THE PRINCIPLE YTTC URGES STUDENTS TO GIVE BACK WHEN THEY ARE GIVEN
By Baibai Moses
Principle YTTC Mr. Kepo James last Thursday 27th Sep.2012 during the Principle’s Assembly urged the YTTC student teachers to give back when they are given which he refers to as reciprocity.
He then said, in life you will get what you give and asked the students to work hard in order to achieve what they want .He also quoted from the Bible that if you want wisdom, fear God.
The Principle further advised the students to love their profession as a teachers, he told the students that this profession is the source of knowledge to every citizen in this country and said teachers always get respect and honor from community for the service they are delivering.
Furthermore, he asked the students to be exemplary in their societies as they are the eye of the people in South Sudan whereby they are to leave the culture of spitting in public and bathing in open places like in Yei River.
In another development, the Principal said, the students should not wait for everything from the College Administration but to go on with activities like cleaning the compound, slashing, and collection of rubbish around the compound through the help of the Student Guild Council.
In addition to that, he ordered the Guild President H.E. Almarat Musa Almarat to monitor the work of the Council Ministers to ensure proper service delivery especially the Minister for Domestic Affairs and that of Health because they are dealing with lives in the College, if not they have to be replaced immediately.
However, he asked the Guild President to address any challenge affecting the Guild Council or the College to the Administration and not wait for Principle’s Assembly so that it can be put into action without wasting time. He said this when the Guild president H.E. Almarat Musa Almarat mentioned challenges such as broken fence, lack of security lights around the compound and in some latrines and shelters, also rubbish pits have become full , sports equipments are not enough among others.
Lastly, the Principle notified the students that the College is currently doing a lot of developments which take enough money that is to say the Academic Tower, the girls’ dormitory, and the football stadium which will make some of the challenges to be referred to next year.
CROSS HOLDS 40TH ANNIVERSARY
By King Iddy
The organization of ACROSS celebrated its 40th year anniversary on Friday 28th 2012 at the College compound.
The celebration ceremony was attended by ACROSS staff, the Bishop of ECS Diocese of Yei, community members, students and the Commissioner of Yei River County who was the Guest of Honor of the occasion.
In the party the Administrative Manager of ACROSS started by explaining the programmes and services offered by ACROSS which include education programmes, Sudan Literature Centre (SLC), Participatory Awakening Process (PAP), Child Ministry, Radio Programme, sports activities among others. As a result of these programsme, many community members gave testimonies on how these programmes transformed their lives.
One of the people who gave a speech was our own God father, the Principal of the College who during his speech told the audience that YTTC has trained over 2,000 teachers who are providing quality education to the people of South Sudan. He cited that across is an eye opener which gives a lot of skills for people to get opportunities. He was further quoted by the journalists that “Let us own the work given by ACROSS“and urged the community to get a third leg to move forward with work.
Meanwhile the Bishop during his speech, expressed emotions on the extra-ordinary work ACROSS has done for the people of South Sudan. He thanked and congratulated ACROSS on behalf of the Christian community and commented that though ACROSS started at a very difficult situation, it grew with the people of South Sudan and suffered persecution like them.
Lastly in his speech, he assured the ACROSS Programmes Coordinator and staff that the Episcopal Church of Sudan wants to assure them that so long as they are here ,they have a place here and therefore urged the community to work with ACROSS for development of South Sudan.
The commissioner was the last speaker of the day. In his speech he thanked and congratulated ACROSS for its tremendous work done citing YTTC as yielding fruit of ACROSS and said that YTTC has transformed the society by giving quality education to the people of South Sudan.
He thanked the church for giving land for ACROSS to establish in Yei and praised the Fly Sports Programme which he said has promoted a peaceful co-existence in Yei through sports which has helped to transform the youth.
He however in his speech concluded by urging ACROSS to become a primary funder not implementer and challenged ACROSS for being a baby by establishing their headquarters in Nairobi. He further commented that ACROSS should transfer its headquarters from Nairobi to Juba, if not ACROSS will continue to remain a child and urged them to secure land for maximum development to continue to make focal attraction in South Sudan since in some three years to come land in Yei will become scarce.
ST. PAUL INAUGRATES NEW PREFECTS
By Chandia Bravil
On Saturday, last week, St. Paul inaugurated new prefects and had S.4 farewell party. The inauguration was attended by representatives from different schools, teachers from various schools, parents and invited guests.
In the inauguration the head boy and the head teacher during their speech complained that they are facing a lot of challenges for example, that the government does not want to support their school and even the government officials don’t pay a visit to inspect it.
Meanwhile the guest of honor during his speech said that; the school acquired its foundation in a right place and encouraged the students to work hard in order to make more than five first grades this year.
He further urged them not to stop in S.4 but to continue up to the possible level God can give them and told the parents to continue supporting their children because education is the key to life.
However, he concluded that the school was founded by the community and up to now the community is the one paying both the students and the teachers. So why do they want the help of the government?
He told the parents to be ready to handle the school under their responsibility since the government is not showing any responsibility.