The Diocesan Administrator of Zaria Catholic Diocese Very Rev. Father Michael Prius Kagarko has described Seminary training as a profer formation that makes people to be physically, mentally and spiritually balanced for them to become good leaders of tomorrow.
He stated this at the St. Joseph’s Minor Seminary Zaria, Speech and Price Giving Day celebration, held in Zaria.
Rev. Kagarko explained that despite the security challenges affecting the nation, parents still send their children to Seminary school to be trained for them to become something in life.
The Administrator called on parents and guardians to send their children to school explaining that the rumours about the school was not true.
He urged the outgoing students to let those outside the school to know about the progress so far achieved by the school academically and discipline wise.
In his remarks, the Chairman of the occasion Mr. Augustine Orga charged the other stakeholders and philanthropists to come forward and help in the renovation of some of the dilapidated structures of the school to a befitting edifice before the 60th anniversary of the school comes 2024.
Mr. Orga promised to be part of the anniversary if God speared his life and prayed that he would be in attendance.
The Chairman of the occasion advised the outgoing students to be good Ambassadors of the school by exibiting high sense of discipline and commitment in any assigned responsibility they might find themselves in future.
He said, the sky was their limit as their journey has just began in the learning process despite completing the Six years Secondary education.
Also in his remarks, the Chairman Parents Teachers Association (PTA) Mr.Joseph Nashakyaa called on government at all levels to urgently renovate and upgrade all facilities of the school to good standard for quality education across the country.
Mr. Nashakyaa advised both parents and students to always consider their fellow students who are not educationally sound like them but they could be better han them in another way round.
The PTA Chairman commended the management and the parents for making the ceremony a very big success despite numerous challenges.
The Special Guest of Honour Dr. Williams Maina Tarfa congratulated the school management for the success recorded in transforming the school to it’s glorious position.
Dr. Tarfa said St. Joseph’s Minor Seminary has now become a role model and the track record of academic excellence has since surfaced in the educational cycle.
Earlier in his welcome speech the Rector of the school Very Rev. Fr. Istifanus M. Katung said the school has been transformed in character and learning.
Fr. Katung said with the support from untiring teachers and the school mam agent school management things were going accordingly.
He called for collective efforts to improve and provide more infrastructures in the school to enable the students have a condusive atmosphere for learning.
During the ceremony, new Prefects were presented, prizes were distributed to the deserving students and lunched a fund raising towads the development of the school.
