Kibi Presby College of Education appeals for support to build wall
Kibi Presbyterian College of Education (KPCE) at Kyebi in the Eastern Region has appealed for help from its past students to build a wall around the school to prevent illegal miners from taking over the lands of the college.
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At the 10th congregation of the College last Saturday, the acting Principal of KPCE, Reverend Charles Fosu-Ayarkwah, said the college had not been spared the devastating effect of the illegal mining menace (galamsey).
“Right now, due to the government’s ban on galamsey and the intervention of the traditional authorities, the situation is better, but we need the wall to protect the college’s lands,’’ he said.
He added that the wall would also help check indiscipline and the rampant incidence of burglary on campus.
Rev. Fosu-Ayarkwah explained that each past student of the college was expected to donate at least one bag of cement towards the construction of the wall.
“We hope and believe that our past students will be touched to contribute generously towards the project,’’ he said.
Congregation
The congregation was held on the theme: “Quality Education, A Tool for National Development: The Role of the Teacher Trainee.’’
One hundred and eighty-nine students, who had successfully completed a three-year diploma programme in Basic Education, were awarded with certificates at the ceremony.
Out of the 189 students, 125 were males with 64 being females constituting 66.1 and 33.9 per cent respectively.
Rev. Fosu-Ayarkwah stated that the lower percentage of female graduates was a reflection of the low female intake in the school.
Measures
The acting principal said the college would introduce more stringent measures as part of efforts to improve the performance of students.
“We intend to increase supervision and monitoring of teaching and learning and also introduce disciplinary measures to increase the concentration of students on their academic work rather than on peripheral issues,’’ he said.
Discipline
The Head of Policy Planning and Research of the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE), Dr Emmanuel Newman, who was the Chairman of the occasion, advised the graduates to be disciplined in all their endeavours, adding that “discipline and hard work will bring you glory’’.