ST THERESA'S COLLEGE HOLDS SECOND CONGREGATION (PAGE 11)

THE President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, has reiterated the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Government’s commitment to empower women to advance gender equality in the country.
He said one area of empowerment was to ensure that women gained more interest in the application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the pursuit of knowledge in all fields.
President Atta Mills said this in a speech read on his behalf by the Deputy Minister of Education, Ms Elizabeth Tetteh, during the 2nd congregation of St Teresa’s College of Education (TERESCO) at Hohoe in the Volta Region.
It was on the theme “ ICT in Teacher Education - The Role of the Female Teacher.”
In all, 148 women graduated with Diploma in Basic Education. Four of the graduates had second class upper, while 36 had second class lower and 84 obtained third class , with 18 gaining passes.
Eighteen graduates received awards for their excellent performance. Miss Kafui Kpodo emerged the overall best student.
The President said this was to upturn studies which indicated that female students tended to be less interested in computers, adding that the government was taking crucial steps to ensure the application of ICT at home, the workplace and in the general pursuit of knowledge.
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Professor Mrs Jane Naana Opoku Agyeman, told the graduates that as they entered the world of work, it was important that they put the knowledge, talent and skills they had acquired to productive use.
Prof. Mrs Opoku Agyeman encouraged them to serve their fellow human beings with humility and respect and let discipline and humility be their watchwords in everything they would be doing wherever they might find themselves.
The Volta Regional Minister, Mr Joseph Amenowode, welcomed the graduates into the mainstream of society and advised them to be role models always.
The Principal of TERESCO, Mrs Angelina Kutin Tando, told the teachers to live up to the task of lifting up the present standard of education of the child.
She said although the school was striving hard to come out with good results, they were beset with problems like insecurity, uncontrolled noise and defecation and throwing of rubbish on the school compound.
She said apart from this, several cases of assault and near rape of students had come to the notice of the college authorities and since it was a female school, they were appealing to the government to ensure adequate security on the compound.