THE STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT
STUDIES SHOULD BE PROUD.
The entire UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES;
her lecturers and students alike should be proud of moments such as this. How
wonderful and joyful it is for a teacher to teach a student and to see that
student excel in life. Indeed I do maintain that the pride of every teacher is
to see his/her student develop into persons of a noble class. Any teacher that
do not or is not able to help his/her learner achieve what he has achieved and
even more in life is not worth being called a teacher.
That same way, a learner who achieves nothing
has learnt nothing. It is always necessary and probably the most important
thing for a learner to do is to make his/her teacher have a smiling face should
they have an opportunity to meet in the future ahead for both parties. If your
teacher sees you and is disappointed to have been your teacher then I do
maintain again that, the said student is not worth been called a learner or a
student. For whatever name you may want to give to such a person I have little
to say about that. My only stance is that, do not call such a person a learner
or a student.
For about four (4) years of stay in the
University for Development Studies (Wa campus), I can say that the government
of Ghana has not been so much helpful to this noble institution in several
ways. I will be very wrong to say that government has entirely ignored us, but
I will as well not be entirely wrong to say that the government has ignored us.
In whichever way it is, THIS University which many has named in so many
draconian ways has produced GENERALS for the nation. In fact, many generals who
will take this nation to another level of progress and color are still been
paraded and will soon be out for display. As a feminist, I would quickly
consider only two of these female generals.
In just some few days, months and precisely some
2 years back, a young elegant flamboyant smart lady by name BACI mounted the
platform of the Ghana's Most Beautiful beauty pageantry organized by TV3, a
television network based in Ghana and as her school the University for
Development Studies had inculcated in her, won "hands down". It was
not a surprise to any Ghanaian who followed proceedings of that beauty
pageantry after BACI was declared winner. Initially, one after hearing she was
a student of the University for Development Studies (WA campus) could ask; can
anything good come from WA? In between the lines of the contest, the mindset of
many skeptics changed. They could now have their answers even before the
contest was over.
Just this month of October, another character
has arisen from the desert. LYDIA DARLINGTON FORDJOUR, a student of this noble
institution is in the race to winning a fantastic prize. I see her winning it
and so I can boldly say that, UDS has taught us well and we as students should
be proud of our school. As a student who graduated from the University for
Development Studies in 2014 studying Development Education, she started work at
Radio Upper West as a radio broadcaster. Even in school, one would have noticed
the passion this diligent lady had for writing and radio work. Just like BACI,
I am personally not surprised to have heard that she has been nominated for the
NORTHERN SECTOR RADIO PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR in the upcoming RTP AWARDS which
comes off Saturday, 22nd October, 2016 at the Accra Conference Center. As way
of campaigning for my fellow developer I would like to quickly call on you to
dial RTP LYDIA and send to the short code 1446 all networks. This will secure
her chances of winning this great award.
Once a UDS student, always a developer. In the
entire nation called Ghana, I am yet to see a tertiary institution which thinks
about and has the development of rural areas at heart except UDS. There is no
place to be than this great institution called the University for Development
Studies (UDS). Our Third Trimester Field Practical Programme (TTFPP) is one
thing that makes our school unique from all other schools. The "so called
prominent" tertiary institutions in Ghana should begin to learn from this
noble institution by way that, we all must be in one accord to develop the
rural areas in Ghana. Like a teacher who should not be called a teacher because
he/she could not groom anybody to becoming a better person, so must development
not be mentioned until all rural communities are liberated from developmental
discrimination. My fellow students have died in various communities because
they accepted to develop areas where even government officials would dare not
go. The government has left all these people living in the deepest rural areas
to their fate but we say "Once a UDS student, always a developer".
In Ghana, it is hardly you see the name of our
school being mentioned in the agenda of the state, on radio, TV, newspapers or
whatever medium or platform. Not even will any of our lecturers be called on
phone to make their academic views known on issues of national concern ranging
from politics, economics, society or religion. It is pathetic. I have
personally sent several texts to most platforms to which national discourse is
been made but just as it is sent, no one reads them. Probably it is not been
read because I do attach the name of my school which I am personally proud of.
UDS has been sidelined in so many ways YET we the students of this development
oriented school are bold to say WE ARE PROUD OF OUR SCHOOL IN WHATEVER MANNER
IT IS.
As a matter of fact, I would like to take this
opportunity to make a clarion call on Organizations with like-minded
developmental agenda to come to the support of the University for Development
Studies. The media outfit of Ghana and the state institutions should as well
come to our aid to help us with infrastructure that which will go a long way to
aiding our academia. Like I earlier said, some generals are already out there
making the developmental agenda of this school a reality and many are those yet
to come.
The government of Ghana, all media houses in
Ghana, Organizations and the likes should know that "THE UNIVERSITY FOR
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES IS NOT A DEAD SCHOOL. IT IS ALIVE! I also urge all students
of this noble institution to be proud of this institution because "ONCE A
UDS STUDENT, ALWAYS A DEVELOPER". Therefore, what distinguishes us from all
other institutions in this country is our ability to penetrate even where the
government with all its numerous resources dare not trend because it is not of
political concern to her. UDS has done and is doing what Napoleon could not do.
Written by;
Reindolf Amankwa
)S3NKAFO)
reinarticle.blogspot.com
ramankwa8@gmail.com
(UDS-WA Campus).
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