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11-683: Pusiga District is one of the fifteen districts in Upper East Region , Ghana . Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Bawku Municipal District in 1988; until two parts of the district were later split off to create Binduri District (from the west) and Pusiga District (from the east) respectively on 28 June 2012. The district assembly is located in the eastern part of Upper East Region and has Pusiga as its capital town. 11°4′46.56″N 0°9′23.4″W  /  11.0796000°N 0.156500°W  / 11.0796000; -0.156500 Upper East Region The Upper East Region

22-457: A 2-year post middle Teacher's Certificate ‘B’ course. Out of the ten students, seven completed the course. This course ended in 1961. St. John Bosco's has recorded several successes in academia, sports and community or social work since its establishment. The college has never scored less than 80% in yearly examinations conducted by the Institute of Education, University of Cape Coast . Several of

33-501: A 2.8 percentage point reduction in the rural share of the population between 1984 and 2000 and a further 5.3 percent reduction between 2000 and 2010. With only 21 per cent of the population living in urban areas, the region is the least urbanized in Ghana. In fact, together with Upper West , they are the two regions with a less than 20 per cent urban population . Ghanaian citizen by birth, childhood or parenthood constitute 92.5 percent of

44-496: A district chief executive. The region plays host to many festivals throughout the year, most of which are either to bring a good planting season or celebrate the harvest. The center of population of the Upper East Region is located in its capital of Bolgatanga . The population is primarily rural (79%) and scattered in dispersed settlements. The rural population was 87.1 percent in 1984 and 84.3% in 2000. There was, thus,

55-680: A few Regional highways such as the R113, R114, R116 and R181, serve the region. The N10 originates from Yemoransa in the Central Region and connects through Kumasi in the Ashanti Region and terminates at Paga in the Upper East Region. The national capital of Accra is also connected to the region by the N2 which terminates in Kulungugu in the Upper East Region. Both these national routes are connected by

66-585: Is a teacher education college in Navrongo ( Kassena Nankana East District , Upper East Region , Ghana ) set up in 1946 with 10 male students. The college became a public tertiary institution, established by the Colleges of Education Act (847) 2012, accredited by the National Accreditation Board Ghana , and mandated to train standard teachers for Pre-tertiary Education in Ghana.   The college

77-472: Is located in the north-eastern corner of Ghana and bordered by Burkina Faso to the north and Togo to the east. It lies between longitude 0° and 1° West, and latitudes 10° 30′N and 11°N. The region shares boundaries with Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, Upper West Region to the west, and the Northern Region to the south. The Upper East Region is divided into 15 districts, each headed by

88-597: Is specialised in training teachers in the broad areas of Social, Agriculture and Pure Sciences, as well as Computing, Mathematics, Technical and Vocational disciplines. It is one of the about 40 public colleges of education in Ghana . The college participated in the DFID -funded T-TEL programme. St. John Bosco's College of Education was established in January 1946 by the Catholic Mission. Ten male students were enrolled to pursue

99-468: The N11 which links the regional capital of Bolgatanga to Bimpiela, also in the region. The political administration of the region is through the local government system. Under this administration system, the region is divided into 15 MMDA's (made up of 0 Metropolitan, 4 Municipal and 15 Ordinary Assemblies). Each District, Municipal or Metropolitan Assembly, is administered by a Chief Executive, who represents

110-526: The central government but deriving authority from an Assembly headed by a presiding member elected from among the members themselves. The current list is as follows: Tertiary Institutions 1). Bolgatanga Technical University 2). St. John Bosco's College of Education 3). Gbewaa College of Education , Pusiga 4). C.K.Tedam University of Technology &r Applied Sciences. https://www.modernghana.com/author/AbongoMashoodAjene St. John Bosco%27s College of Education St. John Bosco's College of Education

121-615: The population of the Upper East region. Naturalized Ghanaian citizen constitute 5.3 percent. Upper East Region has a total population of 1,301,221 in the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service indicate that the Upper East Region representing 4.2 percent of Ghana’s population. The region shows a total of 631,963 males and 669,963 representing 48.5 and 51.5 percentages respectively Three national highways – N2 , N10 , and N11 – and

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