Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2nd Edition of Holicoe Digest
2nd Edition of Holicoe Digest
Editor-in-Chief Akwaaba held at the Cornelia Connelly Hall on Languages Department, Fuseine Mohammed
Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Dolphyne Saturday, March 19, 2022. The theme for the Adama, former TTAG National Coordinator,
programme was “Challenging societal Torgbuivi Alex, TTAG WEC Sector Coordinator,
stereotype, the role of teacher trainees.” Rita Agbenyo, TTAG WEC Sector Women’s
This year’s competition saw 15 contestants Commissioner and the former SRC Executives of
Associate Editor
performing individual and pair modeling,
Mr. Lawrence Ewusi-Mensah the college.
choreography, talents exhibition, highlife
The Miss Akwaaba show is an entertainment
dance, and answering questions on selected
programme organized every academic year by
topics. Miss Benedicta Blankson emerged the
Member overall winner with 16.5%, while Miss Navadis the SRC for the level 100 students to welcome
Mr. Emmanuel S. Gillette Offeiba and Miss Jennifer Mensah obtained them to the college.
16% and 15.5 %to emerge first runner up and
second runner up respectively
Writers
Time has been a major subject of In fact, many a student downplays the
religion, philosophy and science, but importance of time management forgetting
defining it in a non-controversial manner the maxims that time is money; time wasted
applicable to all fields of study has can never be regained; time and tide wait for
consistently eluded the greatest scholars. no man and procrastination is a thief of time.
Roughly, time can be defined as the In order to manage our time prudently, there
system of measuring the passing of the is the need to set our priorities right and
days, months and years. It also refers to
manage our time to meet deadlines.
all the years of the past, present and
Similarly, we need to uncover better options.
future. Time, unlike other resources,
This is done through making faster and
cannot be stored or saved for future use,
smart decisions which will help achieve our
thus it is irretrievable. Besides its
set goals. Kelly (2002) maintains that time
irretrievability, time is not
discriminatory. All humans have equal management includes making task lists,
quantity of time irrespective of ethnicity, organising resources and work, setting
religion, race or socio-economic status. It goals, creating and reviewing schedules,
is exact, precise and discrete. From the breaking down large tasks into smaller
above definitions and description of time, pieces, among others.
it becomes very crucial on our part to Crutsinger (1994) adds that setting goals,
delve into how this precious resource prioritising those goals, deciding on how
called time can be managed effectively to much time to allocate to specific tasks,
ensure increased productivity. adjusting plans as they change, revisiting
Time management is a set of principles, the goals and priorities regularly and
practices, skills, tools, and systems observing results are the effective time
working together to help one get more management techniques one can adhere to
value out of one’s time with the aim of for effective results. Relating these to our
improving the quality of one’s life. In situation in the tertiary education set up, as
other words, it refers to the effective and
students, we need to set our goals clearly
efficient use of time in such a way that
and identify our priority areas and work
important objectives are achieved within
seriously on them. We must stop wasting
a certain period of time. This involves
time on non-essential matters that turn to
planning the amount of time we spend on
which activities. In lieu of the several
disrupt our academic attention. We should
benefits of time management, many not put off to tomorrow what we can do
researchers have explained this subject today. We need to plan our own timetable to
and come up with different themes on cover the courses we are offering in order to
effective time management, especially know which time to learn what course.
the one which produces results. Finally, we have to periodically assess the
One major benefit we derive from time use of our time. Regularly, ask yourself if you
management is that it enables us to be have been making effective use of your time
more efficient, effective and productive The consequences of time mismanagement
in all fields of human endeavour. It helps are countless. One cannot lose sight of the
us to plan how to use our time judiciously fact that time mismanagement leads to poor
to increase productivity. By so doing, we results. This means that too much is invested
get rid of waste and our set targets are but too little is achieved. Many examination
usually achieved. Once we manage our failures suffered by students can be
time well, we are spared of unnecessary
attributed to this phenomenon yet many
stress, tension and anxiety. We are able
students seem not to care about this
to work within a normal pace and our
negative impact on their lives. It is not
output is characterised by accuracy,
uncommon to find people who mismanage
precision and quality.
their time face hardship in their future lives.
Contrary to the above, on our side of the
world, many people, especially students, Aside that, since their lives are unplanned
normally waste time unnecessarily in accordingly, they live to grumble with what
many spheres. Some spend close to an they will eat, where they will sleep, what
hour taking their bath. A sizeable number they will wear and above all, what they will
of them cuts classes and roam in town put down for posterity. Many have regretted
oblivious of the end of semester blowing their scarce chance but opportunity,
examinations. More often than not, they say, comes but once. You will never
students keep on postponing academic have time unless you create one for yourself.
work they could have done today to the Time is a resource so manage it well to get
next day and in the end, a backlog of
unfinished assignments awaits them in
the maximum results. The time is now!
"Be yourself, but
an apple pie order. The worst among all
the factors is the usage of mobile phones.
From dawn to dusk, students surf the
make that self
internet, downloading movies and their
favourite songs against downloading
information of academic importance.
exactly what God
wants it to be"
Most of them keep wake to chat their
partners and lovers and the next
morning, they attend lectures just to
sleep. Lecturers talk into the air because
the students are physically present but
--Mother Cornelia
mentally absent and at the end of the
semester, performance of students in the Connelly
examination is often disastrous
Holy Child College of Education in Takoradi on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, inaugurated its
convocation at the Cornelia Connelly Hall.
