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Mrs. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang born on 22 November 1951 at cape-coast in the central region she attended Anglican Girls’ Secondary School at Koforidua and Aburi Presby Girls’ School.
She then had her secondary education at the Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast from 1964 to 1971.
She completed B.Ed.(Hons) in English and French at the University of Cape Coast in 1977 and obtained her Masters and Doctorate degrees from York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1980 and 1986 respectively.
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Professor Jane Naane opoku-Agyemang was a former Minister for Education in Ghana.
She was appointed in 2013 by President John Mahama after the 2012 Ghanaian general election and served until January 2017 when the Nana Akuffo-Addo administration was elected to power.
She is a member of the National Democratic Congress.
Professor Opoku-Agyemang taught and worked at the University of Cape Coast, starting in 1986.
She has held numerous academic positions including Head of the Department of English, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Warden of Adehye Hall, Valco Trust Fund Post-Graduate Hostel, and Dean of School of Graduate Studies and Research. From 1997, she has held the office of Academic Director of the School for International Training in the History and Cultures of the African Diaspora. From 2008 to 2012 she was the University’s Vice Chancellor
From 2008-2012 Professor Jane was the University’s Vice Chancellor. In March 2007, she was one of five scholars selected to deliver presentations during the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
In October 2009, she was elected Ghana’s representative to the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Ahead of the 2012 general elections, Jane Opoku Agyemang moderated the debate with Kojo Oppong Nkrumah.
Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has been honored with honorary degrees from the University of West Indies and Winston-Salem University.
She has also received an award for Global leadership from the University of South Florida in Tampa, she again received the Officer of the Order of the Volta award for Academic Distinction and Ghana Women of Excellence Award in the Education category.
She has been acknowledged for Outstanding Performance in Advancing International Education, School for International Training, Vermont, USA on two occasions. she is the running mate to John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress going into the 2020 election.
Source: Ghanaarticles.com
