Holy Child College records highest number of first-class graduates in 1st congregation – Skyy Power FM

The Holy Child College of Education in Takoradi in the Western Region has recorded its highest number of first-class graduates since its inception during the 1st congregation on Saturday, July 29.

The teacher training college for the first time independently conferred Bachelor in Education degrees on graduands where 12 of them were awarded first-class honours.

Fifty per cent (137) of the graduates were awarded 2nd class upper honours, forty per cent (109) with second-class lower and 6 per cent (16) with third-class honours, the lowest in the school’s history.

The principal of the college, Dr Francis Hull Adams revealed this during the graduation ceremony and said the results of the first batch of the 4-Year BEd Programme graduating are very impressive.

On record, the highest number of first-class the College has ever recorded was nine. This year they have moved up from 9 to 12.

He said in Holy Child, they train students to be independent during examinations. the students know that they don’t compromise with examination malpractices so the performance of students is actually a true reflection of what they could do.

He said, “No wonder, our graduates are the most preferred in the job market. We are so proud of our graduands for putting up such a splendid performance. I salute our indefatigable staff for a good job done. We are hoping that the results of the current level 400 students will follow the same trend, the trend of positive progression.”

Speaking on challenges in the school, he said some of the challenges confronting the College include:
Lack of financial clearance to employ staff to replace retired and resigned staff, overaged operational vehicles, poor internal road network, Inadequate washrooms for students and staff, Inadequate halls of residence for students, Inadequate accommodation for staff, Inadequate computers for teaching and administrative work, Use of college as thorough fare by outsiders.

He added that “The College has a demonstration school from KG to Primary 6. Come next academic year, our Primary 6 pupils will move to JHS 1. But we have a problem, as of now we don’t have classroom accommodation for the Primary and the JHS sessions. We, therefore, would like to extend our appeal in respect of our demonstration school.”