President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that government will address the infrastructural challenge confronting the Philip Quaque Boys’ School, Cape Coast in the Central Region.
The gesture, he says, will be a gift to the people of the community as part of activities to celebrate Ghana’s 65th anniversary.
The school’s infrastructure, which is in a deplorable state, needs urgent attention.
The situation was brought to the fore when Citi News joined the Central Regional Minister, Justina Marigold Assan, to visit the school ahead of the Independence Day celebration.
Speaking at the anniversary parade in Cape Coast, the President promised that the school will be renovated.
“Let me announce to the good people of Cape Coast that in commemoration of this occasion, Government has decided to rehabilitate in full, the Philip Quaque Boys School; the first Primary School in our country as its anniversary gift to Cape Coast”, President Akufo-Addo announced.
Philip Quaque Boys, as it is popularly known, needs urgent attention, as it faces deterioration.
Major parts of the school building, including roofing to the main block, are falling apart.
Although there have been numerous reports in the past about the challenges of the school, nothing has been done about the situation.
The school was the first to be established in West Africa.
But since its inception in 1765, it has not seen any major renovation, leaving it in a dilapidated state.
Residents fear history may wipe away with the school soon collapsing if nothing is done to salvage the situation.
The school was first established as the Castle school, meant to educate the Mulattos by its founder, Reverend Philip Quaque.
Later in 1956, it was later named after Reverend Phillip Quaque and thus became Philip Quaque Anglican Boys School.
Watch Citi News’ video about the poor state of the school below: