Our People
T-TEL has 15 Subscribers who are the legal custodians of the organisation and ensure the adherence to its Objects, Vision, Mission and Values. Their diverse skills, experiences and perspectives in the field of education represent the breadth of Ghanaian society which T-TEL seeks to serve. They are responsible for appointing the Board.
Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah
Board Chair
Felicia Boakye-Yiadom
Subscriber
Felicia Boakye-Yiadom
Felicia is the former Executive Secretary of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) where she was central to the development of Ghana’s new pre-tertiary curriculum.
Professor Rita Akosua Dickson
Member
Professor Joseph Ghartey Ampiah
Subscriber
Professor Joseph Ghartey Ampiah
Professor Ghartey Ampiah is the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast. His research interests are in science education, teaching and learning of science at primary, JHS and SHS, science classroom environments, in-service education and training. He has been involved in numerous international projects and has published extensively.
Professor Kwame Akyeampong
Member
Dinah Adiko
Key Advisor, Gender Equality & Social Inclusion (GESI)
Samuel Baba Adongo
Subscriber
Samuel Baba Adongo
Baba is an enterprise development and finance specialist with experience in business strategy and financial engineering across a wide range of industries. He has worked on high level public and private sector consulting assignments across multi-disciplinary projects.
Professor Wisdom Akpalu
Subscriber
Professor Wisdom Akpalu
Wisdom is currently the Dean of the School of Research and Graduate Studies at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). His research interests include Development Economics, Modelling microeconomic behaviour, empirical econometric analysis, optimal extraction of natural resources, and economics of climate change.
Alhaji Mohammed Haroon
Subscriber
Alhaji Mohammed Haroon
Alhaji Mohammed Haroon is the former Regional Director of Education for the Northern Region. He is a recipient of several awards including Nnamdi Azikiwe Gold Award for Leadership in West Africa in 2017 and is heavily involved with the charity WhizzKids United.
Sister Elizabeth Amoako-Arhen
Vice Chair
Muniratu Issifu
Subscriber
Muniratu Issifu
Muniratu is Director of Partnerships at Plan International Ghana and was previously Country Director of the Varkey Foundation. She has successfully designed and implemented development projects in diverse areas such as education, local governance, water and sanitation, mental health and social protection.
John Martin
Member
Professor George Oduro
Member
Perpetual Wadjoly
Subscriber
Perpetual Wadjoly
Perpetual is a newly qualified JHS teacher based in Worawora, Oti Region. She graduated from St. Teresa’s College of Education, Hohoe in 2020 and was very active in both the SRC and TTAG. She is the first female to be elected as TTAG Coordinator for the Volta Sector.
Tony Dogbe
Subscriber
Tony Dogbe
Tony is the Executive Director of Sabre Education. He is an experienced social and community development worker, trainer, researcher, manager, consultant and workshop facilitator /moderator. He has worked with government, non-government and private sector institutions in various areas of human development endeavour. For nearly nine years he was the Executive Director of one of the leading Ghanaian NGOs, Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP) and thereafter served on its Board from 2000 to 2009. From 2000-2004, he was on VSO’s Board of Trustees in the U.K.
The Board of Directors is the key decision-making body of T-TEL organisation and ensures the implementation of decisions and resolutions made at the annual general meeting. The Board provides strategic direction to, and oversight of the Executive Team of T-TEL (the Secretariat) and has a clear remit to focus on the operations of T-TEL as an organisation. It acts as the bridge between the Subscribers and the Secretariat and meets on a quarterly basis. There are currently eight full Board members – six members (including the Chair) are from the Subscribers whilst two additional members have been nominated by the Ministry of Education. Board meetings are also attended by the Executive Director, a Ministry of Education representative and the Company Secretary whom do not have voting rights.
Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah
Board Chair
Jophus Anamuah-Mensah
Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah is the Board Chair of T-TEL. He is also the Key Adviser for Curriculum Reform, and the Executive Chair of the Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (TESSA), a programme that has produced free study units for improving classroom practice across thirteen different countries. Prof. Anamuah-Mensah was the Director of School and Community Science and Technology Studies and now Director of the Institute for Educational Research and Innovation Studies at the University of Education, Winneba. He is the Chairman of Open Learning Exchange, an organisation dedicated to improving the quality of learning in Ghanaian schools through the use of technology and especially, the creation of an open digital education library accessible online and offline. He was also the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and for nine years Prof. Anamuah-Mensah was the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of University of Education Winneba (UEW), the first university in Africa dedicated to teacher education.
