A total of 914 students from Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Swaziland graduated from the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology yesterday during a function held at Lehakoe Recreational and Cultural Centre.
MASERU-A total of 914 students from Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Swaziland graduated from the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology yesterday during a function held at Lehakoe Recreational and Cultural Centre.
Speaking on behalf of Limkokwing University founder and president, Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dato Sri Paduka Dr Limkokwing, vice-president corporate relations and students affairs, Dato Fajura Mustafa said Africa is by next year expected to overtake China in technological innovation, transformation and creativity.
“Lesotho may be a small country but we are expecting the graduates to be part of the transformation In Africa,” Dato Fajura noted.
She indicated how the graduates intend to spend their time would determine their future.’
“You now join the many Limkokwing alumni who are making a difference in 150 countries across the globe.
The people who created Facebook, Google, Yahoo and Twitter were no older than you when they set out to create their footprints in cyberspace. You already have the skills to make it happen and I expect that you will run the extra mile for Lesotho and Africa,” said Fajura.
Speaking at the same ceremony, education and training minister ‘Makabelo Mosothoane said Limkokwing University had brought skills that were not in the country five years ago.
She urged the graduates to create their own jobs.
“By creating your own jobs, you will manage to pay off the bursaries the government has given you,” she noted.
Mosothoane thanked the University for diversifying and improving the education of Lesotho through technological creativity and innovation.
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Mothejoa Metsing said he was informed that Limkokwing University was doing an outstanding job in creating technical and creative thinkers.
“Lesotho needs a nation of employers not job seekers. It is time the government and private sector come together and not compete against each other so that sponsorships given to students don’t go to waste,” Metsing pointed out.