Milton Margai Teachers College

LC control no.	n 81032245
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Milton Margai Teachers College *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Goderich (Sierra Leone). Milton Margai Teachers College Milton Margai Teachers Training College Margai Teachers College Margai (Milton) Teachers College MMTC M.M.T.C.
See also	Predecessor: Milton Margai Training College *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Beginning date	1963~
Ending date	1995
Associated country	Sierra Leone
Located	Goderich (Sierra Leone)
Field of activity	Teachers--Training of
Found in	Teaching today, 1971- Report of POP/FLE Intensive Training Course for MMTC, Lecturers, 1992: t.p. (M.M.T.C.) World of learning, 1971/1972: p. 1144 (Milton Margai Training College, Goderich, near Freetown) OCLC, December 20, 2018 (usage: Milton Margai Training College found 1965 only; usage: Milton Margai Teaching College found 1968-1974, 1985, 1989-1992) Milton Margai Alumni website, Milton Margai College of Education and Technology, Background, viewed December 20, 2018 (MMCET started as a primary school teacher training programme at Fourah Bay College (FBC), Mount Aureol, and offered Teachers Certificate (TC); in 1960 it was relocated to the military barracks at Tower Hill and called Freetown Training College for Teachers [not found in OCLC]; in 1963 it relocated to the current Goderich site and was renamed Milton Margai Teachers College (MMTC), after Sierra Leone's first Prime Minister, who was present at the opening ceremony; in its early years, the college offered TC, Teacher's Advance Certificate (TAC), and Higher Teachers Certificate (HTC) in secondary school education; in 1995 it was renamed Milton Margai College of Education (MMCE) [not found in OCLC], with degree granting status in response to the 6:3:3 national education scheme; in 2001 it was rebranded MMCET (Milton Margai College of Education and Technology) [found in 2 records in OCLC] on merger with the Freetown Technical Institute and the Institute of Tourism and Hospitality; 3500 students in 5 faculties: Education, Environmental Science, Engineering, Business & Management Studies, and Hotel Tourism & Nutritional Studies)