22-09-2013, 02:09 PM
Pretoria - Education remains a critical tool to equip humanity with the intellectual wherewithal to change human condition for the better, says Deputy President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Venda (Univen), Kgalema Motlanthe.
Motlanthe was speaking at a graduation ceremony of 515 students from the Schools of Agriculture, Education, Environmental Sciences, Health sciences, Human and Social Sciences, Law, Management Sciences, Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Univen on Friday.
“I am confident that this achievement you are celebrating today will go a long way towards eradicating the challenges of inequality, poverty and unemployment that still plague our society,†he said.
He said over the years the work of Univen has contributed immensely to the socio-economic development of not only the Vhembe region, but the entire nation, by producing alumni that today occupy significant positions in both the public and private sector.
Congratulating the graduates, the Deputy President said: “We hope too that today is only the beginning of things to come, because collectively education and academic advancement is the greatest gift one can give to a nation.
“Indeed education is a lifelong commitment and as long as someone is willing to teach, someone else ought also to be willing to learn. We wish you the best for the future. Make the University proud by being hard working, innovative, committed, and ethical in your future roles in the workplace and leadership," he said.
The Deputy President said through hard work, commitment and innovation in whatever institutions the graduates will be attached to, they will be enhancing the prestige of the Univen.
Motlanthe also expressed his confident that the graduates will go into the real world to make the nation proud and to fashion South Africa as a winning nation. - SAnews.gov.za
Motlanthe was speaking at a graduation ceremony of 515 students from the Schools of Agriculture, Education, Environmental Sciences, Health sciences, Human and Social Sciences, Law, Management Sciences, Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Univen on Friday.
“I am confident that this achievement you are celebrating today will go a long way towards eradicating the challenges of inequality, poverty and unemployment that still plague our society,†he said.
He said over the years the work of Univen has contributed immensely to the socio-economic development of not only the Vhembe region, but the entire nation, by producing alumni that today occupy significant positions in both the public and private sector.
Congratulating the graduates, the Deputy President said: “We hope too that today is only the beginning of things to come, because collectively education and academic advancement is the greatest gift one can give to a nation.
“Indeed education is a lifelong commitment and as long as someone is willing to teach, someone else ought also to be willing to learn. We wish you the best for the future. Make the University proud by being hard working, innovative, committed, and ethical in your future roles in the workplace and leadership," he said.
The Deputy President said through hard work, commitment and innovation in whatever institutions the graduates will be attached to, they will be enhancing the prestige of the Univen.
Motlanthe also expressed his confident that the graduates will go into the real world to make the nation proud and to fashion South Africa as a winning nation. - SAnews.gov.za