Sister Elizabeth Amoako-Arhen
Vice Chair
Sister Elizabeth Amoako-Arhen
Sister Elizabeth is the former Principal of Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) College of Education. She is a former President of the Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF) where she played a leading role in implementing Ghana’s teacher education reforms. She is a Board member of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) and a Council member of Ghana Education Service (GES).
Professor Rita Akosua Dickson
Member
Prof. Rita Akosua Dickson
Professor Dickson is the Vice-Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). She is a Phyto chemist and is a board member of the Pharmacy Council and Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana.
Professor Kwame Akyeampong
Member
Prof. Kwame Akyeampong
Kwame is Professor of International Education and Development at the Open University. He has published widely in international journals on education and development. His research interests cover teacher education, evaluation of large-scale education programmes, policy and practice of education, and mathematics education.
Professor George Oduro
Member
Prof. George Oduro
Professor Oduro is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He has taught at all levels of Ghana’s educational system in both rural and urban contexts. His professional development concerns lie in leadership strategies for improving the quality of teaching and learning in schools.
John Martin
Member
John Martin
John is a former Director of Cambridge Education where he oversaw a variety of large-scale education programmes across numerous countries including Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana and Nigeria. John played a central role in designing T-TEL in 2013 and 2014.
Professor Mohammed Salifu
Member
Prof. Mohammed Salifu
Professor Salifu is the Director-General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) and the former Executive Secretary of the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE). Before joining NCTE he was Professor of Transport Engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
Dr. Michael Boakye-Yiadom
Member
Dr. Michael Boakye-Yiadom
Michael is the Director-General of the Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA) at the University of Cape Coast. IEPA is a UNESCO Category II Institute which is expected to build the capacity of the education workforce in the West African sub-region in the areas of Educational Planning, Leadership and Administration as well as mobilising international and regional experts to provide technical assistance and policy advice to support sector-wide planning and policy development. Michael is a highly experienced researcher and administrator with a PhD in Higher Education and Student Affairs from Ohio University in the USA.
Robin Todd
Executive Director
Robin Todd
Robin Todd is T-TEL’s Executive Director, responsible for strategic direction and ensuring that the organisation provides high–quality technical assistance to the Government of Ghana. Robin is a public policy, education and international development professional with a wide breadth of skills and experience ranging from community-level implementation to national policy and planning. Twenty years of experience includes fifteen years working in education, social development and public service delivery positions in Africa and four and a half years’ developing and implementing policy on education and skills at senior levels within the British Government. Robin has led technical assistance assignments for a range of agencies including FCDO, World Bank, UNESCO, ILO, EU, GiZ, ADB, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Education Commission in Ghana, Nigeria, Malawi, Egypt, Tanzania, South Sudan, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, The Philippines, Nepal, St Lucia and St Vincent & the Grenadines. From 2009 to 2010 he worked under Gordon Brown in the UK Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit and has subsequently advised Ministries of Education in Tanzania, Uganda, Sierra Leone and Ghana on applying the ‘delivery approach’ to improve education systems. Robin first came to Ghana from 2000 to 2002 where he worked as an English Teacher in a Senior High School in the Northern Region. He returned to Ghana in 2017 to support the Ministry of Education on teacher education reforms and considers it a privilege to be appointed as the first Executive Director of T-TEL.
Akwasi Addae-Boahene
Chief Technical Advisor
Akwasi Addae-Boahene
Akwasi Addae-Boahene is a strategic management, education policy and reform expert, with strong experience in the design and management of education programs. He has 26 years of direct management experience implementing successful programs in education and policy reform with the Government of Ghana and 23 years’ experience working with International Development Organisations. Mr. Akwasi Addae-Boahene is currently the Chief Technical Adviser at the Ministry of Education’s Secretariat for Education Policy, Institutional and Curriculum reform. Before taking up his current role at the Ministry, Mr. Addae-Boahene was the Chief Technical Adviser and National Programme Manager of the FCDO funded Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL) in Ghana implemented by Cambridge Education. From 2013 to 2014, he was the Executive Director of Associates for Development Partnerships and was the Country Director of World University Service of Canada (WUSC) in Ghana from 2004 to 2013. As Country Director for WUSC, he was responsible for a portfolio of education and community development projects implemented in Ghana, with funding from USAID, CIDA and others. In addition, Mr. Addae-Boahene was the Chief of Party for the Ghana Education Decentralization Project (GEDP) funded by USAID and implemented by WUSC in collaboration with Ghana’s Ministry of Education from 2010 to 2012, and Project Director for the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai District Development Project. He was briefly the Director for Field Operations for the SHAPE Project implemented by World Education based in Boston, USA and funded by USAID/Ghana in 2004, and the Associate Director for Field Activities of the Community School Alliances (CSA) Project, a component of the USAID funded Quality Improvement in Primary Schools (QUIPS) Program in Ghana from 1998 to December 2003.
