BIODATA OF PROF KWAME OSEI KWARTENG
A Professor of History, the former Head, the Department of History and Vice Dean Faculty of Arts and currently the Dean, Faculty of Arts, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. A Ghanaian by birth and holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree, an M.Phil (History) Cape Coast and a PhD in African Studies, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Before his appointment as Assistant Lecturer in the University of Cape Coast in June 2001, he taught as a Professional Teacher in the employment of Ghana Education Service at Kumasi High School from September, 1992 to August 2001 as a History and Christaian Religious Studies Teacher.
He was the Chairman of the Board of Governors of Mfantsiman Girls Senior High School, Saltpond from February, 2012 to March 2017. He was the Chairman, Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) on Curriculum reform inaugurated on 4th July, 2017 by the Minister of Education, Hon. Matthew Opoku Prempeh. Further, he was appointed the Chairman, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) from July, 2017 to 6th January, 2021. He was reappointed Chairman of the reconstituted NaCCA Board Chairman in September, 2021. Additionally, he was a member of the National Teaching Council (NTC) representing National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) from July, 2017 to 6th January, 2021.
It was during his Chairmanship that the Mfantsiman Girls Senior High School was elevated from category ‘B’ School to category ‘A’ School. He chaired the MAC to produce a curriculum framework for the pre-tertiary education in Ghana. Moreover, his Chairmanship of NaCCA witnessed the development of the Standard–Based Curriculum, the reintroduction of History of Ghana in the Basic Schools Curriculum and the development of the Common Core Curriculum Programme for the Junior High School.
As an Academic, he has authored two books: A History of Ahafo 1719-1958: Ahafo from the earliest Times to 1958(2011) and A History of the Elephant in Ghana in the Twentieth Century: the Elephant in Ghana from the earliest times to the close of the twentieth century(2011).
Besides, he has co–authored three books on institutional history: A History of the University of Cape Coast: Fifty Years of Excellence in Tertiary Education, 1962-2012,( 2012), A History of CHASS: Fifty Years of Providing Quality Leadership in Secondary Education in Ghana, 1962 -2012,(2012) and A History Of University of Cape Coast :Forty Years of Resilience 1962-2002 (2002). Moreover, he co–edited Africa and the First World War 1914 -1918: Remembrance, Memories and Representations after 100Years (2018) and The Asante World Published by Routledge in 2021.
Additionally, he has written several articles on Ahafo, the African elephant and the environment, and has also reviewed three books which have been published in refereed journals. Besides, he has contributed six book chapters in four edited volumes. His latest publications which came out in February 2018 are entitled: (i). World War I: The Role of the Gold Coast and Asante Towards the British Victory in Botchway & Kwarteng(ed) Africa and the First World War 1914 -1918: Remembrance, Memories and Representations after 100Years, New Castle upon Tyne, Cambridge Publishers, pp24-51(ii) World War I: The Influenza Pandemic in the Gold Coast and Asante, 1918-1919 in Botchway & Kwarteng(ed) Africa and the First World War 1914-1918: Remembrance, Memories and Representations after 100Years, New Castle upon Tyne, Cambridge Publishers, pp145 -161
He has been an Executive member of the University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG–UCC ) since 2009, twice as the Secretary and once as the Vice President. Until October 2017 he was the President of UTAG–UCC and a member of the University of Cape Coast Governing Council. Finally, he represented UTAG on several Committees at the University of Cape Coast. He is married with three children- two girls and a boy.