“I don’t have any academic certificate, not even a BECE certificate” – Nana Ama McBrown

I don’t have any academic certificate, not even a BECE certificate – Nana Ama McBrown

I don’t have any academic certificate: Renowned Ghanaian actress and music writer, Felicity Ama Agyemang known as Nana Ama McBrown has confessed dropping out of School in JSS 2 in view of the challenges at the time though she speaks and writes eloquent English.

The actress, who revealed she never got the opportunity to sit for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) while a student at Kwadaso L.A. J.S.S, said she has no certificate to that effect.

According to her, the large family size at the time coupled with the economic situation did not favour her to complete school and had to bow out quite early in pursuit of other interests especially professional football which she was good at.

“I dropped out of JSS because my parents were unable to finance my education. I don’t have a certificate even though I wish I had” she disclosed to the shock of students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) during this year’s edition of ‘Tek Talk’.

Though she observed that it has remained one of the major challenges in her life, it does not suggest the end of life as she appears to be doing well in other areas. She however hinted of plans to further her education in the near future.

“I don’t have the degree or the educational certificates but I will do them some day. I want to use this opportunity to urge you not to allow challenges like this to weigh you down. Be yourself and do not strive to be like Nana Ama McBrown because you will remain in my shadow if you want to be like me”, she advised.