The eleventh version of the Common Service provider Financial institution Ghana Tertiary Awards (UMB GTA) 2024 was launched in Accra Wednesday, to have fun excellent scholar’s achievements.
The launch was preceded with the opening of nominations for the 53 classes for the awards scheme.
The nomination which was formally opened on Could 1, would finish on August 1 this 12 months, and has new classes corresponding to Finest Pupil in Environmental Sustainability, Finest Pupil in Tourism and Hospitality and Finest Pupil in Psychological Well being Advocacy
Launching the awards ceremony, the Chief Govt Officer of UMB GTA, Mr Richmond Amofa-Sarpong, stated UMB GT award was one of many highest award Scheme granted to the 540,000 college students inside the 303 Tertiary Establishments, as a type of recognition of their works and efforts within the improvement of the nation.
He famous that, the award scheme was to have fun college students whose lives had modified society positively, by their contribution to enhance society regardless of being college students.
“The Award Scheme supplies a platform to have fun college students with nice achievements, an modern and dynamic framework for the trade of concepts in creating information, connecting establishments, and college students, equipping college students with expertise of selecting up management roles, inspiring and empowering them to have an effect on the financial improvement and produce social change,” he acknowledged.
The CEO famous that, the awards scheme since its inception in 2014, had produced over 200 Winners who had been well-known and had labored so arduous for themselves and the nation.
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Being the perfect tertiary establishment awards scheme, Mr Amofa-Sarpong stated it had produced most celebrities corresponding to Anita Akuffo, Fella Makafui, Maame Serwaa, amongst others, who had been thriving of their careers and likewise serving as role-models to the younger ones.
He urged all tertiary college students to file their nominations to be a part of this 12 months’s excellent awards ceremony to change into the following UMB GTA queen.
He acknowledged that the principle evening would come off within the first week of November 2024 resulting from election actions in December.
“It is vital to acknowledge college students whose initiatives affect our society and nation positively as a result of scholar demographic is a crucial software for nationwide improvement,” he famous.
Mr Amofa-Sarpong famous that, this 12 months’s UMB GTA class included GTA Pupil of the 12 months, a prestigious award that honours the general excellent scholar who had excelled in teachers, management, extracurricular actions, and contributions to the scholar group, Finest Pupil in Neighborhood Growth, Environmental Sustainability, Tech and Innovation, and Finest Pupil in Civic Engagement,
Different included, Finest Pupil in Humanitarian and Volunteer companies, Academic Expertise, Tourism and Hospitality, Management in Politics, Inclusive Arts and Tradition Promotion, Begin-Up, Digital Content material Creator, International Citizenship, Inexperienced Expertise Innovation, and Psychological Well being Advocacy.
