Over 600 Impact Polytechnic students benefit presidential laptops

By Bakah Derick 

Not fewer than 600 students of Impact Higher Institute of Professional Studies have been shortlisted to benefit from the on-going donation of presidential laptops to students of authorised functional higher institutions in the Country.

Dr Mengjo Elvis Basang promoter and Director of Impact Polytechnic made public the information in Bamenda April 16 during a twin event to hand over the laptops to the first set of beneficiaries and also the report defence of some of the level 200 students who have been daring in attending school despite the on-going armed conflict rocking the North West region.

 

Impact Administrators and students after handing over of PB laptops

Speaking during the event, the promoter indicated that close to 400 students had received their laptops already detailing that due to the crisis there has been some displacement of the 2016/2017 students and that efforts were on to ensure they all benefit from the presidential largess. “2016/17 academic year, Impact Polytechnic had more than 600 students and these students all of them will benefit. We have shared quite a good number because with the level of the issues around the NW and SW regions some students have moved to other areas and we are still trying to contact them. What happens in Impact is when you come to register we have a directory where we have your contact number and as a school each class has WhatsApp group so the information is easily circulated for the students to know that such a thing has happened and they need to collect their laptops.” With the computer training received compulsorily in the institute by all students using the electronic note books have been received with satisfaction and assurance of proper usage. Those who have not collected have been urged to contact the school administration for theirs.

The PB laptop handing over ceremony made way for some of the students of Impact Polytechnic drawn from the departments of Human resource management, Accounting, Management and Science of Education and journalism to defend their reports in partial fulfilment of the award of the Higher National Diploma HND and Higher Professional Diploma HPD. With the foundation of Impact Polytechnic being in Kumbo one of the epicenter of the ongoing armed conflict in the NW region, students have had a tough time attending school. “It has not been very easy to arrive at this stage given the current political instability in this part of the country… As a determined student, you need to go an extra mile to do anything. Today we are defending but there are some people out there who do not know that there are students studying even on their own to achieve what they want. Today I am defending but I am depending so much on God to make it in this exam.”  Kindzeka Blandine a journalism student said 

Impact Polytechnic Promoter and Director Dr Mengjo hands laptop

As a result of the conflict and the need to improve accessibility to higher education, the promoter and director also used the twin event, to announce new reforms for the institute amongst them adaptation within the armed conflict, the next school year and the effective take off of Impact Higher Institute of Professional Studies Bafoussam.