Yaw Osei Adutwum
{{Short description|Ghanaian politician (born 1964)}}
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| name = Yaw Osei Adutwum
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| parliament = Ghana
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| predecessor1 = Simon Osei-Mensah
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| term_start1 = 7 January 2017
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1964|4|9}}
| birth_place = Jachie
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| nationality = Ghanaian
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| party = New Patriotic Party
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| alma_mater = Kumasi High School
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
University of La Verne
| occupation = Politician
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| committees = Members Holding Offices of Profit Committee; Works and Housing Committee; Poverty Reduction Strategy Committee
| office1 = Member of Ghanaian Parliament for
Bosomtwe Constituency
| term_start2 = 1 March 2017
| term_end2 = 20 January 2021
| office = Minister for Education
| term_start = 5 March 2021
| term_end = 6 January 2025
| president = Nana Akufo-Addo
| predecessor = Matthew Opoku Prempeh
| successor = Haruna Iddrisu
| office2 = Deputy Minister for Education
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Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum (born 9 April 1964) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the ninth 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.{{Cite web |title=Yaw Osei Adutwum, Biography |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/person/Yaw-Osei-Adutwum-3163 |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=GhanaWeb.}}{{Cite web |title=Parliament of Ghana |url=https://www.parliament.gh/mps?mp=90 |website=Parliament Of Ghana}}{{cite web |date=5 March 2021 |title=Akufo-Addo swears in the first batch of Ministers |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Akufo-Addo-swears-in-the-first-batch-of-Ministers-1196833 |access-date=19 March 2021 |website=Akufo-Addo swears in the first batch of Ministers}}{{Cite web |date=2021-05-19 |title=We're on course with TVET promotion – Education Minister |url=https://citinewsroom.com/2021/05/were-on-course-with-tvet-promotion-education-minister/ |access-date=2021-05-21 |website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |title=STEM education key feature in model schools — Education Minister |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/education/ghana-news-stem-education-key-feature-in-model-schools-education-minister.html |access-date=2021-05-30 |website=Graphic Online |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |title=Yaw Adutwum teaches Kwaso JHS students in an unannounced visit |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/education/yaw-adutwum-teaches-kwaso-jhs-students-in-an-unannounced-visit/ |access-date=2020-12-07 |website=MyJoyOnline. |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=14 May 2019 |title=Leading by example: Dep Education Minister takes students through Maths class |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/leading-by-example-dep-education-minister-takes-students-through-maths-class/ |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2020-12-30 |website=MyJoyOnline. |language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Yaw Osei Adutwum hails from Jachie in the Ashanti region of Ghana. 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.{{Cite web|url=http://moe.gov.gh/index.php/profile/hon-dr-yaw-osei-adutwum/|title=Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum|website=Ministry of Education|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-25|archive-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525204406/http://moe.gov.gh/index.php/profile/hon-dr-yaw-osei-adutwum/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=Ghana MPs - MP Details - Osei Adutwum, Yaw |url=http://www.ghanamps.com/mps/details.php?id=5317 |access-date=2020-12-07 |website=GhanaMps.}} He had his secondary education at Kumasi High School in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, where he received his Advanced level education certificate.{{Cite web|date=2020-08-03|title=PERSONALITY PROFILE. CoEWJ Interview with Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, Deputy Minister for Education. MP, Bosomtwe Constituency. » Colleges of Education News Portal|url=https://coenewsportal.com/?p=972|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Colleges of Education News Portal|language=en-US|archive-date=3 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003205939/https://coenewsportal.com/?p=972|url-status=dead}}
Career
