President appoints members of Ghana Education Council

President John Agyekum Kufuor, in consultation with the Council of State, has appointed a 14-member Ghana Education Service Council. A Government statement in Accra on Monday said Professor Florence Abena Dolphyne, Lecturer of the Department of Linguistics, University of Ghana, Legon, is the Chairperson.

Other members are, Dr Lord Asamoah, Principal of Kumasi Polytechnic, Mrs Difie Kusi, a Career Diplomat and an Educationist, Mrs Rose Annan-Karikari, Executive Director of the Ghana Employers Association (GEA) and Mr Paul Osei Mensah, of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT).

Others are Mr Anthony Kwame De Youngster, of the Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS), Mr Eric Ahmed Amar-Atsen, of the Federation of Muslim Council, Mr Michael Francis Doh, of the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) and Mr Paul Effah of the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE).

The rest are, Mr Francis Edward Morgan of the Public Services Commission (PSC), Professor George Tawiah Odamtten of the Ghana Pentecostal Council and Professor Nathaniel Kofi Pecku, of the Christian Council of Ghana.

Two other ex-officio members of the Council are Mr Chris A. Atiemo, Chief Director of the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Mr John Budu-Smith, Acting Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES)