President Bio has over the weekend spurred graduants of the Ernest Koroma University in Magburaka, Northern Sierra Leone to go beyond mere motivation and make a real difference in their families.
The President who doubles as the Chancellor of the University was speaking at the first ever convocation ceremony of the Ernest Koroma University of Science and Technology since its establishment some few years ago.
The President personally used his story as the 33rd child of his father brought up by an illiterate mother in a small dusty village without shoes to catapult into a position to serve his nation as a teacher, a soldier and President.
His story he noted is one of character wrought out of adversity ,of personal resilience and faith in spite of dire circumstances;of the abiding belief that challenge are temporary and everything is possible as long as one is determined to achieve it.
He challenged the students to find and use opportunities in the private sector in order to enhance their own lives, grow the economy, create jobs, and be whatever they want to wish to be.
The President recommitted his government stance to refurbish the Magburaka Boys and Mathora Girls Secondary Schools in the Tonkolili District with a view to improve the administration, management and thus improve learning outcomes for students to truly outstanding levels.
The President recounted that the country can no longer afford to be at the receiving end of another industrial revolution.
‘’…We are impatient for development.We must therefore foster a culture of innovation around a generation of native technologists who can drive our collective aspirations,’’ Bio insisted.
The President congratulated parents, guardians and other relatives and for supporting the graduates through their arduous journey of studentship.
He recognized that the science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths–based education offered at the University of Ernest Bai Koroma is fundamental to national development.
…’’Snakes shed their skins in order to grow ; as a nation we must stay relevant by shedding obsolete learning content and skills.So how we teach ,learn , and assess science,all matter,’’President Bio concluded.