Priscilla Anima Akyeampong
Company Secretary
Priscilla Anima Akyeampong
Board Secretary
Priscilla is an associate at Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Company. She holds a Master of Law in Litigation and Dispute Resolution (LLM) from George Washington University Law School in Maryland, USA and is a member of the Federation International of Women Lawyers (FIDA Ghana) and the Ghana Bar Association.
Janice Edzie
Internal Auditor
Akwasi Addae-Boahene
Chief Technical Advisor
Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah
Board Chair
Professor Jonathan Fletcher
Key Advisor, Teaching & Learning Partnerships
Jonathan Fletcher
Professor Jonathan Fletcher is the Key Advisor for Teaching and Learning Partnerships. He is a specialist mathematics educator, teacher trainer and assessment consultant. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Financial Mathematics (Valuations) from the University of Reading, MSc (Numeracy) from the London South Bank University, MA (Education) and PhD (Mathematics Education) from the University of London and Certificate in Coaching from the Oxford Brooke’s University, all in the United Kingdom. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Leadership and Governance (CILG), Chair of the Ghana Chapter of CILG and a member of the Technical Committee of the Ghana Teacher Task Force.
Professor Fletcher has taught mathematics and education in British and Ghanaian universities and is a former head of Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Mathematics at University College London, University of London and a former Deputy Director of the Institute of Education at the University of Cape Coast. Professor Jonathan Fletcher is the current Dean of the School of Education and Leadership at the University of Ghana and a Council Member of the World Education Research Association. He has published extensively, and his publications include books on mathematics as well as studies on teaching and learning of mathematics, assessment in education, teacher professional development and teacher performance appraisal.
Dr. Sam Awuku
Key Advisor, Leadership for Learning & Institutional Development
Sam Awuku
Dr. Sam Awuku is the Key Advisor for Leadership for Learning and Institutional Development. He worked as an Education and Development Consultant who supported the T-TEL programme as the Key Adviser for the Policy, Leadership, Institutional Development and Communications workstream. Sam’s work at T-TEL has brought about a huge transformation in how Ghanaian Colleges of Education are led and governed. Through a comprehensive strategy and cutting-edge college improvement coaching and leadership professional development, Colleges of Education can now boast of robust institutional strengthening systems. Regulatory bodies such as the National Accreditation Board, National Council for Tertiary Education, National Teaching Council, National Inspectorate Board and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment have all benefited from Sam’s technical support through T-TEL.
An alumnus of the UCL Institute of Education, UK with a Ph.D., Dr. Sam Awuku’s areas of expertise are: education technology and development policies, organisational development, quality assurance in education, inclusive education, curriculum development, mathematics education, leadership and governance of NGOs and public engagement. During the COVID-19 school closures, Sam led the Virtual Learning Taskforce set up by NCTE and T-TEL to provide Emergency Remote Teaching and Learning in all 46 Colleges of Education. This initiative has enabled over 85% of student teachers to receive remote teaching during the second semester of the 2019/20 school year.
Bea Noble-Rogers
International Teacher Education Curriculum Expert
Bea Noble-Rogers
Bea Noble Rogers is an educationalist with extensive experience having worked at a national level with initial teacher trainers (ITT), local authorities (LAs) and schools. The most significant feature her work is the ability to conceive and negotiate highly effective solutions to secure educational development and the constructive interpretation and implementation of National priorities. Key areas of work have been: developing training for literacy and phonics in ITT, improving and increasing the roles of school in ITT partnerships and evaluating and supporting high quality practice in ITT. Working directly with ITT providers through: consultation, the development of materials and the evaluation and review of performance has provided Bea with an outstanding opportunity to learn about the principles, and to influence the practices, of outstanding teacher education.
