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'I Would Choose This College To Be My Alma Mater'
Published: Thursday | April 17, 2014
King Nii Kpobi Tettey Tsuru III (centre) of La Accra, Ghana and his wife, Naa Doris Pobee, and Amarkai Amarteifio (fourth left), lawyer and consul of Sweden in Ghana, chat with Jamaica College (JC) students, while Ruel Reid, principal of JC (left, in background), and R Danny Williams (beside him) look on as the King toured Jamaica College yesterday - Rudolph Brown/Photographer
Alessandro Boyd, Gleaner Writer
Nii Kpobi Tettey Tsuru III, King of La Accra, Ghana, was full of praise for Jamaica College (JC) following his tour of the institution in St Andrew yesterday.
"I am very pleased with what I saw here today, from the surroundings you can see that good academic work is being done here," he told The Gleaner.
"When you look at everything, you can see that this institution provides quality education for boys and if I were to be a boy again, I would choose this college to be my alma mater," he continued.
Senator Ruel Reid, principal of JC also noted that the occasion was of utmost significance to both the institution and Jamaica.
"This is very significant, in 1962,
we welcomed the Emperor Haile Selassie the first (Emperor of Ethiopia) and now we have the King of Ghana, which, of course, represents our connection with our history and Diaspora. I
'I Would Choose This College To Be My Alma Mater'
Published: Thursday | April 17, 2014
King Nii Kpobi Tettey Tsuru III (centre) of La Accra, Ghana and his wife, Naa Doris Pobee, and Amarkai Amarteifio (fourth left), lawyer and consul of Sweden in Ghana, chat with Jamaica College (JC) students, while Ruel Reid, principal of JC (left, in background), and R Danny Williams (beside him) look on as the King toured Jamaica College yesterday - Rudolph Brown/Photographer
Alessandro Boyd, Gleaner Writer
Nii Kpobi Tettey Tsuru III, King of La Accra, Ghana, was full of praise for Jamaica College (JC) following his tour of the institution in St Andrew yesterday.
"I am very pleased with what I saw here today, from the surroundings you can see that good academic work is being done here," he told The Gleaner.
"When you look at everything, you can see that this institution provides quality education for boys and if I were to be a boy again, I would choose this college to be my alma mater," he continued.
Senator Ruel Reid, principal of JC also noted that the occasion was of utmost significance to both the institution and Jamaica.
"This is very significant, in 1962,
we welcomed the Emperor Haile Selassie the first (Emperor of Ethiopia) and now we have the King of Ghana, which, of course, represents our connection with our history and Diaspora. I
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