Alex Tettey-Enyo

Former Minister for Education

Date of Birth: 06/06/1940

Education: Volta District Secondary School, Presbyterian Secondary and Wesley College, 1954-60; BA in Education, University of Ghana, Legon, 1965.

Career: Graduate Teacher, Assistant Headteacher and Headteacher, Ghanata Secondary School, Dodowa, 1966-90; Director, Ghana Education Service (GES), Dangame East District, 1990; District Secretary, Dangame East District Assembly, 1990; Director, Secondary Education, GES, 1991-94; Director, Manpower and Training, GES, 1995-96; Deputy Director General, GES, 1996-2000; Acting Director, GES, 2001; MP for Ada Constituency, 2005-08, 2009; Education Minister, 2009-11.

Commentary: Since his installment as Minister of Education, Alex Tettey-Enyo has openly expressed his support for private universities, acknowledging that standards at public universities across Africa have deteriorated since independence. He has called on African nations to support regional integration in order to enhance academic mobility on the continent.

In May 2010, Tettey-Enyo launched a new book by Dr Michael Agyekum Addo, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kama Group Ltd, called the Seven Principles of Success and Wealth Creation– the Experience of an Accomplished Entrepreneur. He was replaced as Minister of Education by Betty Mould-Idrissu in 2011.