Evangelical Presbyterian College of Education (AMECO) was opened on February 10, 1946. The College was an off-shoot of two earlier institutions established by the Bremen Mission in the second half of the nineteenth century of Keta. The German missionaries first established a school at Keta and later added a Theological Seminary to train Christian evangelists who were expected to teach Christian religion and allied subjects in the few schools opened in the Ewe land by the German Missionaries. As the German missionaries moved inland to opened more mission stations and propagate the gospel, they found to their delight, cool and revitalizing climate at Amedzofe and decided to settle there. Record have it that the German missionary, Rev. Seeger brought a large portion of the land at the eastern part of Amedzofe and in 1894, moved the Theological Seminary from Keta to Amedzofe. However, the Seminary lasted from 1894 to 1922. It had to be closed down because of the unfavorable political conditions created for the German missionaries as a result of the First World War: 1914 – 1918 and finally during the Second World War 1939-1945.
With the closure of the Seminary, prospective E.P. Church students wishing to pursue a teaching career had to seek admission to either Akropong or Abetifi. There were then very few vacancies; only four or five students could gain admission in a year to the two aforementioned Training Colleges. With the opening of Achimota College in 1927, the intake of E.P Church students from British Togoland increased appreciably. But the needs of the E.P Church could not be satisfied as educational expansion took a new turn with more schools opened at Amedzofe, Keta, Peki, Ho and Hohoe.
The need for a Teacher Training College in the territory was beginning to be urgently felt. In 1944, a firm decision was taken to request the colonial government to site a training College at Amedzofe. The then Director of Education for the Gold Coast, Mr. Tom Barton, supported the idea and encourage the E.P. Church Synod Committee to open a 2-year Certificate ‘B’ Teacher Training College at Amedzofe.
On February 10, 1946, the E.P Training College Amedzofe, came into being with male students and Rev. W. M. Beverage, a Scottish Missionary and the then supervisor of E.P. Schools was appointed as the first Principal. The young College which started as male institution with an initial teaching staff of six, went co-educational in January, 1950 when 20 female students were admitted alongside 40 males. The admission of female students created a congenial condition for the development of the College’s choral music.
Another important landmark was the conversion of the 2-year Certificate ‘B’ courses to a 4-year Certificate ‘A’ programme in 1962 at the end of the 1961/62 academic session. Furthermore, a specialist course in Home Science was briefly introduce in 1974 but later moved to Aburi. The 4-year course was also finally replaced in 1991 by Teacher’s Certificate ‘A’ (3-year post-Secondary). The latter also ended in August 2006. In September 2004, the College was upgraded to a Diploma in Basic Education programme introduced, under the Ghana Education Service. The last batch completed in 2019/2020 academic year.
With the passage of the Colleges of Education Act 847 by the Parliament of Ghana on 24th March 2012, E.P. College of Education, Amedzofe was fully accredited as a public tertiary institution, mandated to train pre-tertiary teachers. Currently, the College runs the newly introduced 4-year Bachelor of Education in Junior High School & French, Upper Primary and Early Childhood.
The College was initially affiliated to the University of Cape Coast until 2018 when it had been changed to University of Ghana, Legon. The College has five academic departments: Language, Social Science and Creative Art, Education Studies, Mathematics/ICT, and Science/Physical Education. The College has over the last 75 years produced over 20,000 trained teachers who are contributing their quota in diverse ways to the development of this dear country. Some of these teachers have successfully blazed the trail and have become very successful individuals in their own rights and can be found in virtually every facets of the human force of this country. The College is indeed proud of you.