College of Education in the Aowin Municipality is currently operating at roughly 30 percent below its student capacity, a situation resulting from admission restrictions imposed by the Ministry of Education in 2022. The organisation contends that this calls into question the need for a new college so close to an existing institution.

On a regional scale, Eduwatch noted that the Western Region already has four Colleges of Education, supplemented by teacher training programmes offered via distance learning centres affiliated with the University of Cape Coast.

The think tank also pointed to a broader national challenge: an oversupply of trained educators relative to available positions. Despite the 30 percent admission cap across Ghana’s 46 public Colleges of Education, along with teacher education programmes at universities including the University of Cape Coast, University of Education, Winneba, University of Ghana, and the University for Development Studies, the country continues to graduate more than twice the number of teachers it actually requires each year