General News of Tuesday, 17 August 2021Source: gna.org.ghThe Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Adutwum, the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Paramount Chief of Tepa, Nana Adusei Atwenewa Ampem I, and seventeen other persons have been honoured at a special ceremony at Tepa in the Ashanti region on Saturday. The award ceremony, which was in two categories, saw the Education Minister, Asantehene and the Tepamanhene being honoured for their support towards the development of education at Tepa and the country as a whole while the other awardees were also honoured for contributing in diverse ways towards the socio-economic development of Tepa and its surrounding communities. Dr Yaw Adutwum, in his short address, expressed his profound gratitude to the Tepamanhene and other organisers for the honour done him. The Education Minister emphasised that the development of good education required the collective effort of various facets of the economy and therefore called on all to contribute their quota towards attaining such a feat. BackgroundDr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister of Education, who is also the Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe in the Ashanti region, was appointed a Deputy Minister of Education during the 1st term of office of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government.
