Dr. Prince Armah unseats Kwesimintsim MP as NPP Parliamentary Candidate

• Posted on June 20, 2020June 20, 2020
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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Dr. Prince Hamid Armah, the Executive Secretary for National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has unseated the incumbent Member of Parliament for Kwesimintsim, Hon. Joseph Mensah as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Kwesimintsim Constituency.

‘Fresh Prince’ as he is nicknamed defeated the incumbent MP with a difference of fifty five (55) votes. Dr. Armah had a total votes of  222 votes representing 57. 07% whereas Joe Mensah had 167 votes representing 42.93%

Hon. Joe Mensah, the second MP for Kwesimintsim Constituency after it was ‘gerrymandered’ is a first time MP who went to Parliament from Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA).

The Electoral Commission has declared Dr. Armah as the Candidate for the Kwesimintsim Constituency.

Profile of Dr. Prince Hamid Armah

Dr. Prince Hamid Armah is a Lecturer and an education and research consultant with teaching, research and policy engagement experiences in both the United Kingdom and Ghana contexts for over 18 years.

He is currently the Executive Secretary of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), having been appointed by President Akufo -Addo. Dr. Armah’s scholarship centres around intersections of education policy and practice, focusing on educational achievement, instruction, reform, system capacity and control. He has expertise in quantitative methods and data analysis, having been trained at the Doctoral Training Centres (DTCs) of the Universities of Nottingham, Edinburgh and Manchester with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council of the United Kingdom, where he specialized in applying quantitative methods to the examination of issues in curriculum standard setting and maintenance, and the design and awarding of national curriculum tests.

He is a member of the Technical Team of the Ministry of Education leading the development and finalization of Ghana’s Education Strategic Plan (ESP) 2018-2030 and, associated Medium-Term Development Plan 2018-2021.

He has consulted for several funded projects of national and international organizations including The World Bank, USAID, UKAID/DFID, UN Education Commission, Ministry of Education/Ghana Education Service, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, the National Teaching Council, Colleges of Education, among others, contributing to national development in various ways particularly in the area of human capital development. He has been widely published in the Ghanaian and international media for his insightful policy suggestions and opinions for improving Ghana’s education system, and has over 40 written publications including policy documents, reports, speeches, peer and non-peer reviewed papers on a range of educational issues in Ghana.

He is member of several international organisations including the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics (BSRLM) UK, the Education Institute of Scotland (EIS) UK, and the Applied Quantitative Methods Network (AQMEN) UK. He holds a PhD degree in Mathematics Education from the University of Aberdeen, UK with specialization in Curriculum, Pedagogy and Educational Policy.

In addition, Dr. Armah is ardent believer in the liberal democratic political tradition. He has an enviable record in political leadership, grassroots mobilization and party administration having served the party within the Sekondi-Takoradi area particularly, Western Region generally, and the nation at the large.

Author: Nana Kwesi Coomson (www.233times.net) @nkcoomson on Twitter/Instagram