Education
AIBC Graduates 79 In PH
No fewer than 79
students, last Saturday graduated from the Alpha Institute of Broadcasting and Communication (AIBC), Port Harcourt.
The event, which was held at the school premises on Harold Wilson Drive, Port Harcourt, attracted a mammoth crowd of people from all walks of life, who thronged the venue to witness the 21st-28th batches graduation ceremony of the students of the institute.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony last Saturday, one of the founders and Director General of the institute, Pastor Bernard Graham – Douglas said: “The essence of the school is to train and retrain people in broadcasting as only the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Training College in Jos is not enough to train prospective broadc-asters across the 36 states in Nigeria.
“We have 36 states in Nigeria with each state having, at least, one radio and television stations owned by the government of each state. We also have, at least, one radio and televison stations owned by private individuals in each state. This, in essence, means that there are multiplicity of radio and television stations in the states, and so, we need to get people trained and retrained to meet the rising manpower need in the industry.
“This idea of running a broadcasting school in Rivers State has been going on in the hearts of the founding fathers of the institute, and we decided to bridge the gap as only the FRCN and NTA training college in Jos cannot do all the work alone. Today, lots of testimonies abound as the graduands from this institute are scattered all over the world, doing very well,” Graham-Duoglas added.
He added that the school has produced the best brains who were contributing significantly to the revolution and transformation in the broadcast industry, particularly in Nigeria, stressing that the 79 graduating students had shown exceptional skills and expertise as broadcasters, presenters, speech communicators, among others.
The Head of Administration and Accounts, Bright Uturu, said the school offered courses in Basic Broadcasting and Presentation, Speech Communication, Broadcast Journalism, Broadcast Engineering, Television Production, and Script Writing, and challenged the graduands to excel in the thriving broadcast industry as good ambassadors of Alpha Institute.
One of the best graduating students, who offered two courses at a stretch, Dr Ifeanyi Okechukwu Akiri, said the school has positively impacted his life by enhancing his ability to communicate without fear, and commended the institute for assembling world-class broadcasters and communicators to impart sound knowledge and skills into students, promising not to disappoint the management of the institute and the staff.
Susan Serekara-Nwikhana
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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