By Dk Suria Rina PHA
The guest of honour presents the certificate
to a student.
Private sector plays a vital role in
improving and expanding the country's education infrastructures to
meet the lack of facilities for courses thus reducing the country's
dependency on education facilities abroad, said the Deputy Minister
of Education, Pehin Dato Paduka Haji Suyoi, during the graduation
ceremony of Laksamana College of Business held at the Centrepoint
Hotel in Gadong yesterday afternoon.
Thirty-six students who had successfully completed their
foundation courses and first year degree course in Business Studies
at the Laksamana College of Business attended the ceremony.
The minister, who was the guest of honour at the function, said
the Ministry of Education is proud with the college's successful
achievement in assisting the government to provide higher education
to the people as well as to train skilled manpower in the country.
He hoped that such achievement will be an incentive for the
college as well as for other private institutions to broaden their
courses.
He said the private sector is the "stake-holder" for the
country's development and is responsible in providing the human
resource development infrastructure.
Therefore, he said the government likes to see the private sector
play an active role in enhancing education in the country.
On the national education objective, he said the aim is to
produce a Brunei generation with knowledge and skills especially in
information technology, with high morals and excellent character,
committed to improve the status of the nation and be able to compete
in the international social, economic and political arena.
The ceremony saw the presentation of certificates to students in
foundation courses by Pehin Dato Paduka Haji Suyoi, certificate
presentation by the Deputy to British High Commissioner, Mr Martin
Walley, to students in pre-foundation courses, KCB Higher Diploma
and Advanced Diploma while chairman of the college, Pehin Dato
Paduka Haji Awang Abdul Hapidz presented the KCB certificates and
Diploma to the respective students.
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