I attended public schools yet I dared to challenge myself to do my utmost without considering where I was coming from and the private schools my mate… - Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh

Becoming a teacher was not my primary option for a profession growing up. However, I decided to work towards reaching the apex of the profession when I found herself at the Komenda College of Education.

I told myself if I was going to become a teacher, I would push till I reached the top. So, on my journey, I became the head of the Department of English, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, the Provost of the College of Humanities and Legal Studies, and the first female Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University.

Studies indicated that some Ghanaian students did not speak even one Ghanaian language, explaining that schooling had a way of making people speak English to ignore and look down on their language.