In September 2004, he founded the New Designs Charter Schools in California, USA.{{cite web|url=https://lasentinel.net/president-of-new-designs-charter-school-dr-yaw-adutwum-talks-about-educational-success.html|title=President of New Design Charter Schools Talls about my educational success|access-date=2023-09-06}}{{Cite web |last=Oyiboke |first=Amen |date=March 23, 2016 |title=President of New Designs Charter School Dr. Yaw Adutwum talks about educational success |url=https://lasentinel.net/president-of-new-designs-charter-school-dr-yaw-adutwum-talks-about-educational-success.html |access-date=28 July 2023 |website=Los Angeles Sentinel}}{{Cite web |last=Bulmuo |first=Bruce Misbahu |date=12 February 2022 |title=Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum: A renowned educationist and minister of excellence |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/1139212/dr-yaw-osei-adutwum-a-renowned-educationist.html |access-date=28 July 2023 |website=Modern Ghana}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2020-10-28 |title=The Minister - Ministry of Education Ghana |url=https://moe.gov.gh/index.php/the-minister/ |access-date=2023-09-13 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Nartey |first=Laud |date=2021-01-12 |title=Make Adutwum the substantive Education Minister – Send Gh to Akufo-Addo |url=https://3news.com/make-adutwum-the-substantive-education-minister-send-gh-to-akufo-addo/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=3News.com |language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Yaw Osei Adutwum, Biography |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/person/Yaw-Osei-Adutwum-3163 |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=www.ghanaweb.com}}{{Cite web |last=Online |first=Peace FM |title=Meet Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum: The Teacher And Chief Servant |url=https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/local/education/202102/439850.php |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news}}{{Cite web |last=Abisoye |first=Adeyiga |date=2022-05-03 |title=Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum: Making Strides in Ghana's Educational Sector |url=https://www.africanleadershipmagazine.co.uk/dr-yaw-osei-adutwum-making-strides-in-ghanas-educational-sector/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=African Leadership Magazine |language=en-US}}
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).{{Cite web|url=https://citinewsroom.com/2021/09/education-minister-appointed-member-of-university-of-califonia-advisory-board/|title=Education Minister, Yaw Adutwum joins advisory board of the University of California|access-date=2023-07-12 |website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana |date=13 September 2021 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Education Minister, Yaw Adutwum joins advisory board of the University of California |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/education-minister-yaw-adutwum-joins-advisory-board-of-the-university-of-california |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=Myjoyonline. |date=12 September 2021 |language=en}}
Initiative
On 2022, he granted scholarships to 61 engineering and medical students from his constituency for the 2022 academic year.{{Cite web |last=Quist |first=Ebenezer Agbey |date=2022-01-16 |title=Ghanaian MP gives full scholarships & laptops to 61 students going to university |url=https://yen.com.gh/people/200720-mp-bosomtwe-constituency-pays-fees-61-medicine-engineering-students/ |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=Yen.com.gh - Ghana news. |language=en}} With this initiative, the total number of students receiving the MP's scholarship for engineering and medicine reaches 91, inching closer to his goal of supporting 100 students within a 10-year timeframe.{{Cite web |title=Education Minister gives scholarships to 61 Engineering and Medical students from Bosomtwe |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/education-minister-gives-scholarships-to-61-engineering-and-medical-students-from-bosomtwe |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=Myjoyonline. |date=17 January 2022 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-01-18 |title=Adutwum Gives Scholarships To 61 Bosomtwe Students|url=https://dailyguidenetwork.com/adutwum-gives-scholarships-to-61-bosomtwe-students/|access-date=2023-07-12 |website=DailyGuide Network |language=en-US}}
Politics
= 2016 election =
He contested the Bosomtwe Constituency in the Ashanti region of Ghana on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party during the 2016 Ghanaian general election, He obtained 46,238 votes out of the total 54,144 votes cast representing 85.82%, while his closest contender, the then District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Bosomtwe District, Veronica Antwi-Adjei of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), had 7,215 votes, representing 13.39%.{{Cite web|last=FM|first=Peace|title=2016 Election - Bosomtwe Constituency Results|url=http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2016/parliament/ashanti/bosomtwe/|access-date=2020-12-30|website=Ghana Elections - Peace FM}}
In the seventh parliament, Adutwum served on the Works and Housing and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Committees.
