Rosina Acheampong is a Ghanaian educationist. She was the first female deputy director general of the
Ghana Education Service
The Ghana Education Service (GES) is a government agency under the Ministry of Education responsible for implementing government policies that ensure that Ghanaians of school-going age irrespective of their ethnicity, gender, disability, religiou ...
and a former headmistress of
Wesley Girls High School. On 13 April 2019, she was awarded with a lifetime achievement award for her contribution to girl-child education in the country by Glitz Africa at the Labadi Beach Hotel.
Education
She gained admission into
Wesley Girls’ High School
Wesley Girls' High School (WGHS) is an educational institution for girls in Cape Coast in the Central region of Ghana. It was founded in 1836 by Harriet Wrigley, the wife of a Methodist minister. The school is named after the founder of Methodism ...
in 1954 and there she had her secondary education. She later furthered at the
University of Ghana
The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities.
The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...
and the
University of Cape Coast where she acquired a bachelor's degree in French and a professional course (PGCE) respectively.
Career
She has taught in different schools including
Wesley Girls High School,
Prempeh College,
Tamale Senior High School
Tamale Senior High School formerly Government Secondary School, Tamale, Gbewaa Secondary School, and more recently Tamale Secondary School is a co-educational second cycle boarding school located at Education Ridge, a suburb of the Sagnarigu ...
and
University Practice Senior High School. After serving three years as the assistant headmistress, she became the first alumni and non-missionary Ghanaian Headmistress of the school, a position she held for sixteen years. Then she was promoted to be the deputy director general of the Ghana Education Service, making her the first woman to hold this position.
Family
Rosina Acheampong is a mother of three, two females and a male. Unfortunately her first daughter, Grace Acheampong is late, the other two surviving children are, Nana Kofi Acheampong, a dentist and Adwoa Serwaa Acheampong. All the children attended UCC Primary School aka University Primary School. Both Grace and Adwoa also attended WGHS.
Awards
* 2015 - She was honoured with the Legendary Woman of the Year award at the Ghana Women Awards
* 2019 - She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Glitz Africa
References
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Living people
University of Ghana alumni
University of Cape Coast alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)