President Paul Kagame has hailed the Rwanda-Oklahoma Christian College partnership as a 20-year success story that has contributed to Rwanda’s management growth.
He mentioned this on Saturday, Could 23, through the twentieth anniversary celebrations of Oklahoma Christian College’s partnership with Rwanda. The occasion introduced collectively alumni, companions, visitors, and different dignitaries.
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President Kagame and First Girl Jeannette Kagame, who additionally attended the occasion, are honourary alumni of Oklahoma Christian College.
“In 2006, the primary 10 Rwandan college students went to review at Oklahoma Christian College by way of the Presidential Students Program. Twenty years later, there are greater than 700 alumni who serve in strategic management positions, together with senior authorities officers and executives within the non-public sector,” Kagame mentioned.
He added that the expansion of the programme displays the power of sustained worldwide training cooperation and its position in constructing nationwide capability.
“To the alumni group current tonight, carry on representing us properly. In the event you ever want something, don’t shrink back from asking. We’re right here for you,” he famous.
“Don’t overlook that you just nonetheless have a duty to mentor people who come after you. In any case, the worldwide community have to be a nationwide platform for alternative creation,” he added.
The president additionally thanked sponsors and companions for his or her position in sustaining the programme over 20 years, noting that the collaboration has contributed to increasing entry to greater training for Rwandan college students.
Kagame mentioned the partnership has helped strengthen Rwanda’s place as a rising hub for greater training and innovation, with extra world-class establishments now working within the nation.
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“Probably the most necessary legacies of this partnership is that Rwanda is now house to a number of world-class establishments. This aligns with our nation’s imaginative and prescient of changing into a regional hub for innovation.”
He pressured that training have to be translated into sensible abilities to drive long-term financial development.
The Chancellor of Oklahoma Christian College, John deSteiguer, mentioned the partnership has developed right into a broader training platform, increasing educational programmes and rising pupil enrolment over time.
Ivan Mbaraga, a 2016 alumnus and Government Director of Oklahoma Christian College Rwanda, mentioned the programme has produced graduates now serving throughout totally different sectors, together with authorities and enterprise.
“True impression is rarely measured by titles, however it’s measured within the lives of everybody—in management, in science, in excellence, in pursuit of creativity, in individuals who carry data with braveness.”
Mbaraga mentioned the partnership represents a shared duty to proceed constructing future generations.
