Glasgow Network for Comparative and International Education Research (GLACIER) presents:
The Ghana Education Evidence and Data Lab (GEEDLab) was set up in the Ghana Ministry of Education to work with a coalition of local research organisations and researchers to generate the best evidence to fill gaps in how to improve education performance in Ghana. In this presentation I will discuss my role in setting up the GEEDLab, what it aimed to achieve, the role global actors played in promoting its vision of education evidence for national policy, and how the national context shaped its design and outcome.
Biography:
Kwame Akyeampong is Professor of International Education and Development at the Open University, UK. He has had an academic career spanning over 30 years, starting at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana in 1991. He has held international academic posts at Hiroshima University in Japan and Georgia State University in the US as a senior Fulbright scholar. He was professor of international education and development at the University of Sussex in the UK for about 17 years before joining the Open University, UK in 2020. He also served as a Senior Policy Analyst at UNESCO, Paris and co-chairs the Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP). Kwame has published widely on topics ranging from teacher education in sub-Saharan Africa, teaching and learning in African education environments and accelerated learning programmes in Africa.