OTEC School of Journalism and Communication Studies has graduated 63 understudies at its fourth graduation function held at the foundation's premises at Asawasi in the Asokore Mampong Municipal of the Ashanti locale.
The service was hung on Sunday, July 10, 2022 under the subject "Guaranteeing Responsible Journalism: The Role of Media Training Institutions" with the understudies getting confirmation authentications for the 2-year course which centers around abilities improvement and assisting youngsters with gaining abilities that will empower them get business.
The Director of Education for Obuasi East Educational Directorate of the Ashanti district, Kwabena Owusu-Nketia, in his discourse, asked the graduands to be dependable columnists by noticing the morals of the calling.
"Be precise, fair and complete quite far. Tell the truth and complete your obligation with honor and go about your responsibilities with no trepidation or partisanship. You ought to keep up with the nature of your reportage at the best quality, this will assemble and reinforce your validity.
"Have an obligation towards your perusers and consistently keep up with the best expectations of news-casting, acknowledge reactions with receptive outlook, right and gain from your errors, reverify your realities for exactness and keep away from suspicions," Mr Owusu-Nketia added.
The educationist encouraged them to get ready to acknowledge any demands that might come their direction because of progress, snatch great open doors and make contrasts any place they end up to satisfy their requirements and wants.
A media specialist, Gabriel Amoah, who was the visitor speaker, recognized the commitment made by the school in its commencement in 2004 by delivering quality media work force all through Ghana despite everything keeps on being the exemplification of creating prevalent media content and columnists.
Mr Amoah, who is the Press Secretary to the Ashanti Regional Minister, Hon Simon Osei Mensah, beseeched the media preparing foundations to guarantee that they give the sort of instructive substance that will shape the mentalities of the understudies to contend in the gig market.
He noticed that most media organizations center a lot of exertion around Disk Jockeying, Sports Presentation, Akan News Presentation among others without fitting preparation with information and abilities to compose precise, fair, adjusted and unbiased stories.
"Understudies can flourish when they can examine, compose imaginatively, thinks cleverly and act expertly in the mission to vie for work arrangements and to limit hurt in the field of the gig" he expressed.
The Principal of Otec School of Journalism and Communication Studies, Mr Matthew Donkor, in his location said the school is running two (2) Diploma in Journalism and Media Studies. It is partnered with Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), officially NABPTEX.
He uncovered that the school has additionally started the cycles for securing certification from the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), officially National Accreditation Board (NAB).
Mr Donkor noticed that the school what began with ten (10) understudies in 2004 has created many conspicuous and exceptional writers who are performing respectably in the different media foundation countrywide.
To the graduating understudies, he said "the area needs you like never before and I feel certain and more loosened up knowing that, as a thoroughly prepared OTECSchool of Journalism and Communication Studies' grandaunts you will keep on being at the Center of remarkable answers for the structure of a decent news coverage climate in the general public."
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