Chakwera challenges Must graduates to be innovative

 President Lazarus Chakwera has emphasised on the need for university students to be innovative to strengthen capacity of institutions and organisations in the country.

He made the remarks yesterday during the graduation of 420 students at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (Must) in Thyolo.

Chakwera, who is also Chancellor of Must, said the graduates have endless opportunities and great responsibilities, hence the need for them to practice that.

“You have a responsibility to serve your country with integrity, dedication and sacrifice. You have the opportunity and responsibility to do great and unimaginable things and to put Malawi on the map by outperforming other nationalities,” he said.

The President said to be a college graduate is a privilege, a responsibility and an opportunity which needs to be taken seriously.

“I say it is a privilege because in every nation on earth, only a minority get the chance to enrol into an institution of higher learning,” he said.

Must vice-chancellor Prof essor Address Malata disclosed that the university will call back, on Must scholarship, all needy students who were withdrawn because of lack of fees.

“We are, in September launching ‘Come back to campus’ initiative which will recall back all students who could not afford school fees and were withdrawn,” she said.

Of the 420 graduates, 45 got distinctions in the 24 courses offered at the institution