== 2020 election ==
Adutwum was re-elected as a member of parliament during the 2020 Ghanaian general election with 57,939 votes out of 68,327 total valid votes, representing 84.80%, over Priscilla Mercy Nketia of the National Democratic Congress who had 10, 388 votes representing 15.2% of the total valid votes.{{Cite web |title=Parliamentary Results for Bosomtwe |url=https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/ghanaelection2020/elections.constituency.results.php?mode=parliamentary&ID=302 |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=Mobile GhanaWeb.}}{{Cite web |last=FM |first=Peace |title=2020 Election - Bosomtwe Constituency Results |url=http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2020/parliament/ashanti/bosomtwe/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=Ghana Elections - Peace FM}}{{Cite web |title=Bosomtwe – Election Data Center – The Ghana Report |url=https://electiondatacenter.theghanareport.com/election-results/2020-2/ashanti-region/bosomtwe/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |language=en-US}} He is a member of Members Holding Office of Profit Committee and the Employment and Social Welfare Committee of Parliament.{{Cite web |title=Parliament of Ghana |url=https://www.parliament.gh/mps?mp=140 |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=www.parliament.gh}}
2024 election
In 2024 election he retained his seat as he won the parliamentary seat for Bosomtwe Constituency against his opponent Abdullah Hamidu of the National Democratic Congress party.{{Cite web |title=2024 Ghana Elections – Parliamentary Results {{!}} 3News |url=https://3news.com/elections/parliamentary/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |language=en-US}}
Minister for Education
Adutwum was made the substantive Minister for Education in 2021, having served as Deputy to Mathew Opoku Prempeh for four years in which he helped in the implementation of the Free Senior High School policy.{{Cite web |author=Editorial Staff |date=2021-02-16 |title=I'll still teach in classrooms if I become Education Minister - Adutwum |url=https://educationweb.com.gh/education/ill-still-teach-in-classrooms/ |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=EducationWeb |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=As Education Minister, I'll consider myself a 'teacher-in-chief' Dr Adutwum |url=https://myinfo.com.gh/2021/02/as-education-minister-ill-consider-myself-a-teacher-in-chief-dr-adutwum/ |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=Myinfo Ghana |date=14 February 2021 |language=en-GB}}
= STEM schools =
Under the leadership of Adutwum, he sets out a plan to construct 35 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Senior High Schools (SHSs) and 5 STEM universities throughout the country. As a significant step towards this vision, 10 of these STEM SHSs were initiated in 2022.{{Cite web |date=13 December 2021 |title=Govt to construct 35 STEM SHSs, 5 varsities – Educ Minister |url=https://www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh/govt-to-construct-35-stem-shss-5-varsities-educ-minister/|website=Ghanaian Times}}{{Cite web |last=FAAPA |title=Government to open six new STEM schools this year-Minister – FAAPA ENG |url=https://www.faapa.info/en/government-to-open-six-new-stem-schools-this-year-minister/ |access-date=2023-07-12 |language=en}} This initiative promotes STEM education and provides students with specialized learning opportunities to excel in these critical fields.{{Cite web |last=GTonline |date=2022-09-07 |title=Take interest in STEM education – Dr Adutwum urges traditional leaders |url=https://www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh/take-interest-in-stem-education-dr-adutwum-urges-traditional-leaders/ |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=Ghanaian Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Apinga |first=David |date=2023-06-24 |title=More STEM Centres Nearing Completion – Adutwum |url=https://www.theghanareport.com/more-stem-centres-nearing-completion-adutwum/ |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=The Ghana Report |language=en}}
Awards
In 2019, he was voted the Best Performing Deputy Minister by two research bodies: the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) and FAKS Investigative Services.{{Cite news |last=Kale-Dery |first=Severious |date=27 January 2020 |title=Adutwum voted Best Dep Minister 2019 |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/adutwum-voted-best-dep-minister-2019.html |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2020-12-07 |website=Graphic Online |language=en-gb}}
Personal life
Adutwum is married with a child. He is a Christian and worships at the Pentecost Church.
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