Professor Joshua Alabi, Rector of the Institute of Professional Studies (IPS), on Saturday said students who engage in sorcery and occultism chart a course of their lives into self destruction. He cautioned that �The authorities of IPS would vehemently deal with any student or group of students found culpable of the practice of sorcery and occultism�.
Prof. Alabi, who was speaking at the 2009/2010 Matriculation ceremony, organised by the IPS for 3,102 new students in Accra, said the Institute was committed to producing scholars and professionals with practical knowledge and skills relevant for national development.
He said �The Institute is also committed to character development, service to citizenship, truth and honesty as part of its core values. It is mainly for this purpose that �Scholarship and Professionalism� has become our watch phrase�.
Prof Alabi said the IPS would introduce Masters Degree Programme in Accounting and Finance as part of its expansion drive to meet the emerging needs of the country�s commerce and industry. He said the IPS has introduced weekend programmes to create opportunities for those who were qualified but could not access higher education because of workplace commitments.
Prof Alabi said that the Institute was still grappling with inadequate infrastructure including lecture theatres and offices for both academic and administrative staff. He, however, said that the IPS was constructing a new administration and academic complex block with support from the GEtfund and hoped that the infrastructural problems of the IPs would be over after the completion of these projects.
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