Just In: AAMUSTED Auditorium Burnt To Ashes(Video)

News coming in indicates that the old Auditorium of Akenten Appiah Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development(AAMUSTED), formerly UEW- Kumasi Campus has been burnt to ashes.
The cause of this disaster is currently unknown. However, eyewitness reveled that this disaster occurred at dawn. All Auditorium equipment, including chairs, tables, church equipments, speakers, documents have all been burnt to ashes.
However, no one is reported to have been injured in the cause of this tragedy.
Ghana National Fire Service were quite late to the scene as all valuable items have been burnt beyond recognition.

The university currently has a working auditorium known as the New Auditorium. There is also a 3000 seated capacity auditorium but under construction.

Watch the video below

AAMUSTED was established on August 27, 2020, under Act 1026 of 2020 of the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana. Iy was formed from the College of Technology Education, Kumasi (COLTEK) and the College of Agriculture Education (CAGRIC), Asante-Mampong, which were campuses of the University of Education, Winneba.

The University traces its history to the evolution of COLTEK and CAGRIC. COLTEK started as a Technical Teachers College (TTC) in 1966 and later metamorphosed into the Kumasi Advanced Technical Teachers College (KATTC) in 1978.

The College of Agriculture Education on the other hand, evolved from the St. Andrews Training College, Akropong-Akwapim in the Eastern Region, which was established in 1946 by the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) and the Scottish Mission.

The KATTC and the St. Andrews Training College were part of the seven (7) Diploma-Awarding Institutions which were amalgamated to form the University College of Education, Winneba (UCEW) by PNDC Law 322, in 1992.

UCEW was weaned from the University of Cape Coast and became an autonomous University in 2004, under Act 672 of the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana.

The mandate of the university is to:

a. provide higher education in technical, vocational, and entrepreneurial training to develop skilled manpower for job creation and economic development,

b. train and provide teachers with the relevant competence for teaching in technical and vocational education and training institutions,

c. train and provide teachers with the relevant competence for teaching entrepreneurial development, and

d. develop strong linkages between the University and (i) industry, or (ii) the community, to ensure the holistic training of teachers.

LOCATION OF AAMUSTED

The main campus is located in Kumasi, the second-largest city in Ghana and seat of the Asante Kingdom, off the Kumasi-Sunyani Highway. It is about 280 kilometers northwest of Accra. The Asante-Mampong Campus, which is 63 kilometers from the main campus is located in Asante-Mampong, the seat of the Silver Stool of the Asante Kingdom.