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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, and currently the Chief Technical Advisor of the Transforming Teaching, Education and Learning (T-TEL). Akwasi has 28 years of direct management experience implementing successful programs in education and policy reform with the Government of Ghana and 25 years’ experience working with International Development Organisations.

Mr. Akwasi Addae-Boahene was formerly Education Policy Advisor at the Education Reform Secretariat of the Ministry of Education in Ghana. Before taking up the role at the Ministry, he was the Chief Technical Adviser (2017-2019) and National Programme Manager of the FCDO funded Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL) project in Ghana from 2014 to 2017, implemented by Cambridge Education.

From 2013 to 2014, he was the Executive Director of Associates for Development Partnerships (ADP) 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.

Akwasi Addae-Boahene was the National Project Coordinator of the World Bank funded Schooling Improvement Fund Project implemented by the Ministry of Education through Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP) from 1996 to 1998. Before then, Akwasi worked for GNPC as the Project Coordinator for the Mole Project from 1993 to 1996.

Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah

Key Advisor, Teacher Education & Professional Development

Jophus Anamuah-Mensah

Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah is the Board Chair of T-TEL. He is also the Key Adviser for Teacher Education & Professional Development, 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.

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, Institutional Development & Secondary Education

Sam Awuku

Dr. Sam Awuku is the Key Advisor for Leadership, Institutional Development & Secondary Education. 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 Adiko is a Gender and Inclusion Expert with over twenty-one years of experience. She is our Key Advisor on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI). Ms Adiko was the Key Advisor on GESI for the T-TEL programme, where she supported 46 public Colleges of Education in Ghana to mainstream GESI in their institutions and make teacher education more GESI responsive. One key achievement was her role in supporting GTEC to develop a five-year National GESI Strategy and Action Plan for Teacher Education (2020 – 2025). She was also instrumental in Colleges of Education efforts to tackle sexual harassment through the development of sexual harassment policies and the establishment of response mechanisms.

Ms. Adiko worked previously as the Technical Advisor on Gender at the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection of the Republic of Ghana. Part of her roles at the Ministry included the provision of technical guidance to the Ministry on implementing and monitoring all laws and policies that seek to reduce gender-based violence and promote gender equality. She was also the technical expert in charge of Ghana’s national campaign on ending child marriage and the technical advisor to the National Domestic Violence Secretariat.

Over the years, Dinah has provided technical assistance and consultancy services on GESI to organisations such as the World University Service of Canada (WUSC), Hewlett Foundation, USA, Plan International Ghana, World Bank, CAMFED, University of Education, Winneba, Ashesi University, Africa Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), Parliament of the Republic of Ghana, and Alinea Foundation.

PROFESSOR Eric Ananga

Key Advisor, Teacher Education Curriculum

Eric Ananga

Professor 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. Prof. 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. Prof. 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, Research & Learning

Rich Tobin

Rich Tobin is the Key Advisor for Monitoring and Evaluation.

AHUMA CABUTEY ADODOADJI

Key Advisor, Communications

AHUMA CABUTEY ADODOADJI

Ahuma is a Marketing and Communications Executive with over 15 years’ experience across industries in Ghana and West Africa. He currently works as a private marketing and communications consultant and has for the last 5 years worked with multiple international organizations including the World Bank, European Union, GIZ, World Food Programme, Standard Chartered Bank, Ashesi University and T-TEL where he provides technical support in marketing and communications.

Ahuma’s previous working experiences includes working for the research firm - Kantar Millward Brown WA, where he was the Associate Director and Head of Quantitative & Creative Development department. Prior to joining Millward Brown, Ahuma worked at Millicom International (Tigo Ghana), as the Head of Brand and Marketing Communications and later as Marketing Manager for Regions. Ahuma’s marketing, communication and strategy career started with Unilever West-Africa as Brand Manager.
His key strength are marketing and communication strategy, brand management, storytelling, and communications performance tracking.

PROFESSOR ERIC ANANE

Key Advisor, Assessment

Prof. Eric Anane

Prof Eric Anane is a key advisor of assessment. He has a doctoral degree in Measurement, Evaluation and Cognition from Durham University, UK. He is consulted widely on test development, and the conduct of credible professional assessments; performance improvement and value-added assessments, and professional licensure examinations. He has been involved in the organisation and delivery of Workshops to staff of universities locally and internationally on the use of assessments to improve learning in education in collaboration with the Association of African Universities (AAU). Prof Anane has been involved in several research projects such as the European Union School Improvement Project in UK with CEM, Durham University, UK; the evaluation of the Complementary Basic Education in Ghana by DFID with DRIC; Validation of the IPIPS in Ghana with CEM, Durham University, UK. His research interests are wide-ranging and include Evaluation Methodologies; Evidence-Based Education; School Effectiveness and Improvement, including the use of Innovative Pedagogies; the use and effects of Self-Regulated learning Models, especially in pre- and in-service teacher training. He is skilled in the development of Psychometric Tools, statistical comparability of examinations in different subjects and over time. His methodological expertise lies in areas such as general statistical analysis, mediational analysis, experimental and mix-methods design, meta-analysis, multilevel-modelling, construct development and measurement, and item response models. Prof Anane is the Director at the Institute of Education, University of Cape Coast and the former Director for Centre for Teacher Professional Development of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He is an external examiner for the Centre for Teacher Professional Development and Excellence, Kenyatta University, Kenya and an active member of Mixed Methods International Research Association. 

Betty Djokoto

Key Advisor, Secondary Education Delivery

Aaron Kwaku Twum Akwaboah

Key Advisor, Strategy and Innovation

Aaron Kwaku Twum Akwaboah

Aaron Kwaku Twum Akwaboah, M.Ed is the Strategy and Innovation Director and Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Education. He joined the Minister's High Policy Team in August of 2021 after serving as an administrator at KIPP King Collegiate High School in San Leandro, California for four years. Mr. Akwaboah has 20 years of experience in the education field serving as a social science instructor, director of school operations, coach, and administrator. He holds a Master's of Education, (Honors) focusing on Curriculum and Instruction from Chapman University in Orange, California, and a BA in Geography and Political Science from The University of California, Santa Barbara. Mr. Akwaboah works directly with the National Education Reform Secretariat to ensure the Minister's reform agenda is carried out to its most significant potential. Mr. Akwaboah is dedicated to creating the best public education system in Africa and consistently fights to put the youth of Ghana first.

YVETTE IYADEDE

Advisor, Inclusive Education

YVETTE IYADEDE

Yvette Iyadede has been working in the field of inclusive education for over five years, actively leading initiatives that have significantly improved education for learners with disabilities in Rwanda. In close partnership with the Ministry of Education and the Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB), she has focused on making teaching and learning materials more accessible and providing assistive technology for learners with disabilities. Her considerable involvement in the establishment and development of the Special Needs and Inclusive Education Department within the REB has been crucial in creating an education ecosystem that now strives for inclusivity in all initiatives. Yvette's contributions, especially in human resources, have been instrumental in shaping the department's strategies and ensuring the effective implementation of inclusive education policies.

Driven by a firm belief in the power of digital solutions and technology, Yvette is dedicated to bridging educational gaps. Her efforts ensure that education is inclusive and accessible to everyone, particularly learners with disabilities. With a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and an MBA, she brings a unique combination of technical knowledge and project management skills to her role.

Yvette's effectiveness in her field is further evidenced by her collaboration with various government and international development organizations. She has played a key role in implementing projects supported by notable entities such as the Mastercard Foundation, the World Bank, USAID, and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Her ability to work with diverse teams and align different objectives towards common goals in inclusive education has been a consistent element of her professional journey.