Congratulations dearest boss. A great role model, a true nationalist who loves her country deeply, distinguished scholar, a true achiever, infectious humility, genuinely empathetic, woman of integrity, internationally renowned, decent, respectful....indeed an amazing mother of many parts and great inspiration.
Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang's sterling record as Minister for Education is a healthy mixture of innovative policy initiatives, quality outcomes and massive infrastructural development:
She successfully championed many reforms such as the conversion of polytechnics into technical universities;
Upgrading Colleges of Education into tertiary institutions;
Reducing teacher absenteeism from 27% to 7%;
Introducing the unprecedented Private BECE;
Leading negotiations with the World Bank which secured for Ghana the flagship Secondary Education Improvement Project and the African Centres of Excellence initiative resulting in the establishment and funding for the West African Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) both at the University of Ghana and the Regional Water and Environmental Sanitation Centre (RWESC) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST);
Supervised Ghana's overall best performing WASSCE nation award by WAEC for four consecutive years when she served as Minister and the massive retooling and infrastructural development which she tirelessly delivered;
Abolished the quota system at the Colleges of Education which led to enrollment increasing from 9,000 to 15,400 thereby creating more teaching opportunities for the youth;
Ensured teachers were automatically posted without National Service and Licensure Examinations;
Procured and distributed more than 150,000 tables and chairs to basic schools;
Upgraded facilities at 50 less endowed Senior High Schools and 75 under-performing Senior High Schools;
Donated some 54,000 laptops to teachers and stocked computer labs with 60,000 computers during her tenure;
Recruited 2,400 mathematics and science teachers as a special intervention to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics and science at the SHS level;
Engaged more than 40,000 newly recruited teachers during her tenure as Minister which is confirmed by EMIS data. GES staff strength increased by 18.2% from 247,254 to 292,238;
Superinted over the allocation of some 500 buses and double cabin pickups to educational institutions and district education offices;
Improved quality of basic education resulting in Ghana's all time best BECE performance;
Distributed 787,485 free school uniforms to deprived districts across the country;
Supervised the distribution of over 40,000 free made in Ghana leather sandals for vulnerable students;
To improve retention and transition rates, she oversaw the distribution of bicycles, school bags, mathematical sets, solar lamps, calculators and textbooks to some 155,781 pupils;
Increased the capitation grant by 100% for 11,650 public basic schools in 75 deprived districts;
Constructed 25 District Education Officers;
Spent some GHS61.3million on BECE subsidy for all registered candidates in private and public basic schools;
Eliminated the obnoxious shift system in public basic schools;
Constructed some 1,129 classroom blocks, 73 teacher accommodation blocks and rehabilitated 622 schools at the basic level;
Constructed more than 2,000 school projects with the view to eradicate the school under trees phenomenon;
Introduced the progressively free SHS policy which was targeted at 458,700 poor and vulnerable students;
Distributed 787,485 free school uniforms to deprived districts across the country;
Supervised the distribution of over 40,000 free made in Ghana leather sandals for vulnerable students;
To improve retention and transition rates, she oversaw the distribution of bicycles, school bags, mathematical sets, solar lamps, calculators and textbooks to some 155,781 school pupils;
Increased the capitation grant by 100% for 11,650 public basic schools in 75 deprived districts;
Spent some GHS61.3million on BECE subsidy for all registered candidates in private and public basic schools;
Eliminated the obnoxious shift system in public basic schools;
Constructed some 1,129 classroom blocks, 73 teacher accommodation blocks and rehabilitated 622 schools at the basic level;
Prof. demonstrated unwavering commitment to the supply of Teaching and Learning Materials during her tenure:
472,800 Teacher Notebooks
653,700 Class Attendance Registers
12.8 million Core Textbooks
2.5 million Dictionaries
4,994,328 boxes of white chalk and 180,000 boxes of coloured chalk;
Initiated the construction of 124 Community Day Senior High Schools and completed 50 at the time of handing over;
Administered the Skills Development Fund which saw some US$50million worth of grants being awarded to 646 businesses and 93,446 employees/members of trade associations and farmer based groups;
Secured funding from the African Development Bank under the Development of Skills for Industry Project (DSIP) which was utilized for the construction of 13 modern and well equipped Technical Institutes across the country;
Upgraded facilities in all 38 Colleges of Education;
Supervised the completion of the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ho;
Secured funding and initiated work on the University of Environment and Sustainable Development in the Eastern Region;
Embarked on massive infrastructural expansion in all public tertiary institutions;
Student loan beneficiaries increased from 13,833 in the 2012/13 academic year to 24,951 in the 2015/16 academic year;
Upward review of the students' loan from GHS650 - GHS1,600 over two semesters to GHS1,000 - GHS2,000 for same period;
Introduced the Students' Loan Plus to cater for students who gain admission but face financial handicap in raising the initial, time bound registration fees.
