Nicholas T. Clerk
| Nicholas Timothy Clerk | |
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| Born |
3 March 1930 Adawso, Gold Coast |
| Died | 22 September 2012 (aged 82) Accra, Ghana |
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| Institutions | GIMPA |
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| Known for | Contributions to public administration and public policy |
Nicholas Timothy Clerk (3 March 1930 - † 22 September 2012) was a Ghanaian academic, public administrator and Presbyterian minister who served as the Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), the country’s premier graduate school of public policy, public administration and governance. He was also the Vice-Chairman of the Public Services Commission of Ghana. Clerk chaired the Public Services Commission of Uganda from 1989 to 1990.
He was born on 3 March 1930 in Adawso in the Eastern Region of Ghana. His father, Carl Henry Clerk (1895 - 1982) was an agricultural educator, journalist, editor and Presbyterian minister who was elected the Fourth Synod Clerk of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast from 1950 to 1954. Clerk was also the Editor of the Christian Messenger, the news magazine of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana from 1960 to 1963. Clerk's mother, Martha Ayorkor Quao (1912-1989) hailed from La and Ga Mashie. He had his primary education at Presbyterian schools at Kpong, Odumase Krobo, Somanya and Osu according to teaching positngs of his father. He attended the middle boarding school, The Salem School at Osu from 1942 to 1945. He had his secondary education the Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School (Presec), Odumase-Krobo where he was the Senior Prefect in 1949. He received theology and pedagogy training at the Presbyterian Training College, Akropong. The college was founded by the Basel Mission in 1848 as the second oldest higher educational institution in West Africa after Fourah Bay College which was established in 1827. He won a colonial scholarship to study English literature at the University of Leicester, then part of the University of London external system, receiving his honours bachelor's degree in 1955. In order to qualify as an education officer, he obtained his professional certification, a Postgraduate Certificate in Education, from the Institute of Education at the University College of Ghana, also an affiliate of the University of London external system at the time. He later attended the University of Southern California on a fellowship where he obtained a master’s degree and a doctorate in public administration. He also earned a diploma in theology from the Trinity Theological Seminary and was ordained a Presbyterian minister.
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