PCE “09” Alumnus Hold Gathering

It was a mammoth gathering on 28th December 2017 of the ivy leaguers of the 2009 year group of the Presbyterian Training College (PTC), now the Presbyterian College of Education (PCE) of Akropong-Akwapem.

The meet-up brought together a majority of the trained teachers whom the school was able to pass through them.

Most of the alumni, in 8 years after leaving the four walls of the well-endowed and most disciplinary college have never met in person or even communicated on phone.

The happiness, hugs, noise and re-echoing of nicknames and the sarcasm weren’t absent. It was a laugh out your heart galore gathering at Koforidua in the Eastern Region.

The mirthfulness of the gathering was full of drinks, and a goat meat soup plus the usual addition; “fufu” (a mixture of cassava and plantain pound in a mortar with a pistil until it becomes soft). No one was left out of the euphoric sense of meeting old friends.

A 2 hour discussion was led by the Deputy Permanent Senior (DPS) of the College in 2009, Mr. Emmanuel Yaw Adjei, to formalize the Alumnus. This was because the Permanent Senior, Mr. Henry Laryea had to attend equally important Matrimonial ceremony in Kumasi of one of their own. The meeting led to voluntary donations to the PCE ‘O9 fund to enable the Alumnus undertake projects to contribute their quota to nation building. Different professional ideas came into play with marvelous suggestions of long-term generational impact.

The Eastern Regional GDM Director, MrAdomako Franklin discretionarily pledged funds to register the association to increase membership and set the pace for others to follow. It was more than a meeting of the business class in society. Agreements were reached on almost all the thematic areas of scrutiny and its implementation starting in early 2018.

The second phase of the merry making went into the night. It was a night of riotous jollity. The majority who came from afar South, West and North stayed behind to join the climax of the meet-up without regret. The socialization, business discussions and opportunity breakthrough painted the evening with colorful smiles.

The annual gathering continues unabated to create a harmonious family to solving societal problems and assist in the welfare of its members. The organizers of the alumnus, Mr. Yaw Boateng (Oti), and the DPS couldn’t hide the joy of meeting old friends from college. Their industrious efforts brought the love and the glee out of many.

The Presbyterian College of Education was founded in 1848 by the British missionaries. It is the oldest tertiary institution in Ghana and second to Fourabay College, University of Sierra Leon. PCE (PTC) has produce the best teachers the nation can think of with the majority showing professionalism in the field education. It also gave birth to many other tertiary institutions of academia.It is indeed “The Mother of Our Schools”.