One person  who has contributed immensely to the development of basic education in Ghana is the late TORGBUI KWAKU AMENYODU I, known in private life as Mr. Raphael Addoayi-Dowetin.  

The late Raphael Addoayi-Dowetin (alias Torgbui Kwaku Amenyodu I), was born on October 20, 1933 in Agbozume.  He started school at the age of 4 at the St. Peter and Paul Primary Schools at Anehor in the Republic of Togo and continued at Ngleshie J.S.S. at Adzide.  He completed his secondary education at the St. Joseph’s Secondary School (Lome) in 1950, after which he did Secretarial courses in addition to courses Administration, and Office Management. 

He returned to Ghana and secured employment with CFAO, High Street, Accra under the Management of Monsieur Pierre Desparbes.  He left two years later to teach French at Achimota School but resigned after a short period to joined SCOA Motors, as Secretary to the General Manager. 

He had to resign after four years due to ill health.  Upon recovery, he was taken back at SCOA and loaned to Total Oil Product (Ghana Ltd.) when the company was about to build a refinery at Tema.  He was with this company when he was called to Flagstaff House to work under the late Cecil Forde and Mr. J. Y. Eduful as a translator.

In 1960, Mr. Addoayi-Dowetin was transferred to the French Section of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC). In June 12, 1962, while still at GBC, he started Datus in an improvised classroom on a piece of land near Accra Academy with only twelve pupils (four girls and eight boys). He engaged the services of two teachers. One handled English while the other handled French.

In 1963 he accompanied the first president of Ghana, the late Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah as an Interpreter to Addis Ababa for the inauguration of the OAU Charter.

Mr. Raphael Addoayi-Dowetin was arrested and detained for 3 days during the 1966 Coup D’etat.  Upon his release, he went back to GBC to continue working whilst at the same time seeing to the steady growth of his school.  He finally said good-bye to GBC in 1969 to steer the affairs of his school.

 For 20 years, he was Chairman of Ghana National Association of Private Schools (1969 to 1989). He was presented with an illuminated citation by the National Executive Committee at the end of his term of office in August 11, 1989.