Investment banker counsels graduates to eschew mediocrity
Mr Yofi Grant, Director of Databank Group has advised students at Ghana Technology University College (GTUC) to eschew mediocrity and resist the old ways of doing things, which are at variance with growth and development.
Speaking at the 6th Congregation of GTUC in Accra, he noted that university education prepare graduates to set benchmarks based on the positive impacts they make on the lives of people, hence the need not to succumb to mediocrity and pettiness.
The 350 students who graduated at the weekend, received diploma and degree certificates in Information Technology Business, Engineering and Informatics.
The ceremony marked the end of four- year undergraduate studies for the 2009 cohort.
Mr Yofi said the nation is soaked in many challenges requiring graduates of today to immerse themselves in critical thinking and develop self-confidence to tackle them.
But the myriad of national economic and social problems could effectively be tackled by people with high integrity, which the Databank Director said, is lacking among the leadership of the nation.
He said the likes of Dr Kwame Nkrumah and Nelson Mandela were at the forefront of development and made positive impacts on the lives of people because they had unbridled integrity and stood for the truth.
Dr Kwasi Darkwa, President of the University College said the institution is determined to contribute to national development to satisfy the intellectual needs of the society through broad-based teaching techniques and to transmit knowledge from one generation to the other.
“This, we do through the introduction and running of Undergraduate, Masters and PhD programmes that are unique, contemporary and structured to meet the needs of industry,” he said.
The President said the college is also committed to seek opportunities to improve the standards of teaching and learning through developing sustainable linkages with sister universities internationally.
”This is a partnership that will deliver three-year Undergraduate and Masters programmes in the fields of Business Administration, Education, IT, Management, Sports Law and Tourism,” he said.
The increasing demand for GTUC programmes and courses, called for investment and aid in infrastructure development and introduction of innovative programmes and projects.
Dr Darkwa appealed to individuals and corporate bodies to assist the university deliver on its pending projects; a multi-purpose lecture block, graduate school block and a hostel facility.
Source: GNA