US-based Old Boys Deliver US$100,000 Gate to Bishop Herman College

...Amid calls for wider rehabilitation
The Bishop Herman Old Boys’ Union of North America (BHOBU-NA) is set to formally hand over and inaugurate a newly built main gate complex at Bishop Herman College (BHC) in Kpando, Ghana’s Volta Region.

The project, estimated to have cost around US$100,000, was entirely financed by alumni of the school residing in the United States.

The facility, described by the association as both functional and aesthetically impressive, is intended to enhance security and regulate pedestrian and vehicle movement on and off the school’s campus.
The formal opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 28, 2026, and will be streamed live on Facebook from the campus, according to organisers.

Bishop Herman College, also known as BIHECO, was founded on 28 February 1952 and is the first Catholic boys’ secondary school in the Volta Region. Built on Roman Catholic principles, the institution has produced graduates who have excelled in virtually every sector of Ghanaian society and abroad. The school celebrated its 73rd anniversary in February 2025.

While the gate project has been widely praised as a significant contribution to campus safety and infrastructure, it has also reignited debate about the broader condition of the school’s facilities.

Several academic and residential buildings, including student dormitories, classrooms, science laboratories and the dining hall, are reported to be in a state of serious disrepair, having seen no major rehabilitation for many years.

This has raised questions about who is responsible for addressing the school’s infrastructure challenges. Stakeholders remain divided over whether the Government of Ghana, through the Ghana Education Service (GES), should take the lead; whether the Catholic Church, through its education unit, should intervene; or whether responsibility should fall to the Old Boys’ Association or the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).

BHOBU-NA, a registered non-profit organisation of Ghanaian alumni based in the United States, states its dedication to giving back to Bishop Herman College through strategic partnerships, fundraising, and resource mobilisation.

The association notes that the gate project demonstrates what organised alumni support can achieve, even as calls grow for a coordinated effort to comprehensively rehabilitate the school’s ageing infrastructure.