St Vincent College of Education holds 3rd congregation

The Saint Vincent College of Education in Yendi has held its 3rd graduation with an appeal to the government and corporate bodies for more educational facilities for the school to enhance teaching and learning in the school. 

A total of 115 students,  28 of whom were awarded Bachelor Degrees in primary education and 87 who obtained Bachelor Degrees in junior high school (JHS) education graduated.

An additional 118 students will be graduating later this year, bringing the number of graduates who will now be fully fledged professional teachers to 360 by the end of 2023.

The event was on the theme: “Training future transformative teachers for rural Ghana and beyond; the role of St Vincent College of Education Yendi”.

 Infrastructure deficit

The Principal of the college, Dr Erasmus K. Norviewu-Mortty, who made the call at the graduation ceremony, lamented that the college was faced with infrastructural challenges, which had resulted in low enrolment and  affecting teaching and learning.

He said the college was yearning to inaugurate with pomp, the very first fully completed government structure on the campus since its establishment in 2016, saying, "the efforts of the  government are spread all over the country, but the college has not received its share yet".

 "Our infrastructure influences the intake of students, as a young training college, we should have admitted more students.

“The GETFund project in the college has stalled, if the project had been completed, it would have supported the college to reduce the congestion of students," he said.

Dr  Norviewu-Mortty said the school currently needed  a two-storey block, two lecture theatres, and two classrooms and a vehicle to help address the infrastructure deficit.

Infrastructure challenges

For his part, the Director of Tertiary Education at the Ministry of Education, Prof. Yayra Dzakadzie,  who spoke  on behalf of the Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, acknowledged the infrastructure challenges facing the education sector in the country and reiterated the government's commitment to address them.

 He said technology was very  crucial for effective learning and skills development in the digital world, for which reason, the government was investing huge in enhancing digital education in schools.

"In this day and age, students find themselves in a profound educational revolution, the classrooms of today are different from the past, the leaders are agents of change and hungry for innovation," he said.

Prof.  Dzakadzie, therefore, advised  the graduands to put the knowledge acquired into good use so as to become responsible persons in society.

Writer's email:mohammed.fugu@graphic.com.gh