PROF. ERIC NYARKO-SAMPSON (PhD)

 

Professor Eric Nyarko-Sampson, PhD, is the Foundation Vice-Chancellor of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD), Somanya, Eastern Region, Ghana. He is a Professor of Guidance and Counselling and holds; PhD in Educational Guidance and Counselling, University of Ilorin, Nigeria; MPhil Guidance & Counselling; MA Human Resource Management; BEd. Psychology, all from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and Teacher’s Cert ‘A’ at Komenda Training College (Komenda College of Education).

Prof. Nyarko-Sampson served in the following capacities at UCC: Foundation Dean, Faculty of Educational Foundations, College of Education Studies and Foundation Head, Department of Guidance and Counselling. Chairman, Ghana National Teaching Council, Ministry of Education. Chairman, Board of Governors, Oguaa Sec/Tech, Cape Coast, and Member, National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) Now Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC)).

He also served as Chairman on the following committees at the Ministry of Education: Committee on Strategy for Placement of Products of Government’s Free Senior High School Policy, National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE); Committee to advise the Hon. Minister of State for Tertiary Education on Distance Education in Ghana; Committee to consider offers of land with structures for the establishment of a College of Education at Ezinlibo, Jomoro District, Western Region.

Prof. Nyarko-Sampson is also: Editor-In-Chief, The Oguaa Educator, Journal of College of Education Studies, UCC; Consulting Editor, Institute Journal of Studies in Education, Institute of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria; National Vice President, UCC Alumni Association. 

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors-Ghana and member of the Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management. 

Eric was awarded a Fellowship by the Africa Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities (AFTRA) “in recognition of distinguished contributions to the development of the teaching profession at the national and international levels”, the fourth (4th) person in Ghana to receive such award since its inception. He is a licensed and certified counsellor and a Local Preacher of the Methodist Church Ghana.  He is married to Margaret, a nurse.