Vincent Birch Freeman

Vincent Birch Freeman (born 25 December 1936) is a Ghanaian educationist who was headmaster of Accra Academy from 1986 to 1996 and headmaster of Ebenezer Senior High School from 1974 to 1986. He served as president of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools from January 1996 to December 1996.

Early life and education Vincent Freeman was born on 25 December 1936 at Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana. His parents were Thomas Birch Freeman and Akosua Odey. Freeman was admitted into Accra Academy in 1953 and graduated in 1956. In 1957, he entered St. Augustine's College in Cape Coast for sixth form. At St. Augustine's, he became the shot put and discus champion and represented the school in competitions. In 1958, Freeman was elected a class captain and subsequently house prefect of St. Francis House. He graduated from Moray House College of Education in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1968 with a diploma in Teaching English as a Second Language after a year study on British Council scholarship. From 1977 to 1978, he served as secretary of the Greater Accra Regional branch of CHASS, and from January 1982 to August 1984, he was chairman of the branch. He became national secretary of CHASS in 1984. In 1985, Freeman became a member of the Ghana National Committee of WAEC and served on this body for four years. In October 1986, he resigned from Ebenezer. He was headmaster of Ebenezer for twelve years. Freeman introduced and opened the South gate of the school's campus on the Accra-Winneba highway, and closed down the entry points on the East and West of the school. Freeman compiled a school hymnal from the Methodist English hymnal in 1993. In this, he published an account of the school's beginnings to get students have the school's history.

In 1987, Freeman was appointed a member of the Ghana Association of Private Voluntary Organisations in Development (GAPVOD). In 1991, he was the representative of GAPVOD to the Consultative Assembly whose work was to draft the 1992 Ghanaian constitution. Freeman was the parliamentary candidate of the National Convention Party for Ablekuma South in 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election but was defeated by George Quaynor-Mettle.

In January 1996, Freeman was elected national president of CHASS after serving as national secretary of CHASS since 1984. He was also a member of the international council of the WAEC from 1985 to 1996 and served on several committees and boards of the organisation during this period. Freeman was a member of the national council of the Ghana National Association of Teachers from 1989 to 1993. He served on the council of the University of Cape Coast from 1993 to 1996. He held the positions of headmaster of Accra Academy and president of CHASS till his retirement in December 1996 when he turned sixty years.