OTEC School of Journalism and Communication Studies has graduated sixty three college students at its 4th commencement rite held on the group’s premises at Asawasi withinside the Asokore Mampong Municipal of the Ashanti region.
The rite became hung on Sunday, July 10, 2022 beneathneath the theme “Ensuring Responsible Journalism: The Role of Media Training Institutions” with the scholars receiving degree certificate for the 2-yr path which makes a speciality of talents improvement and assisting younger humans accumulate talents with the intention to permit them reap employment.
The Director of Education for Obuasi East Educational Directorate of the Ashanti region, Kwabena Owusu-Nketia, in his speech, requested the graduands to be accountable newshounds through watching the ethics of the profession.
“Be accurate, truthful and whole as some distance as possible. Be sincere and perform your duty with honour and do your paintings with none worry or partisanship. You have to preserve the pleasant of your reportage at the best standard, this could construct and toughen your credibility.
“Have a duty closer to your readers and continually preserve the best requirements of journalism, be given criticisms with open mind, accurate and examine out of your mistakes, recheck your statistics for accuracy and keep away from assumptions,” Mr Owusu-Nketia added.
The educationist recommended them to put together to just accept any demanding situations that could come their manner because of change, take hold of top possibilities and make variations anywhere they locate themselves to satisfy their desires and desires.
A media practitioner, Gabriel Amoah, who became the visitor speaker, recounted the contribution made through the faculty in its inception in 2004 through generating pleasant media employees at some stage in Ghana and nevertheless remains the epitome of manufacturing advanced media content material and newshounds.
Mr Amoah, who's the Press Secretary to the Ashanti Regional Minister, Hon Simon Osei Mensah, advised the media schooling establishments to make sure that they offer the type of instructional content material with the intention to form the mindsets of the scholars to compete withinside the process market.
He cited that maximum media establishments awareness an awful lot attempt on Disc Jockeying, Sports Presentation, Akan News Presentation amongst others with out suitable schooling with understanding and talents to write down accurate, truthful, balanced and unbiased stories.
“Students can best thrive after they have the cappotential to analyze, write creatively, thinks intelligently and act professionally withinside the quest to compete for process placements and to reduce damage withinside the subject of the process” he stated.
The Principal of Otec School of Journalism and Communication Studies, Mr Matthew Donkor, in his deal with stated the faculty is strolling two (2) Diploma in Journalism and Media Studies. It is affiliated with Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), officially NABPTEX.
He found out that the faculty has additionally initiated the strategies for obtaining accreditation from the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), officially National Accreditation Board (NAB).
Mr Donkor cited that the faculty which began out with ten (10) college students in 2004 has produced masses of distinguished and well-ready newshounds who're acting creditably withinside the numerous media group countrywide.
To the graduating college students, he stated “the world desires you greater than ever and I experience assured and greater comfortable understanding that, as a well-skilled OTECSchool of Journalism and Communication Studies’ grandaunts you may remain on the Centre of top notch answers for the constructing of an excellent journalism surroundings withinside the society.”