40 years later, Ora Technical Institute braces for first-ever graduation

Zombo, (UG):- Ora Technical Institute, a tertiary training institution located in the West Nile district of Zombo is set to organize an ebullient first-ever graduation ceremony for its projected 1,200 alumni (from 1983 to 2023) marking a solid 40 years of existence.

This meticulous breakthrough in the history of the institute will take place on April 26, 2024, and is expected to attract a public appraisal for the transformative role of the institute in the lives of the graduates, the establishment of rapport among Alumni and the institute above all providing an exuberant celebration of successes.

Speaking to DailyExpress on Tuesday, Mr Coxton Asea, the Chairperson organizing committee who doubles as Director of Studies at Oraa Technical Institute outrageously expressed optimism about turn up of a considerable number of the alumni for the graduation that will honour other alumni post humusly.

“We have organised this graduation so that we celebrate the achievements together and build togetherness with the alumni so far we have 50 alumni who have met all the requirements for the graduation we implore all the alumni to come on board,” Mr Asea remarked.

He further noted that the alumni are required to pay a graduation fee of 150,000Ugshs to cater for gowns and other necessities for the D-day.

Mr Booker Okoda, Principal of Ora Technical Institute assured the general public and the alumni about the success of the graduation ceremony and suggested that the commissioner for technical and vocational education will grace the day.

“We have gone ahead to sensitize the alumni to make them aware of this great event and to celebrate their success together with the community and we the staff of the institute because from the year 1983 to 2023 there was no graduation and there are so many graduands who have passed through this institute and are holding high profile jobs,” said Okoda.

This prime graduation ceremony is planned to encompass exhibitions from different faculties of skills development training of National certification and short tailored courses not limited to automotive, plumbing, electrical installation, fashion and design, road construction and maintenance and Topographical surveys all intended to conspicuously market the institute and rally communities to embrace technical education.

Ora Technical Institute was founded by the Roman Catholic in 1983 and now the government-funded institution today has a paltry enrollment of 210 trainees with only 32 females and a very insignificant number of the indigenous of Zombo district across the different faculties of skills development hence the need for mindset change about values of technical and vocational education.