It is the first training college in the Brong-Ahafo Region and attained accreditation status in 2007.It is affiliated to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
In 1947, Nana Fosu Gyeabour Akoto I, Bechemanhene and his elders donated the land on which the college was built on.
The mission of the college is to build a Catholic Teacher Training Institution of excellence that offers holistic education for the integral development of staff and students in preparing disciplined, dedicated, competent, resourceful, creative and patriotic teachers for Basic Schools in Ghana after the example of St. Joseph who was obedient, hardworking and chaste in line with the motto of the college ‘OBI DAN BI’ (which stands for interdependence for the common good).
The first ever National Best Teacher Award (2007) in Information and communications technology (ICT) was won by Mr. Matthew Adjei of the college.
Peter Atuahene,[7] Patron of the college, The Government, Nana Bechemanhene, GET FUND, TED, IFESH, MP and DCE Tano South, Old Joscodians, GTZ, GFW, JICA etc.