Dinah Adiko
Key Advisor, Gender Equality & Social Inclusion (GESI)
Dinah Adiko
Dinah is a Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Consultant who has advised a variety of organisations including T-TEL where she is currently GESI Key Adviser. Dinah has particular expertise in issues of gender based violence and gender inclusion in education.
Dr. Eric Ananga
Key Advisor, Key Phase 5 Curriculum Development & Implementation
Eric Ananga
Dr. Eric Ananga is an experienced researcher and educationalist, specializing in international education and development and the designing and conducting of both quantitative and qualitative research. He is a senior lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. He also has substantial experience in developing educational policy. Dr. Ananga helped to conduct a national situational analysis of Ghana’s Education Sector, The State of Teacher Education and Early Childhood Education and led the development of Ghana’s Education Strategic Plan 2018-2030, Teacher Education Reform Policy, National Teachers Standards and National Teacher Education Curriculum Framework and Ghana’s first Early Childhood Education policy, the costed implementation plan, implementation guideline, and the policy’s monitoring, evaluation and learning framework among others. He possesses a strong working knowledge of education systems and system reform and transformation and has been involved in conducting the annual performance evaluation of all the agencies of Ghana’s Ministry of Education. Dr. Eric Ananga has a Bachelor of Education in Social Studies Education from the University of Education Winneba, Ghana, a Master of Science in Development Planning and Management Studies from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana and the University of Dortmund, Germany. He also holds a PhD in International Education and Development from the University of Sussex, UK.
Rich Tobin
Key Advisor, Monitoring & Evaluation
Rich Tobin
Rich Tobin is the Key Advisor for Monitoring and Evaluation.
Robin Todd
Executive Director
Noshie Iddisah
Operations Director
Noshie Iddisah
Noshie Iddisah is the Operations Director at T-TEL. She is a Grants Professional with over eighteen years’ experience working on large scale development projects in Ghana and project management experience. She has demonstrated expertise and understanding of the establishment and implementation of grant management systems. She has worked for donor funded projects, with the responsibility of the overall disbursement and management of grants and fiduciary risks; grant selection processes, the grants cycle process and making recommendations for grant awards on the project, budgeting, and reporting. She has also led in the design and organization of capacity building training programmes on policy advocacy, monitoring and evaluation, gender equality and social inclusion, financial management, amongst others, for colleges of education, civil society organisations, community-based organisations and parliamentary select committees. Imbedded in this was developing and implementing procurement of services and strategies adapted to the needs of stakeholders within the scope of programmes. She has in-depth knowledge and experience of DFID and the wider international development assistance systems and has managed development projects, administering, managing, and disbursing grants for the Government of Ghana aimed at institutional reform of the forest sector in Ghana. She also has experience in sourcing, distribution, and compliance.
Beryl Opong-Agyei
National Teacher Education Coordinator
Beryl Opong-Agyei
Beryl Opong-Agyei is T-TEL’s National Teacher Education Coordinator. She holds an MBA in Project Management, from Wisconsin International University College Ghana and a bachelor’s degree in Social Studies Education from the University of Cape Coast. Her career dates back to 2001 and has mainly been in donor funded education projects. She has worked in various capacities under different projects including the Community School Alliances (CSA) and the Education Quality for All (EQUALL), both USAID funded. She also worked with World University Service of Canada (WUSC), a Canadian funded project and Scope Global’s Australian Volunteers for International Development (AVID). Her main areas of specialization are Educational Training which includes capacity building training for teachers, community mobilization, volunteer and program management. Beryl is good at dealing with people; especially in explaining things and getting them to learn and understand issues.
Roger Aikins
General Manager Commercial
Roger Aikins
Roger started his career in 2002 as a Customer Service and Quality Assurance representative in the Telecommunications services sector. Since 2004, he has been at the centre of Administration and Human Resource Management spanning both local and International organisations, delivering tailor made administrative systems and Human Resource modules ensuring that employee turnover is not recorded. He is a people’s person, who has oversight responsibility for T-TEL’s Human Resources and Procurement functions. Roger enjoys spending time with kids in his spare time and loves swimming and soccer.
Ernest Wesley-Otoo
Leadership for Learning Coordinator
Ernest Wesley-Otoo
Ernest Wesley-Otoo has significant experience in education policy development, implementation, and evaluation with the Ministry of Education where he worked on policy planning and development partner cooperation, most recently he worked with UNESCO as National Project Officer for the Norwegian Teacher Initiative.
