34-Year-Old Woman Adjudged Ghana's Most Outstanding Teacher; Gets 3-Bedroom House, Other Prizes

34-Year-Old Woman Adjudged Ghana's Most Outstanding Teacher; Gets 3-Bedroom House, Other Prizes

  • An English Language educator has been named Ghana's Most Outstanding Teacher at the 2022 Ghana Teacher Prize ceremony
  • Madam Stella Gyimaah Larbi received a three-bedroom house worth GH¢300,000.00, a GETFund scholarship to study abroad, and other prizes
  • The first and second runners-up were clinched by educators from Buipe Girls' Model School and Sefwi Bekwai SDA JHS, respectively

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Madam Stella Gyimaah Larbi, an English Language educator, has been adjudged Ghana's Most Outstanding Teacher at the 2022 Ghana Teacher Prize ceremony.

The 34-year-old teacher from Adenta Community Junior High School (JHS) in the Greater Accra Region was named the winner at the occasion in Tamale on Wednesday.

Gbcghanaonline reports that Larbi will receive a three-bedroom house worth GH¢300,000.00, an educational trip to Dubai, a promotion out of turn, and a GETFund scholarship to study abroad.

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34-year-old woman is Ghana's Most Outstanding Teacher.
Bawumia presents prizes to Ghana's Most Outstanding Teacher. Photo credit: Gbcghanaonline.com.
Source: UGC

Other proud winners

Madam Larbi was followed by the first runner-up, Madam Fati from Buipe Girls’ Model School in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region, who took home a double cabin pick-up vehicle and promotion out of turn.

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David Harrison Mensah from Sefwi Bekwai SDA JHS in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai District of the Western North Region emerged second runner-up and received a saloon car and promotion out of turn.

Four other teachers at the Kindergarten, Primary, JHS, and Senior High and Technical Schools (SHTS) levels were also awarded.

Dignitaries at the ceremony

The Ghana Teacher Prize was graced by Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum and Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, who decorated and presented the award to Madam Larbi.

The National Best Teacher Award, renamed Ghana Teacher Prize was instituted in 1995.

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Stonebwoy's Wife Dr Louisa Wins Outstanding Woman in Health

Separately, YEN.com.gh reported that Dr Louisa Satekla, the wife of dancehall musician Stonebwoy, was adjudged Outstanding Woman in Health at the 2021 Gowa Awards.

Gowa Awards was held at Marriot Hotel in Accra to recognise women and individuals in communities throughout Ghana and Africa devoted to the welfare of humanity through their contributions to society.

Dr Louisa Satekla won the laurel for her contribution to health in Ghana, leading to her emerging as the Outstanding Woman in Health.

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Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported that Stonebwoy's highly anticipated Ashaiman To Da World Festival came off at Sakasaka Park in Ashaiman on Saturday.

The night saw spectacular performances from acclaimed Ghanaian musicians before Stonebwoy ascended the stage to thrill fans with some of his popular songs. A video shows Stonebwoy's Wife Dr Louisa dancing with joy.

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Nathaniel Crabbe (Human-Interest editor) Nathaniel Crabbe is a journalist and editor with a degree in Journalism from the Ghana Institute of Journalism, where he graduated in 2015. He earned his master's from UPSA in December 2023. Before becoming an editor/writer of political/entertainment and human interest stories at Asaase Radio, Crabbe was a news reporter at TV3 Ghana. With experience spanning over ten years, he now works at YEN.com.gh as a human interest editor. You can reach him via nathaniel.crabbe@yen.com.gh.