Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum is currently the Minister for Education. He was born on 9^th April, 1964 at Jachie in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.  He holds a Master’s degree in Education Management from the University of La Verne, California, and a PhD in Educational Policy, Planning and Administration from the University of Southern California, and a post graduate Diploma in Teaching from the Chapman University, City of Orange, California, USA. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Land Economy/ Business Administration with a major in Real Estate from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. He is a Christian married with four children. In March 2017, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum was appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to serve as Deputy Minister for Education. He is the Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

He is also part of the Advisory Board of the capacity Building Center School of Education and information studies, California, Los Angeles and High-Level Advisory Group for Mission 4.7.