Isaac Temeng
General Manager, Finance
Isaac Temeng
Isaac Temeng is an expert in the accounting and finance field with a wide range of skills and over thirteen years’ progressive experience in Financial Reporting, Financial Management, Procurement, Management Accounting, Financial Risk Analysis, Taxation, Auditing and Budgeting. He has strong understanding and interpretation of accounting standards such as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), International Accounting Standards (IAS) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Extensive experience in applying donor regulations and policies such as Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and others. Strong in leading audits, risk management, design and implementation of internal controls and streamlining processes in complex and multi-donor funded projects. Rich experience and track record in using Microsoft offices, Project Management tools, Accounting Software such as Tally, QuickBooks, Abacus, Sage Pastel, Peachtree, Lawson, and others. Possess skills in effective communication, problem solving, time management, multi-tasking, commitment to work, attention to details and ability to work under pressure with strict deadlines.
Bernice Bangfu
Quality Assurance & Regulatory Systems Coordinator
Bernice Bangfu
Bernice Bangfu is the T-TEL Coordinator with responsibility for Quality Assurance and Regulatory Bodies. Bernice is a trained Communications professional with experience working as Coordinator for Policy, Leadership, Institutional Development and Communications on the 6-year T-TEL programme funded by FCDO. She has a history of working in the Media, Mining and Business Consultancy Industries in various communications related capacities. She is skilled in running Non-profit Organizations and has considerable experience working on donor funded programmes. Bernice holds a master’s degree in communications studies from the University of Ghana. She has a strong ability to engage stakeholders at various levels and build meaningful relationships for the accomplishment of organisational objectives.
Alberta Tackie
Curriculum Development, Teaching & Learning Coordinator
Alberta Tackie
Alberta Tackie is T-TEL’s Curriculum Development, Teaching and Learning Coordinator. She is an education and development professional with a varied range of skills and experience in providing quality and timely support to national institutions and programme management processes. She has over thirteen years’ experience working in the Ghanaian education sector. Over three years providing institutional-level support to colleges of education in Ghana; a year working with National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) to roll-out a new pre-tertiary curriculum: and nine years working to develop and strengthen educational research at the tertiary level with National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE).
She also has experience in producing concise and informative reports for donor agencies and charities such as the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and World Bank. Alberta holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies and Geography and Resource Development from the University of Ghana respectively.
Marjorie Tackie
Gender Equality & Social Inclusion (GESI) Coordinator
Marjorie Tackie
Marjorie Naa Afi Tackie is a Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Coordinator at Transforming Senior High School Education, Teaching & Learning. She holds a first degree in Geography and Resource Development and a Master’s of Arts, Migration Studies, both degrees from the University of Ghana. Her experience working in academia and international development as an education researcher which inspired her to join the Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL) programme in March 2017. She has strong expertise in GESI analyses and audits, GESI mainstreaming and results-based management. As part of the T-TEL programme team, she supported the development of the Gender responsive rubric scorecard which was used to assess and measure the degree of implementation of gender responsive strategies in Colleges of Education (CoEs) in Ghana. Marjorie was involved in the development and roll-out of the Gender Handbook for Teaching Practice Schools across the country. Her work with national education stakeholders like the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) contributed to the development and implementation of responsive policies like the Gender in Education and Sexual Harassment Policy Guidelines for tertiary institutions. Her role was also pivotal in the performance, completion and validation of the grants-based Gender Responsive Improvement Plans (GRIPs) which boosted CoEs efforts to become GESI responsive.
Angela Affran
Technical Advisor
School Performance Improvement
Angela Affran
Angela Affran works at T-TEL as the Technical Advisor to the Ministry of Education. She served as the Regional Director for Perkins International in the African Region, coordinating and managing projects, training teachers to serve learners with disabilities and special needs, advocating for the rights of children with visual impairment and additional disabilities, and supporting parents to advocate for their children.
She also worked as an Inclusive Education consultant with Inclusive Development Partners (IDP), USA and UNICEF in Ghana to conduct a formative research and to provide technical guidance on identification and support to children with disabilities in the early grades in both Ghana and Tanzania on Vision. She is also serving as a consultant for Ashesi University on the Disability Programming under the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme-Phase 3.
