| Lyna Mohamad |
GRADUATES, as the nation’s major human resources, are a catalyst and main engine for nation building and raising the socio-economy and life quality.
This was highlighted by Deputy Minister of Development Haji Marzuke bin Haji Mohsin in his speech at the Cosmopolitan College of Commerce and Technology’s (CCCT) 12th Convocation Ceremony at the Indera Samudra Grand Hall of The Empire Hotel & Country Club in Jerudong yesterday.
The deputy minister expressed hope that the graduates will fully benefit their knowledge and experience and share with the community.
He also hoped that the graduates will possess the attitude of self-improvising and are actively creative and also engage in welfare activities.
In this convenient technology era, graduates are hoped to be able to move forward, holding on to the teachings of Islam and double their efforts to improvise by equipping themselves with values and capabilities that could produce a skilled generation.
With this year’s convocation theme Kemahiran Di hari ini, Kejayaan Di esok hari, he believes that the college will continue to move proactively in producing competitive and high-skilled graduates in the current globalisation world.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the organising committee Dr Haji Abdul Aziz bin Haji Abdul Latip highlighted that this year’s convocation marks another milestone in the college’s achievement, in which CCCT has produced 2,537 graduates since its establishment in 2004.
“Our respect and gratitude to the Government of His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam and the Ministry of Education for their support and trust in allowing us to contribute to the development of our nation albeit small,” he added.
Touching on this year’s theme, he pointed out that it serves to create awareness to the graduates that each one of them has a pivotal role in ensuring the continuity of the country’s prosperity, peace and economic stability and they are the future leaders and backbone of Brunei Darussalam.
“CCCT has always prioritised on the quality of delivering the best education to our students. This is well reflected in our overall success rate of 86 per cent, and even higher at HND level which stands at 95 per cent.”
CCCT’s teaching methodologies, he added, always emphasised on hands on skills tailored to the suitability of the working industry in Brunei Darussalam to provide them well with an added competitive advantage in the job market later.
“Our team of lecturers comes from diverse professional backgrounds and they are always eager to share their real industry experience to our students.”