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JOSEPH ALBERT QUARM

Joseph Albert Quarm (popularly called Prof Quarm) is a Ghanaian bestselling author, an entrepreneur, a scientist, and a respected opinion leader. He is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Prof-Quarm Group of Companies: Prof-Quarm Publications Ltd, Prof-Quarm Construction Limited and Prof-Quarm Hospital Complex. He is well known for his "Prof-Quram Integrated Science Series" textbook currently used by about 70% of the senior high schools in Ghana and English speaking West African countries. In 2011 the Asantehene, Otumfour Osei Tutu II, lauded J.A.Quarm for his efforts and the good work of contributing immensely to the education of the country particularly in the area of science

Contents ·Early Life ·Business Career ·Opinion ·Personal Life ·References ·External Link

Early life and Education Joseph Albert Quarm was born on May 7, 1975 to Mr. Robert Quarm, an educationist and former headmaster of Gyaman Pensa Senior High School, Aboaso-Kumasi and Comfort Quarm ( Nana Afia Asamoa Omuno I) also an educationist and the Queen mother  of Nsiana traditional area under the  Asante Golden Stool. He is the second child of his parents with three brothers and two sisters.

Joseph attended the Manso Nsiana Primary School up to class 5 and continued to Trabuom Catholic Primary in class 6. He later continued to Trabuom L.A Middle School in 1936 for middle school education. While in middle school form 2, Joseph wrote a late entrance examination to enter Atwimaman Secondary School in from 1988 to 1993 for the GCE'O Level certificate. He then went to Prempeh College in where he completed the GCE A'Level certificate in 1996. Joseph Quarm proceeded to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) where he obtained Bachelor of Science BSc (Hon) and Masters of Philosophy (MPhil) degrees in Biological Sciences. He also holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Education with Qualified Teacher Status (PGCE with QTS) from Nothycote College, UK

Presently he is a PhD Candidate in Biological Sciences at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology doing research on the impact of different organic amendments in reclaiming degraded mine sites. He has published papers on land reclamation in leading scientific journals.

Business Career Prof-Quarm Publications Ltd Joseph Quarm published his first science pamphlet, Prof-Quarm Series in 1995. The success of the first edition led to later editions which were then published as a complete textbook which were sold throughout Ghana. An astute entrepreneur, a small company, Prof-Quarm Ventures,  as an educational publisher to take care of the marketing and distribution of the core science textbooks. By the success and strength of the business, he fully incorporated the business with the company name Pro-Quarm Publications Limited which has grown to become the leading publishing house in Ghana. Currently, his company publishes and markets integrated science textbooks from primary to senior high schools, all authored or co-authored by Joseph Albert Quarm.

Joseph Quarm is also a businessman with good sense of social responsibility. He has donated textbooks books worth millions of Ghana cedis to schools in deprived communities and has partnered with non-governmental organizations such as the Otumfour Charity Foundation to donate books to orphanage schools in Ghana

 Prof-Quarm Construction Ltd In 2012, he started the Prof-Quarm Construction Limited as a way of combating the infrastructural deficit in Ghana. His company has constructed numerous classrooms and hospital buildings for the government and private clients.

Prof-Quarm Hospital Complex The Prof-Quarm hospital complex at Manso Nsiana in the Amansie West District of Ghana is an ultramodern health facility founded by J A Quarm as his strategy for bring accessible and quality healthcare to the people of Ghana. The astute entrepreneur constructed the hospital after observing the trouble and distance people in the area have to travel to access healthcare. He is set to replicate the hospital network in other strategic locations in Ghana and beyond.

Opinion Leader Prof-Quarm is a respected opinion leader who has been a strong voice in the fight against land degradation caused by illegal small scale mining, popularly known as 'galamsey' in Ghana. He led the residents of Manso Nsiana, a strong small scale mining community in the Ashanti Region of Ghana to arrest illegal small scale mining operators. He is influential in halting galamsey activities in the country as well. He has also been vocal on educational issues in Ghana and the educational publishing industry in Ghana

Personal Life Joseph Quarm is married to Joyce Quarm and they have three children, Robert Quarm (10 years), Joseph Albert Quarm Jnr. (8 years) and Gifty Quarm (6 years). The Quarms are Christians of the Ghana Baptist Convention with strong devotion to church activities. They fellowship at the Triumphant Baptist Church at Kwadaso, Kumasi. J.A. Quarm is also an active football fan and has a football team, Prof-Quarm FC, currently in the Ghana second league.

REFERENCES 1.	Asantehene lauds Prof. Quarm Publications http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=220553 2.	Publishers want paper import duty waived. Joseph Albert Quarm, Chief Executive Officer of Prof-Quarm Publication Limited, acknowledged the need for players in the publishing industry http://business.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201108/71635.php 3.	JOSEPH ALBERT QUARM, PhD Candidate at KNUST By Augustine Nkrumah, GRASAG National President. http://grasag.com/news/news/120-joseph-albert-quarm-phd-candidate-at-knust.html 4.	Residents arrest 5 Chinese, 18 Ghanaian illegal miners. Joseph Quarm .http://news.thinkghana.com/pages/news/201403/62269.php External links www.profquarm.com https://www.facebook.com/quarm.albert

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