Ghana: ICUG graduates 220 students
The Islamic University College of Ghana (ICUG) last Saturday graduated 220 Bachelor of Arts students in Accra for the 2020/2021 academic year and urged them to stay honest and enter the job market.
The number, which consisted of 144 men and 106 women, were students who read religious studies (23), business administration (103) and communication studies (94).
There were nine first class honours, 75 in second class upper division, 117 in second class lower division and 19 in third class division.
The 18th Congregation ceremony, which also saw the enrollment of new students into the college, was themed “Providing Quality Education in the Midst of a Pandemic: The Critical Care Experience.”
Professor Yakubu Awudu Sare, Dean of the Business School, University for Development Studies, in a keynote address congratulated the graduates and encouraged them to speak the truth wherever they go, “this country is suffocating with a level of dishonesty without previous”.
He said knowledge without character produces “a doomed society”, so “let it be known that you can rise to the highest level of society that no one has ever imagined”.
Professor Sare, who stressed the need to embrace technology for higher education as it had become the new world order, called on private universities, including IUCG, to take information technology seriously and communication (ICT) to facilitate teaching and learning.
He also called on the government to help private universities with the necessary ICT infrastructure “such as a strong fiber optic backbone on campuses”.
Dr Ali Arab Khorasani, President of the IUCG, said the day marked both an end and a beginning, adding that “it is the beginning following the end that is the challenge”.
Stressing that the world is currently facing uncertainties and anxieties, he urged students to continually remember the college’s motto, “Knowledge, Faith and Service”, in all their endeavours.
“With this in mind, we will always count on you to realize your full potential and make your contributions for a better future for your society and your country,” he added.
Dr. Gamel Nasser Adam, Vice President of Academic Affairs at IUCG, said in his report that the college is ready to explore and make maximum use of technology to ensure the delivery of quality education.
He said the college is doing this using its experiences learned from the lessons taught by the COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting need for digitization.
Iran’s Ambassador to Ghana, Bijan Gerami congratulated the graduates and graduates and said that education is essential in everyone’s life, which is why they must make the most of what they have learned. and had not yet been taught.
Special prizes were awarded to Iddrisu, Zakiyatu Dumah, who was the best graduate student and the best student in religious studies; Abukari Fatimata, best student in communication studies and Mohammed Saeed Baba, best student in business administration.
Ghana: ICUG graduates 220 students
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