PROFILE OF HON. DR. YAW OSEI ADUTWUM (MP)

Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum (MP) is currently the Minister for Education of the Republic of Ghana as well as the Chairman of the Ghana Commission for UNESCO. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bosomtwe Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Lakeview Schools in Jachie in the Ashanti Region before his election as an MP. He was also the CEO and Founder of New Designs Educational Group, California, USA. He has over a decade’s experience in the educational policy, planning and administration. He was born on 9th April, 1964 in Kumasi and hails from Jachie, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He obtained his bachelor’s certificate from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in 1990 and a postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (Teaching Credentials) from Chapman University, City of Orange, California, USA in 1999. He obtained his Master of Education in Educational Management and Administrative Services Credential from the University of La Verne, California, USA in 1997. He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Educational Policy and Administration from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, USA in June 2008. He has participated in several UNESCO conferences and workshops as a Resource Person. He is a member of several professional bodies, recent of these is the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), USA. Until his current appointment, he was the Deputy Minister for Education in charge of General Education.