from 1988 to 1993 vida yeboah was deputy minister of education and culture. yeboah overhauled the pre-university schooling system, increasing the attendance rates for girls. in 1992 she cofounded the forum for african women educationalists with four other african women ministers of education: fay chung in zimbabwe, simone testa in the seychelles, paulette moussavon-missambo in gabon, and alice tiendrebengo in burkina faso.