President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has, through the Minister of Education Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, congratulated the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA) on the institute’s attainment of a UNESCO Category II status for the West African sub-region.
A Signing Ceremony took place at the UNESCO office in Paris on Thursday, 12th November 2020 to formally complete the process to establish the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA), located at the University of Cape Coast Ghana, as a UNESCO Category II Centre of Excellence for West Africa.
Dr. Michael Boakye-Yiadom, has been appointed as the Director General of the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA) which is now a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Category II Institute.
The appointment of Dr. Boakye-Yiadom who is the first Director General of IEPA UNESCO Category II is for a four-year term renewable subject to satisfactory performance as determined by the Governing Board of the Institute.