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Nigeria: College Holds Scholarship Award Training
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This Day (Lagos)
29 April 2008
Posted to the web 30 April 2008
Funmi Ogundare
Lagos
The Concept College, London is organising a training for professionals and students who are working or intend to work in the field of HIV/AIDS and Health promotion management.
It is the first what promises to be an annual scholarship award training on HIV/AIDS. The theme for this year's workshop which is scheduled to hold the Obudu Cattle Ranch in Cross River State is 'Halting and Reversing the Spread of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Nigeria.'
The Dean of Studies, Mrs. Joyce Akosa told newsmen in Lagos, recently, that the training was part of the College's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in ensuring that they develop their knowledge and skills. "It is a way in which the College is contributing its quota to prevent the spread of the disease. Students would understand the scientific basis of HIV virus and pathophysiological changes in the human body", she said
Explaining the rationale for the topic, Akosa said, "We want to enlighten people, we feel that what the government is not enough. We feel people don't take the spread of the disease seriously. It is also a way of contributing to the social development of the country. Life is about fulfilling a purpose. We have a passion and we are driven by that passion to serve."
The Dean of Studies who bagged her doctorate degree in Educational Technology from Concept University London, said examinations were conducted for over 150 people who participated in the scholarship programme on-line adding that five out of 10 shortlisted would have an opportunity to travel to London, Czech Republic, Dubai and Gambia.
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" It is also a means of creating employment for them internationally especially for those of them who are nurses. Non Government Organisations (NGOs) are looking for people like that. We came up with a programme to train the trainers by empowering and giving them adequate information so that they too can impact on others", she said.
A student of the School of Nursing, Bishop Shanana Hospital, Nsukka, who was one of the lucky few, Mr. Henry Areke, said he was participating in the programme to broaden his horizon.
"I intend to expand my horizon about the scourge of HIV. For me, I intend to go out and tell people about the scourge. So it's more like an eye opener. Awareness about the disease is still very low. People are still very ignorant about going for a test," he said.
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