She was previously the coordinator for Braille Literacy, Math and Science at the Special Education Division of the Ghana Education Service. She has a Master’s Degree from Teachers College, Columbia University, a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Education, Ghana and a Diploma in Statistics from the University of Ghana. Angela also has a certificate in Action Research and citizen led change from the Coady Institute, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. She is was a recipient of the Ford Foundation Scholarship, Wolfensohn Family Foundation Scholarship and was adjudged the best teacher in Math and Science category at the Akuapem North District in 2005.
She has worked in various countries and successfully implemented various projects with USAID, UNICEF, RTI, SIB and Brien Holden Vision Institute (BHVI) in Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Lesotho, South Africa and Nigeria. She is the Co-Founder of Scaleup Future, a member of the Early Childhood Network in Ghana, the Greater Accra Regional Chairperson for the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition, a member of the National Inclusive Education Steering Committee and the president of the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program Alumni Association of Ghana (IFPAAG).
Issahaku Abudulai
University Coordinator
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Issahaku Abudulai
Issahaku Abudulai the University Coordinator for KNUST. He is a professional teacher by training and holds BEd. Degree in English Education and a Master of Arts Degree in NGO Management and Rural Development. He has 10 years classroom teaching experience spanning JHS, SHS through to the College of Education. He also has over 16 years’ experience working with varied teams to implement Education programs in Ghana. Over the years, he has worked in these teams that have implemented complementary education programs: functional literacy, wings school concept and others. He also has some experience in using technology to support teaching in the classroom and adopting innovative ways to improve Early Childhood Education. Contributing immensely to the transformation of teacher education in Ghana, he has extensive knowledge of the National Teachers’ Standards of Ghana. Issahaku has strong competencies in the areas of teacher professional development, coaching and mentoring of teachers, designing teacher capacity building workshops, building strategic partnerships and coalitions. He has a good knowledge of curriculum development. Issahaku is reliable and able to facilitate the development of team-owned workplans, implement and report in accordance with agreed formats and deadlines.
James Adefrah
Education Advisor
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
James Adefra
James Adefrah is an Education Advisor based with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He holds a Master of Education in Educational Administration and Management, Bachelor of Education and Diploma in Special Education and Social Studies Education from University of Education, Winneba and Teachers’ certificate “A” from St. John Bosco College in Navrongo. James has worked at Tamale, in the northern zonal office as Education Advisor supporting ten Colleges of Education. He worked briefly in the Regional Education Directorate as a Regional Coordinator for Special Education in the then Brong Ahafo region. James has over 25 years teaching experience, spanning across the various levels of the educational system in Ghana. He has over a decade experience in the Colleges of Education, teaching regular, sandwich and distance education students at diploma and post-diploma levels. He has contributed immensely to the writing and facilitation of teaching practice handbooks, Supported Teaching in School (STS), Professional Development (PD) materials, National Teachers` Standards (NTS), and the National Teacher Education Assessment Policy (NTEAP). James impacted greatly while in St. Joseph’s college when he coordinated College Improvement Planning, Challenge Fund Project, Payment by Results, Teaching Practice and Professional Development Sessions. He is a team player, results oriented, a good communicator and works with minimal supervision. His interest includes facilitation.
Peter Jayom Chammik
University Coordinator
University for Development Studies (UDS)
Peter Jayom Chammik
Peter Chammik is the Coordinator for T-TEL programs in the University for Development Studies, Tamale. He has considerable experience in the education sector, both public and private. He was a tutor at the Tamale College of Education from 1990 to 2000. Between 2000 and 2009, he worked with Catholic Relief Services(CRS) where, as Senior Program Officer, he supervised USAID/UNICEF-funded programs in Education. From 2009 to 2012, he managed CRS’ Office in Wa, where he coordinated education and health programs implemented by a consortium of CRS, Care International, International Union for the Conservation of Nature and other partners. Prior to joining T-TEL in September 2015, Peter worked at IBIS Ghana, (now OXFAM) as Education Management Specialist. Peter has great interest in teacher education and advocacy, especially for increasing access to quality education for girls, minorities, and other vulnerable populations in rural and deprived communities as well as environmental sustainability.