Dr. Francis Hull Adams, Acting Principal of the College in his address, spoke about the
importance of Convocation of the life of the College. “The College has moved away from Open
days, Speech and Prize-Giving Days to matriculations and graduation; such programme could
not be conducted without a procession of Convocation, hence the need for the inauguration
of the College’s Convocation.”
Prof. Peter Kojo Grant, of the Department of Classics and Philosophy of the University of Cape
Coast (UCC) and a former Chairman of Convocation of UCC from 2014 to 2019, in his keynote
address, explained the essence of Convocation. Prof. Grant said, “Things would be in
abeyance in the absence of a properly constituted Convocation.” He stressed that the
constitution of Convocation in Colleges is statutory because its establishment, composition,
and functions are spelled out clearly in the Statutes 26-30 of the Colleges of Education Act
2012, Act 847.
Prof. Grant added that the College’s Convocation is made up of the Principal, the Vice-
Principal, and all Senior Staff from both teaching and non-teaching staff. According to him,
Convocation plays a watchdog role in the College and provides an avenue for senior members
to express their opinion on all matters affecting the college.
Asantewaa : Tell us about yourself? He urged the gathering not to underestimate the importance of Convocation, especially,
since it has the power to elect a representative of the staff to serve on the College Council.
Benedicata (BB) : I am Benedicta Blankson . Twenty –
Prof Grant officially inaugurated the Convocation and swore in the members who were
one years of age, a student from the Primary Education present at the function. He entreated members to avail themselves for Convocation
in this noble institution and a proud member of the meetings so that the full relevance of its formation could be realized.
Joachim Hall.
He further advised the Chairman of Convocation not to personalize issues raised at
Asantewaa : What actually motivated you to
Convocation meetings but should see such functions as a medium for reflection and
participate? purgation. He advised that an Advisory Committee be formed to ensure that decisions taken
BB : What motivated me to partake is due to the special at convocation meetings were followed to ensure that the desired result were achieved.
treatment designated for Queens on campus and some Rev. Sr. Joana Duker, Acting College Secretary and Secretary to Convocation expressed her
gratitude to the Guest Speaker for sharing his worth of experience with the staff.
educational benefits which accompany it.
She gave assurance that the College would be guided by the recommendations he had made
Asantewaa : What have you gained for participating? and the provisions made in the College statutes.
BB : Being a participant had made me more confident, Holy Child College of Education, Takoradi is thus the first of the 46 Public Colleges of
polished my expressions and accorded me admiration Education in Ghana to inaugurate its convocation.
The program was enlivened by the College Choir led by Mr. Emmanuel S. Gillette.
from my colleagues.
TIME ALONE REMAINS -
Three level 200 students of
Holy Child College of Anastasia Egyan
Education on Saturday, March 26, 2022, took part
Time is too slow
in a news writing workshop at the St. Kizito Time is too fast
Pastoral and Catechetical Center at Apowa in You can lose yourself
You can lose your mind
Takoradi. But time is powerful,
Time alone persists
The workshop was organized by the Department We gain wealth, we lose wealth
We boost health, we lose health
of Pastoral and Social Communication We lose spirit into spirits, a great loss
(DEPSOCOM), of the Catholic Diocese of Sekondi- But time is eternal
Time alone remains
Takoradi in collaboration with the Department of
Pastoral and Social Communication (DEPSOCOM), Time bestows success
And no man can lock its door
National Catholic Secretariat, Accra. Time destroys and disrupts
No man can restore
Time alone remains
The one-day workshop aimed at training writers
As death passes man away,
from Catholic institutions and parishes in the Birth creates us again
Diocese. Participants were enlightened on the “ Live and toil in pain”, we say
Soon we will pass a day
elements and sources of news, styles of news Time is eternal, it alone remains.
Takoradi, Mr. Kojo Koomson, General Manager, Greatly needed by the great and small
With opportunities comes time,
Mining City Radio and Rev. Fr. Dieu-Donne Kofi To be valued and utilized,
Davor, Executive Secretary, DEPSOCOM, National Time comes sooner to one but
Later to another.
Catholic Secretariat, Accra.
treated as a Holy Child, with respect and honour. And this ‘Holy
Child’ is eventually sent to make more ‘holy children’.
The founding members of this great institution of higher learning
sowed the seed of what Holy Child College would be and embedded
in its identity its mission. They established an institution that
identified itself with the child Jesus, born in Bethlehem and
nurtured in Nazareth by Joseph and Mary. Holy Child was and is the
name of the institution and Holy Child is its identity. We need not
go far to tell the story of her identity and mission. I salute the
composer of the School and College anthem of the Holy Child
institutions. I select some key lines from the anthem to present to
you the identity and mission of Holy Child and our identity and
mission as Stakeholders, administrators, lecturers, workers, and
students:
Thou art
-The key to treasure new and old that turns the toil of every day to
gold
-The crown, the bud which blossomed forth from David’s stem (to)
teach us to love thee poor in Bethlehem
-The king to whom our loyalty is proved by Deeds, Not Words of
Fr. Lemaire in chasuble with Dr.
Loyalty.
-The truth, from proud and wise concealed, in swaddling bands to
Adams
little ones revealed
Taken from Verse 1-4 of the Anthem
The identity is Holy Child and its mission is what Holy Child gives to
the world through those who train, who are trained and sent. This
story needs to be told by us all; and what an effective means to tell
the story via HOLICOE DIGEST we launch this evening.
LONG LIVE HOLY CHILD, LONG LIVE THE HOLY ROMAN CATHOLIC
CHURCH, LONG LIVE GHANA
OUR MOTHER LAND!