Congratulations dearest boss. A great role model, a true nationalist who loves her country deeply, distinguished...
Posted by Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa on Monday, July 6, 2020
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JDM is still a damaged goods with so many scands around him still TIO
PROFILE OF H. E. ALHAJI DR. MAHAMUDU BAWUMIA, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia attended the Sakasaka Primary school in Tamale, and gained admission to Tamale Secondary School in 1975. After graduating from Tamale Secondary School, he went to the United Kingdom where he studied banking and obtained the Chartered Institute of Bankers Diploma (ACIB). He was President of the Ghana United Nations Students’ Association (GUNSA) for 1981. He took a #First_Class_Honours_Degree_in_Economics at Buckingham University in 1987. He then obtained a master's degree in Economics ( Distinction) at Lincoln College, Oxford, and obtained a Ph.D. in Economics at the Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1995. His areas of specialization include Macroeconomics, International Economics, Development Economics and Monetary Policy. He has numerous publications From 1988 to 1990, Bawumia worked as a lecturer in Monetary Economics, and International Finance at the Emile Woolf College of Accountancy in London, England. He also served as an economist at the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC, USA. Between 1996 and 2000, Bawumia served as an Assistant Professor of Economics in the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, USA, where he also received the Young Researcher Award in 1998. He was listed in "Who is Who Among America's Teachers' in 1999. Bawumia returned to Ghana in 2000 to work as an economist at the Bank of Ghana. He rose from Senior Economist to Head of Department, and subsequently as Special Assistant to the Governor of the Bank. President John Kufuor appointed Bawumia as Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana in June 2006. At the Bank of Ghana Bawumia : 1. As Head of the Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Department, he was part of the team that designed and implemented the inflation-targeting framework that continues to guide monetary policy and the workings of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of Ghana. The inflation-targeting framework established reduced inflation from over 40% in 2000 to 10.2% by 2007 (i.e., before the oil price shock of 2007/2008) while maintaining relative exchange rate stability. 2. Was part of the team that was instrumental in designing and implementing policy initiatives such as the abolition of the secondary reserve requirements and the opening up of the banking sector to competition. This resulted in a major increase in the availability of credit to the private sector from 12.5% of GDP in 2001 to 28.5% of GDP by 2008. 3. Led Bank of Ghana's technical negotiation team and was on the government team that negotiated with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund since 2001 through HIPC and PRGF. Partly as a result of these negotiations, Ghana by 2007 successfully ended its dependence on IMF assistance. 4. Served as a member of the Government technical negotiating team on HIPC Paris Club and Completion Point Negotiations. Ghana completed the HIPC process successfully with significant debt relief of close to $4 billion. 5. Was a member of the Government Team to Negotiate the Millennium Challenge Account Compact with the US Government. The MCA resulted in many significant projects such as the recently inaugurated George ***barred word*** Highway. 6. Was a member of the Government Technical Team on the Deregulation of Ghana's Petroleum Sector. 7. As Chairman of the Capital Markets Committee, was responsible for the strategy for accessing the international capital markets with a debut US$750 million, which was four times oversubscribed. 8. Was part of the team that designed and implemented the successful redenomination of the cedi. Through this process, the cedi was considerably strengthened. Significant savings were also made by the Bank of Ghana in currency printing costs. 9. Was involved in the design and implementation of the e-zwich common platform for all banks, savings and loans companies and rural banks, offering interoperability across different financial institutions. 10. As the deputy Governor in charge of financial stability, oversaw the soundness of the banking sector. 11. As Deputy Governor Bawumia served on the Boards of the Bank of Ghana, Ghana International Bank (UK), Ghana Telecom, Revenue Agencies Governing Board, Social Security and National Insurance Trust. Bawumia served as a Consultant to the Economic Commission of Africa between February and March 2009. Between April and October 2009, he was a visiting scholar at the University of British Columbia Liu Centre for Global Studies and UBC Fisheries Centre. In October 2009, he was appointed as a Fellow of the International Growth Centre (IGC), a research institute based jointly at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Oxford University that provides advice on economic growth to governments of developing countries, specifically serving as an IGC Team Member for Sierra Leone. He also served as an advisor to the Central Bank of Sierra Leone on the redesigning of the organizational structure of the bank and its monetary policy framework. Between October 2009 and October 2010, he was a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the Department of Economics, University of Oxford. In January 2011, Bawumia was appointed Resident Representative of the African Development Bank for Zimbabwe by the African Development Bank. He is married to Hajia Mrs. Samira R. Bawumia, with 4 children. He is currently the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana and Head of the Economic Management Team. #TheTeamIsSolid #4More4NanaBawumia
This is how they sing your prise until they get rid of you. Then they completely wipe your memory off their records as they did to Mills and Amisah Arthur. Let her busk in the praise-singing glory. Time will tell. I only wonder how she is going to campaign on a platform.
