From Edmund Mingle, India
The Don Bosco University (DBU), headquartered in
India, is planning to open a regional university centre in Ghana to contribute
to the provision of quality higher education for the youth.
The move, which is part of the university's plan to
expand its coverage to West Africa, is to enable more people in the region to
access its education programmes towards improving the human resource base in
the sub-region.
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| Dr. Mavely presenting an MBA degree certificate to Edmund Mingle |
The centre, which would help to improve the
facilitation of the university's distance learning programme, which more
Ghanaians and Africans in general were currently accessing, is expected to
culminate into the establishment of a Ghana Campus of Don Bosco University.
Fr. Dr. Stephen Mavely, Vice Chancellor of the University,
announced this during an interaction with graduating foreign students,
including this reporter, at the fourth convocation of the university in
Guwahati, India on Thursday.
The centre, which would add to the growing network of Don
Bosco institutions around the globe, would help to enhance interaction between
course facilitators distance learning students in the sub-region.
According to Dr. Mavely, the necessary approval was
being sought for the opening of the centre, while the accreditation requirements
for the establishment of the campus were being assessed.
More than 300 Ghanaian students have enrolled for the
university’s distance learning programme, as more Ghanaians and others in the
sub-region express access Don Bosco’s higher education programmes.
He gave the assurance that the university’s programmes
would continue to be improved and tailored to meet professional and job market
needs, indicating that the university was committed in collaborating with other
institutions in India such as DBU Global,
the Global Center for distance education of Don Bosco University, and others
across the world, to achieve that objective.
Addressing the convocation in which 532 students,
including 190 distance education students, graduated in various bachelors and
masters degree programmes, Dr. Mavely, congratulated the graduands and inspired
them to aspire.
He was confident that the
knowledge gained by the graduands would enable to take overcome entrepreneurial
challenges and contribute meaningfully to the growth of their organisations,
communities and countries.
Touching on the theme for the
convocation- “You can win, you can ride the tide, don’t be afraid to fly”- the
Vice Chancellor urged the graduands to be confident, innovative and hardworking
to become achievers, saying “have the capacity to dream, dare to fly and have
the inner pull to make a difference.”
The Governor of Assam State, Shri P.B. Acharya, for his part,
congratulated the graduands, particularly foreign students, in their zeal for
higher education.
He was particularly impressed about the presence of 21 graduating
distance students at the convocation, saying provision of education should not
have borders.
He gave the assurance the government of Assam would provide the
necessary support needed by DBU to expand its programmes for the benefit of
Indians and other nationals.
Present at the convocation were 21 students from 13 countries
(Qatar, Malaysia, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Dubai, Kenya, Oman,
Belgium, Mozambique, South Sudan and the Philippines) who successfully
completed their degree programmes in Bachelor of Computer Applications, Master
of Business Administration, Master of Science in Information Technology,
and Master of Computer Applications.
Five doctoral students were also graduated at
the ceremony.
Don Bosco University belongs
to the Don Bosco society of a network of catholic organisations pursing the
human development goals.
The educational system is
founded on the dream of Saint John Bosco, popularly known as Don Bosco (1815-1888)
a catholic priest who worked to rescue the poor and disadvantaged youth of his
time.
His system of education, which
is being pursued by the university, envision the creation of generations of
young men and women who are intellectually competent, morally upright, socially
committed, spiritually inspired and devoted to their country and the world.
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| The Assam State Governor (fifth left) and other senior faculty members in a group picture with the graduating foreign students at the convocation |
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