Pearl Naa Dedei Tetteh, Ghana Excessive Fee, UK

Pearl Naa Dedei Tetteh is the top of training and recruitment for the Ghana Excessive Fee, based mostly in London, UK. On July 19, she was awarded the Embassy Schooling Attaché of the 12 months Award 2023 in recognition of her distinctive service to tutorial diplomacy and the help and help she offers to worldwide college students from Ghana. She is especially enthusiastic about social fairness in training, figuring out and offering academic alternatives to college students who wouldn’t have the ability to afford them in any other case. The PIE caught up with Pearl moments after she was awarded the celebrated accolade. 

What do you want most about your job?

It’s the scholars. It’s coping with college students and making them glad as a result of they’re away from house and from household. I function their household right here, so I’m at all times glad after I come to the workplace to take care of points, particularly after we’re capable of resolve their issues – that’s the best level of my day.

Should you had a magic wand, what would you alter?

I’d change the rules of what number of college students I can usher in in the intervening time. It’s so costly for us to convey a scholar. The price concerned is so excessive. So if we will have a scenario the place it isn’t costing us a lot, that will be my magic wand.

What retains you up at night time?

Resolving points, particularly the coed’s points due to the cultural variations. We’ve got lots of welfare points aside from the traditional monetary assist and different issues, that’s what retains me up at night time.

What’s the largest problem to your occupation?

Funds. Getting the required funds to deal with all people’s wants, that’s the largest problem. I’m positive if we had the help not simply from authorities, however the non-public sector additionally supporting scholarships, it might give us sufficient room to convey extra certified college students to this nation. Not simply to London, however to different locations as nicely.

What’s your proudest profession second?

After I see my college students graduate. I attend the graduate ceremonies and typically I’ve 20 college students in a bunch, figuring out they’re all graduates and are all going again house. Right now is one other second for me as nicely.