The old saying that says ‘the best always get the best”, might work is some angles, but fail in others. In these modern times, the best do not always get the best, and that was the story of Ghana’s Education Minister.
Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, the current Minister for Education in Ghana, has has made a very interesting revelation about himself.
According to him, even though he excelled in his ‘A’ level exams with aggregate ‘9’, he was denied admission into one of the best schools in the country; the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS).
Addressing a gathering at the launch of the Ghana Business School’s (UGBS) 60th Anniversary Celebration on Tuesday, 11 May 2022, Dr. Osei Adutwum said, “I’ll tell you something briefly about my association with the University of Ghana Business School. Graduating from high school after A level, I was yearning to come to School of Administration. I got aggregate nine, and they rejected me. And I’ll never forget”.
The Education Minister added that, “I did ‘A level’ management, and I had done Economics, and I was waiting anxiously to be accepted, maybe to be ahead of my friends who did Twi and Religious Studies and History; and they got accepted. I have forgiven you today. Because today, I am addressing you as the Minister for Education. So I think you lost a famous alumnus. So I’ll look for ways to work with you, and to still feel like I’m part of this school”.
He added that, there is the need for the UGBS to consider innovate policies, to meet the needs of modern times”, and that, “These are exciting times. Exciting times because the pandemic has given us the opportunity to innovate. Now it’s time for our schools to be teaching lean management, and all the things that make organisations work in the middle of crisis. So innovative strategies in the approach that you bring to bear and the education of the people who come to you, will go a long way in helping redefine the story-line and future of our nation”.
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