A GH¢5.4 million legacy initiative to solve housing issues for teachers at St. Augustine’s College in Cape Coast has been unveiled by the 2002 year group of the St. Augustine’s Past Students Union (APSU).
The project entails building a 14-unit, one-story apartment block for teachers on the school’s campus. A fundraising campaign was formally launched on Friday, June 19, 2026.
Only 60 of the school’s 140 professors presently live on campus, therefore the effort is anticipated to supplement current staff housing.
The headmaster of St. Augustine’s College, Rev. Fr. Dr. Patrick Godfred Appiah, praised the APSU 2002 group for taking on the project while speaking to members of the school’s alumni network at the launch event held at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra.
According to him, the additional accommodation would strengthen student monitoring and promote discipline, particularly as enrolment continues to rise under the Free Senior High School scheme.
He pointed out that having more instructors on campus would improve the school’s ability to help students outside of the classroom.
Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, a member of APSU’s 1961 year group and former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament for New Juaben North, served as the event’s chairman and asked alumni to support the institution’s longstanding values of diversity and harmony.
He said that building human capital capable of tackling Africa’s problems and promoting national unity were at the core of St Augustine’s College’s founding ideology.
“Most of the friends I made at St Augustine’s came from other regions. The principle of one nation, one people, which was inculcated in us at St Augustine’s, shows that the founders meant well for us,” he said.
Professor Ernest Kofi Abotsi, an APSU 1993 alumnus and dean of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) Law School, gave the keynote lecture and urged former students to see giving back to their alma mater as an act of service rather than a rivalry amongst year groups.
According to him, alumni gifts ought to show gratitude for the establishments that influenced their lives and professions.
In order to strengthen financial reserves for developmental projects, Professor Abotsi also asked alumni organisations to encourage members to pay dues on a regular basis.
During the introduction, the effort received support from a number of sister school alumni associations, including HOPSA ’02, AMOSA ’02, BLEOO ’02, SANTA ’02, and MOBA ’02.
The APSU 2002 Teachers’ Apartment Project, dubbed BOLT—Building Opportunities for Learning and Transformation—is anticipated to be finished by December 2026.
The project’s organisers claim that it is a component of initiatives to enhance teacher wellbeing and make St. Augustine’s College a better place to teach and learn.
The APSU 2002 website, www.apsu2002.com, is where donations for the project can be made.
Source: newsthemegh.com