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Vice-Chancellor calls for competition
at all levels of learning
Kumasi, July 2, GNA - Professor Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa, the
Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science
and Technology (KNUST), has called for the inculcation of
the spirit of hard work in school children to qualify them
for enviable positions as a result of emerging competitions
on the job market.
He said competition had become more relevant and unavoidable
in modern times due to globalization that had restricted job
opportunities because too many people with the same
qualification compete for one job.
The Vice-Chancellor, who was addressing the 12th speech,
prize-giving and graduation ceremony of the KNUST Junior
Secondary School (JSS) in Kumasi at the weekend, said
"today's child faces the challenge of having to work extra
harder to earn his position than in those days when there
were a few lawyers, doctors, engineers and other
professionals."
Prof Adarkwa cautioned against what he termed as "unhealthy
competitions" which brought in its wake bitter jealousies
and rivalries, since in the current situation "your
competitors could be your own friend, colleague, a brother
or even a sister".
Elaborating on the theme, "Championing the Cause of
Children", Mrs Theodosia Jackson, Headmistress of the
school, said the theme for the occasion being held in the
country's Golden Jubilee year was very appropriate to draw
the attention of all stakeholders to the future of today's
child most of whom are in child labour and trafficking apart
from being abused in rape and defilement.
The media, she said, was awash with alarming cases of child
deviant behaviours such as drug addiction, armed robbery as
well as sexual perversion and this underscored the fact that
the "child who is tomorrow's leader is not well catered
for."
Mrs Jackson called on all concerned especially parents not
to unleash their marital frustrations on children but to
train, nurture, control and correct the child whose
formative years begin at home.
Touching on the achievement of the school within the year,
Mrs Jackson said the school has maintained a high academic
performance in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
In a speech read for her, Mrs Elizabeth Agyemang, Member of
Parliament for Oforikrom, urged the students to learn hard
to enhance their chances of getting a better job in future.
Prizes were given to students for their outstanding
performances both academically and in extra curricula
activities while the 500 students who wrote the current BECE
were presented with graduation certificates.
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