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Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum

Minister for Education
Constituency:
Bosomtwe Constituency
Political Party:
New Patriotic Party

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Date of Birth: Sunday, 19 April 1964
Place of Birth: Jachie, Ashanti Region
Marital Status and Family: Marriage
Education:
bachelor's degree
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Land Economy (Business Administration with a major in Real Estate)
master's degree
University of La Verne
Education Management
PhD
University of Southern California.
Educational Policy, Planning and Administration
Advanced level education certificate
Kumasi High School
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Bio History: Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum (born 9 April 1964) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, representing the Bosomtwe Constituency in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. On 5 March 2021, Adutwum was appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo as the Minister of Education in Ghana. He is noted for his unannounced visits to schools as means to effective monitoring and supervision.

He obtained a bachelor's degree in Land Economy (Business Administration with a major in Real Estate) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology prior to migrating to the United States. He holds a master's degree in Education Management from the University of La Verne and a PhD in Educational Policy, Planning and Administration from the University of Southern California. He had his secondary education at Kumasi High School in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, where he received his Advanced level education certificate.
In September 2004, he founded the New Designs Charter Schools in California, USA.
Prior to that, he worked as a Mathematics and Information Technology teacher at the Manual Arts High School for ten years, and within this period, he founded the International Studies Academy, which served as a small learning community for students. He also served as the lead math teacher in the USC/Manual Arts Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI). He was also part of the task force established by the National Research Council for Career and Technical Education to develop a national model for career and technical education at the high school and College levels.
On 9 September 2021, Adutwum was appointed as a member of the Advisory Board of the Capacity Building Center (CBC) in the School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Career History (Non-political): Prior to that, he worked as a Mathematics and Information Technology teacher at the Manual Arts High School for ten years, and within this period, he founded the International Studies Academy, which served as a small learning community for students

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Appointment Date: Thursday, 14 November 2024
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