By Bernice Bessey
The Accra Institute of Technology (AIT) has enrolled a total number of 1,058 students to acquire certificates, diplomas, bachelor degrees, masters and PhDs in their various areas of study.
The ceremony, which took place recently in Accra, registered 814 campus-based, students, while 234 are open university, a school run in partnership with Open University Malaysia, and 506 (62%) made of foreign students, and 308 (37.23%) Ghanaians.
Due to the engineering courses it offers, the school is generally male-populated, as, 673 (82.68%) are male, and female 308 (37.23%). The President of AIT, Prof. Clement Dzidonu, addressing the matriculants, encouraged them to set high personal and academic standards for themselves, and live up to them.
“At AIT, we are committed to your education; yours is to take advantage of the opportunities on offer, and explore the possibilities to choose from to make a difference in your lives, family, society, country and the world at large,” he challenged. Prof. Dzidonu urged the students not to merely memorise what they would taught, but rather strive to understand them, which would increase their in-depth knowledge on the subject matter.
“We are confident that we have all the resources to support your teaching and learning process here, and you will make it like others before you. With focus and will power you too can live up to the high educational standard of AIT, modelled on the best in the world,” he said.
To grace the occasion was the Director General of the Ghana Education Service, Mr. Jacob Aaworb-Nang Maabobr Kor, who urged the students not to give chance to laziness, and rather work hard to achieve their goals and aspirations.
As an educationist, Mr. Jacob Aaworb-Nang Maabobr Kor, emphasised the importance of education as a way of transforming and improving lives, both physically and emotionally. He advised the students to take their studies seriously, since human lives and circumstances, development and advancement are based on education.