The 2003 Year Group of the St Augustine’s Past Students’ Union (APSU 2003) twenty years after leaving the school has donated a set of musical instruments to their alma mater’s band.
The Group also recognised the selfless dedications and commitments of some thirteen retired tutors who nurtured them during their stay at the college, and supported them (tutors) with a cash donation of GH¢2,000 each.
Additionally, APSU 2003 has presented an amount of GH¢10,000 to the college’s National Science and Maths Quiz and Sharks teams to aid their preparations for their respective competitions.
The donations, which took place at the college, were made during a homecoming event by APSU 2003 to deliberate on their 2028 Legacy Project for the college.
The mantle to organise a befitting speech and prize giving events for the college in 2028 would fall on APSU 2003 as it would mark the group’s Silver Jubilee after leaving the college.
The homecoming and the donations were, therefore, a precursor to the group’s broader agenda to formally brainstorm the way forward, as far as its legacy project in 2028 was concerned.
The 2003 APSU Convener, Prof Edmund Ekuadzi, in an interview with The Chronicle, indicated that the homecoming event was partly meant to rally the members of the Union to brainstorm.
He said it also enabled the “Union to see first-hand the challenges the college is facing. We also wanted to understand from the staff and the students what problems they are facing and how we can help”.
“We later had a meeting where we discussed what we had seen and heard. We have subsequently come up with a number of project ideas based on our interactions,” Prof Ekuadzi further explained.
Prof Ekuadzi expressed deep appreciation to members of the union who contributed in diverse ways to make the homecoming event successful, and thanked them for holding up the APSU spirit.
He stated that between now and the time the union would execute its project, there would be a lot to happen adding that they would have to engage more with other stakeholders particularly, the National Executive Council of APSU.
Prof Ekuadzi gladly noted that despite the challenges, the students and the staff of the college were not just incredibly resilient and passionate about education but they were also determined to succeed.
The retired teachers who benefited hugely from the benevolent gesture of APSU 2003, expressed high level of appreciation to the union for recognising their roles in moulding and shaping their lives during their early stages at the college.