Please let's all pray for this woman for her dear life.
I don't think she is a good choice for John Mahama and the NDC in general. A Vice President should be someone with the ability to succeed President Mahama in case he wins the 2020 elections. Are Ghanaians ready to accept a woman as Presidential candidate and President when Mahama leave the scene in 2024 (in case Mahama wins 2020 elections)? Is she age appropriate for the presidency?. I think Alex Mould should have been the Vice for Mahama. He is somehow young and well versed in economics, finance, and governance. We need new face and someone who could be groomed to succeed John Mahama.
She employed teachers and forced them to agree to accept only three months' pay for three years' work. If she has agreed with John Mahama to scrap the Teacher Licensing test she is towing the most retrogressive educational policy in the history of Ghana's development.
She is bringing nothing else on board except the cancellation of Teacher Training Allowance.It was a pity for a professional teacher to treat his incoming collegues such a harsh treatment.My friend who was having a wife and a child was living solely on the allowance.It was a big blow to him.
Haha another green book achievement style. All this talk talk & bragging. He forgot to add one more: that during her tenure they broke first time record of 4 years of scarcity of common chalk in schools in the educational history of Gh .
MAHAMA IS STILL THE YUTONG BUS DRIVER AND NAANA OPOKU AGYEMANG BECOMES THE MATE. IT WILL NOT WORK. IF NDC IS REALLY SERIOUS MAHAMA SHOULD BE DROPPED FOR NAANA TO RUN FOR THE PARTY. MAHAMA IS TOO CORRUPTT TO BECOME THE IMAGE AND THE FACE OF NDC. NAANA WILL GIVE SOME CREDENCE OF RESPECTABILITY TO THE PARTY, IF SHE LEADS THE PARTY AND NOT TO RUN AFTER MAHAMA. SHE IS TOO DIGNIFIED TO BE MADE TO DO THAT. ANOTHER WAY NDC CAN SEEK TO DROP MAHAMA IS TO CAMPAIGN IN SECRET TO PUSH FOR HIS PROSECUTION FOR HIS NUMEROUS CORRUPTT CASES TO AVOID ANY POOR PERFORMANCE IN 2020 ELECTIONS. SUCH POOR PERFORMANCE IN 2020 WILL SINK DOWN THE PARTY FOR SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS. THE GREATEST MISTAKE OF NDC IS MAHAMA AND NPP SHOULD NOT BOTHER TO PUSH HARD FOR HIS CORRUPTION TO INCRIMINATEE HIM NOW BEFORE DECEMBER 2020. I CAN SEE THE RESURRECTION OF HIS CORRUPTIONN DEVELOPING TO INCRIMINATIONN AFTER 2021, ESPECIALLY IF MAHAMA CONTINUES TO CHERISH AND KEEP HOLD TO HIS AMBITION TO COME BACK. NOW AS LONG AS MAHAMA IS THE DRIVER AND NAANA IS THE MATE NO MAGICCC CAN WORK TO RESCUE NDC. AFTER ALL NAANA WAS ALSO IN MAHAMA GOVERNMENT AND WE DID NOT SEE HER INFLUENCE TO ENHANCE THE GOVERNANCE OF MAHAMA GOVERNMENT. WHAT NEW DOES SHE BRING TO THE TABLE NOW. MAHAMA IS STILL THE DRIVER AND NAANA IS JUST THE MATE.
Hahahaaaa, they have given her a name already( NJOA) ,bet me the NPP will soon tell us the real meaning of NJOA. Meat that has fat will prove it by the heat of fire, Akuffo Addo was accused of being too old to be president, today NDC sees wisdom in going for a 69 year old lady to be their running mate, may be they now see old age as wisdom, the battle lines are drawn, BAWUMIA Vrs NANA JANE OPOKU AGYEMANG.