Assessment of Teaching and Learning of Art Related Subjects in the Colleges of Education in the Central and Western Regions of Ghana

The study was conducted in the Colleges of Education in the Central and Western Regions of Ghana. The purpose of the study was to assess the reasons limiting student choice of visual Art as their elective subject. The research design used for the study was descriptive survey. Four Colleges of Education were sampled by means of simple random sampling and stratified sampling methods. Simple random sampling method was used to select the four Colleges of Education and stratified sampling method for the selection of the students. The sample size was four hundred, comprising of four hundred students. From the results of the study, it was found that Students do not choose Art as their elective subject because of the way the tutors handle the subject. The selection of Art Related subjects can be promoted by educating the students on the importance of Art as a vocation. The recommendation is that tutors should be given in-service training to up-grade their knowledge on the methodology of art