Paul Twene
Education Advisor
University for Development Studies (UDS)
Paul Twene
Paul Twene is Education Advisor for T-TEL programs in UDS. Paul has professional and training background in Social Work, Youth Development and Organization Development. He is a graduate of Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Netherlands, University of Cape Coast and University of Ghana. With over 23 years working experience in development work, Paul has worked with 4 reputable International NGOs: Global Communities as a Capacity Building and Training Specialist on the Mastercard Foundation funded YIEDIE Project, World Vision Ghana as Area Development Programme (ADP) / Cluster Manager, Christian Children’s Fund of Canada as a Programme Manager, PLAN Ghana as a Community Facilitator / Community Development Coordinator, and Youth Development Foundation (local NGO) as a Project Coordinator. His areas of expertise include project management, partnership development, community development, children and youth development, organization development, capacity building and training. Paul has managed education projects including literacy boost (LB), Learning through Play (LTP), School Improvement (SIP) and Early Childhood Development (ECD) as well as projects in other sectors such as WASH, Health and Nutrition, Child protection. Paul is result oriented and good team player.
Seth Baiden
University Coordinator
University of Cape Coast
Seth Baiden
Set Baiden is a highly skilled teacher education practitioner, having 25 years’ experience in Teacher Education in Ghana with extensive experience drawn from the responsibilities carried out in curriculum development and professional learning. His creative projects have been in- service education and training as well as quality assurance in pre-service systems. I like collaborating with colleagues in manual writing for professional development and that has encouraged me to share authorship with many writers in producing manuals for teaching and learning. He has acquired a large fund of knowledge and skills through international platforms and exchanges in several academic, professional and social activities and held positions such as country focal person for Working Groups for the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and also a member of Ghana’s team for UNESCO Teacher Task Force for teacher management and also consulted for UNESCO. He served as an Education Advisor for Teaching and Learning and a zonal team leader for the UKAid-funded T-TEL project. He is currently the University Coordinator for T-TEL programs in University of Cape Coast
Wellington Mpeniasah
Education Advisor
University of Education, Winneba
Wellington Mpeniasah
Wellington Mpeniasah is an international development professional with seventeen years relevant experience in education, livelihoods, governance, food security, water, sanitation and hygiene sectors of Ghana, with good understanding and experience in implementing donor-funded projects and programmes. Specific areas of expertise include programme/project planning and implementation; performance monitoring and evaluation, relationship building and project communication, facilitating capacity building initiatives for stakeholders to promote buy-in, sustainability and ownership using participatory approaches, results-based management and organisational development processes. Wellington is an Education Advisor for T-TEL programs at KNUST.
Wilhemina Gyamfi
University Coordinator
University of Ghana
Wilhemina Gyamfi
Mina has extensive experience in education systems development and project coordination with effective controls over programme variables. She held a few key roles within the Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL) Programme funded by FCDO. She started at T-TEL as the Leadership and Institutional Development Coordinator, providing support to 46 public Colleges of Education to become ‘Centres of Excellence’ through improved leadership, governance and training, building a more coherent teacher education sector, through improved coordination, quality assurance systems, research and policy guidance. She was also a Zonal Field Supervisor, then a Zonal Team Leader for the Eastern and Greater Accra (EGA) zones with oversight responsibility of all T-TEL related activities in the 9 Colleges of Education within the two zones. She is the University Coordinator for T-TEL programs at the University of Ghana.
Hawa Nindow
University Coordinator
University of Education, Winneba
Hawa Nindow
Hawa Nindow has eight years working experience in Education and Community Development. She has worked with T-TEL since 2017 and currently the University Coordinator for University of Education, Winneba. She holds a Master’s degree in Educational Administration and Management and a degree in Integrated Development Studies. As a development practitioner, she has held a range of project roles that involves coordinating activities at the community, district, regional and national levels. She has also undertaken assignments in many regions of Ghana, with a variety of competencies including training, facilitation, organisational capacity building, and action planning and monitoring. She is an honest and hardworking individual willing to learn new skills. Hawa is a good team player and able to work independently.
Anthony Woode-Brown
Education Advisor
University of Cape Coast
Anthony Woode-Brown
Anthony Woode is an Education Advisor for University of Cape Coast. He is a development professional with experience in implementing, monitoring and evaluating projects for various clients in various settings. He has demonstrated success in data management, grant management promotes high-quality basic and teacher education, product development, and market research. He has worked in Banking and Finance and on projects such as Malaria Control, Cocoa Life (child’s rights & play-based methodology), GESI and Basic and Teacher Education. He has advanced interdisciplinary academic background, good analytical and communication skills, stakeholder engagement and management, and a proven track record of achieving exceptional results by developing high-performing teams focused on value drivers and executing strategies. He has expertise in developing materials for the professional development of teachers and Teaching and Learning Materials (TLMs) for teaching and learning.
