National
Polytechnic University Institute NPUI Bamenda has graduated 3738 students.
The
combined 7th, 8th, and 9th convocation
ceremony that saw the graduation of the students took place Friday January 25
in the University Institute’s Amphitheatre 1000. |
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Family with
Governor, Management Board members and Staff of NPUI after Convocation event
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Describing
the presence of NW Governor representative of the Minister of Higher Education at
the ceremony as galvanizing to the NPUI management, Yong Jacque representative
of the Management Board appreciated parents for choosing NPUI as a place of
study for their children. He maintained that investing in education is the only
business that yields the best profit. NPUI Bamenda dedicating her efforts to
professional education which prepares graduates for the job market, The
Management Board representative encouraged the graduates to consider their
passage at NPUI as takeoff point while looking for many more ways to improve.
“Consider this graduation today as the beginning of life…seek internships,
offer voluntary services even for free….. Knock at doors …develop
entrepreneurial skills… ” he said.
Quoting late
Bobe Yong Francis founder of the institution, the Vice Chancellor Dr
Christopher Apana Akob reminded the event attendees that NPUI was created to
reduce unemployment amongst youths while providing skills for job creation.
With the beginning of Post Graduate programmes in 2018, The VC appealed for
subvention during what he described as “hard times.” The Convocation address
also afforded the VC the opportunity to outline the successes of NPUI over the
years with very qualified staff strength to appeal for autonomy to award
decrees.
In a
valedictory Speech titled “Change”, Ndzi Loveline best graduating student with
a GPA of 3.66 in Crop Production; School of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences
appreciated the NPUI Management “for the undiluted moral discipline we had
which has transformed us into better children and change bearers to our parents
and the world respectively…… It is an open secret that National Polytechnic
University Institute Bamenda has produced the new generation of leaders that
will take over the retired in no distant time. We are all leaders in waiting.
We are the change the nation is earnestly seeking.” She affirmed.
NW Governor
Adulf lele L’Afrique Tchoffo Deben used the combined convocation ceremony to
encourage parents in the region to monster courage and send their kids who will
be their future walking sticks to school despite the persistent anti school
going calls and threats. He encouraged those in the bushes with arms to accept
the hand of fellowship extended by the Head of State and handover their arms
and join him in nation building.
Of the 3738
graduates, 1563 are graduating with Bachelors decree while 2175 are graduating
with the Higher National Diploma HND from the Schools of Business Finance and
Management, Education, Engineering and Technology, Journalism, law, Medical and
Biomedical Sciences, Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Maritime Studies and
Home Economics, Tourism and Hospitality Management.