The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Grammy Awards, Harvey Jay Mason Jnr, has pledged to support the Creative Arts Senior High School (CASHS) at Kwadaso to become a top-notch Creative Arts training institution in Africa and the rest of the world.
He explained that the institution which is strategically located would be assisted to become a Creative Arts skills hunting and development centre for the country, Africa and the rest of the world.
Harvey Mason made the announcement when he paid a courtesy call on the Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum in Accra, on Monday.
His visit to the Education Ministry took place after meeting with various stakeholders in the music and hospitality industry in the country.
From Ghana, Harvey Mason Jnr will be travelling to Rwanda to attend the 13th edition of the Grow, Unite, Build Africa (GUBA) Awards slated for September 29, 2022 at the Kigali Convention Centre in Rwanda, where he has been nominated to pick a global award.
Commendation
The CEO eulogized Dr Adutwum and the government for the effort being made to help transform the nation’s economy through education.
Again, he lauded the Education Minister for his role in establishing the creative Art school to help get the best talents in the creative arts sector in the country and the rest of the African continent.
He stated that there was the need for the pool of talents in this side of the world to be tapped and harnessed to the rest of the world for the development of the various facets of the world.
Appreciation
Responding, Dr Yaw Adutwum praised him for choosing to visit Ghana and his desire to support the development of the Creative Arts industry in the country.
He assured him of his preparedness to collaborate with him and other partners to get the best support for the nation.
Dr Yaw Adutwum again declared his readiness to partner the Grammy Institution towards building a strong curriculum for the CASHS at Kwadaso.
“We are trying our possible best to change the old paradigm and the state of education in the country and other initiatives which affected the nation’s development agenda”, the Education Minister said.
Dr Yaw Adutwum, who is also the Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, assure the CEO of his Ministry’s readiness to meet with the institution any time and to collaborate with
Harvey Jay Mason Jr., an American record producer, songwriter, movie producer and currently CEO of The Recording Academy in the United States.
By Felix Baidoo