Abdul-Karim Kadiri
Research & Learning Coordinator
Abdul-Karim Kadiri
Abdul is the Research & Learning Coordinator with nine years professional experience, six years in international development and the remainder years in market research. He has extensive experience in programme monitoring and evaluation (M&E), development of logframe, theory of change and monitoring and evaluation strategies. Specific areas of expertise include data analysis, quantitative and qualitative research and report writing. He has expert knowledge of management information system, survey design, impact evaluation and value for money assessment.
Mabel Viviey
Communications & ICT Coordinator
Mabel Viviey
Mabel is a Communications and Knowledge Management professional with thirteen years’ experience. She is passionate about developing bespoke communications materials and tools for diverse audiences and documenting change processes. Mabel has coordinated interventions in partnership with civil society and state actors towards good governance, accountability, gender and social inclusion, and elections. Mabel holds a certificate in Strategic Communications for Development and Advocacy; a Master of Arts Degree in Gender, Peace and Security; and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Information Studies. Prior to joining T-TEL, Mabel worked as the Communications and Learning Manager of Christian Aid (STAR-Ghana Phase II programme). She has also worked Coffey International Development Ltd (STAR-Ghana Phase I), The Carter Center, Ghana Field Office, the National Identification Authority and the Institute of Economic Affairs. She has demonstrable experience in media, gender equality and social inclusion, elections, and local governance issues in Ghana.
Hannah Tinyep Mobya
Communications Officer
Hannah Tinyep Mobya
Hannah is a Development Communications professional with the belief that facilitating access to information and knowledge are central canons to addressing development deficit. Leverages strong public speaking skills to promote participation and give voice to the marginalised and excluded. Possesses standard photography, editing, and sub-editing skills and constantly upgrading and adopting new knowledge to keep up to speed in the fast-changing digital space. Familiar with a wide range of graphics and social media platforms to produce campaign videos, animated feeds, and interactive websites. Strong understanding of media trends and media engagements – using social media to manage and share documentation to inform and cause social change.
Victor Sunkwa Asamoah
Education Advisor
University of Ghana
Victor Sunkwa Asamoah
Asamoah Victor Sunkwa is a versatile Programs Coordinator with 10+ years of proven significant leadership, organizational and technical strengths skilled in coordinating and managing programs, research and strategic planning.
Victor worked as a teacher in the East Gonja Municipality for 10 years before joining FHI 360 as the Regional Training and Coaching Coordinator for the USAID Ghana Learning project in the Brong Ahafo Region. He equally worked with Impact (ED) formerly Discovery Learning Alliance Ghana as a Teacher Trainer in the Northern Region.
Prior to joining T-TEL Ghana, He was the Program Officer for the New Juaben North Municipality in the Eastern Region in charge of the Fast-Track Transformational Teacher Training by Sabre Education.
He holds a Master of Philosophy in Development Education from the University for Development Studies and a Post Diploma in Basic Education from the University of Education, Winneba.
Victor Asamoah has expertise in Early Grade reading and Writing, Play Based Teaching and Learning and Teacher Professional Development practices. He is a passionate about equity and inclusiveness and how education can be used as a tool to promote national development.
Priscilla Boadu
Procurement & Logistics Officer
Priscilla Boadu
Christiana Fordjour
Finance Assistant
Christiana Fordjour
Highly accomplished, results-driven Accounting and financial management executive with more than ten years of progressive experience in finance and operations management in Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and other sectors. Christiana has good understanding of financial concepts as well as donors’ regulations and policies such as Department for International Development (DFID), and United States Agency for International Development (USAID). She can use accounting software such as Lawson, Tally, QuickBooks, Topaz, Sage Pastel, and Microsoft. Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal focus and reliable team player. Ability to prepare reports and to perform statistical analysis with sound understanding of the Ghana Tax laws.
Gideon Okai
Human Resources Officer
Gideon Okai
Daniel Zewu
Finance Officer
Daniel Zewu
Daniel a financial accountant with skills and experience in managing financial accounting records, account payable and financial reporting. He possesses good communication and negotiation skills, analytical to providing sound financial advice. Daniel supports with the day-to-day financial administration of the organization. As part of his role, he examines financial records to check for accuracy and assists in preparing month-end financial reports. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), a Higher National Diploma in Accounting from the Accra Technical University. Daniel has a wealth of skills and experience in supporting operational, administration and customer service projects.