Vincent Kwasi Atiku¹, Benedicta Awusi Atiku^2,

This study was conducted in 2018 purposely to discover the challenges being faced by the various tutors of Colleges of Education who enrolled in further studies programmes for status change in their profession. Two colleges were sampled with a total number of 17 participants in data production under qualitative design which employed semi structured interview and thematic content analysis. Key findings include time constraint on tutors as they battle to find time to teach students, as their commitment to work at the College as well as find time to attend lectures of their own further studies programme. Others were financial constraint, relationship strained with friends and marriage partners and health challenges. Ways of finding solutions include hosting weekend courses, taking bank loans and family support. It concluded that the transitional tutors suffered and needed to have greater support from policy, government and respective colleges of transitional staff. Recommendations include Governing Councils of Colleges of Education instituting Professional Development Policies to support staff, implementation of Co-operative Education to support such staff and increase in GETFund Staff Development Bursary as well as timely payment of same.

Colleges of Education, Challenges, Tutors, Further Studies, Teaching