Opinion / Columnist
We need order at CCOSA Now!
16 Jan 2016 at 17:57hrs | Views
Chaos continues to rule at Christian College of Southern Africa (CCOSA) despite the warning shots of a brewing eruptive crisis.
The college leadership is not showing any signs of appreciating our own situation as students. Instead, after an interface in which we presented our disgruntlement to the college, the Principal is now fully motivated to lead by bad example of firing some of us who are vocal in sounding how they are compromising our interests at the college. That is cowardice, and we should make it clear that no level of intimidation will ever stop us from standing for our academic rights.
We are ready to fight to a bitter end until sanity prevails at CCOSA. If he thinks intimidation is the only option available, we will engage the judiciary legal justice and all its systems to mediate our matters so see who gonna be the loser. This is something serious life matter because we came to CCOSA to study for careers that we believe will take care of us till the end of our lives. Therefore we can't allow any Jack and Jill to distort our future while we watch. We are not after fighting anyone, but good corporate governance to the best of our expectations.
The logical thing for the college now is to find immediate solutions in addressing our problems that we are facing. We are demanding the most basic items which make our academic lives simple, such as making available unrestricted wifi-internet access to us all on campus, reviews of all fees and levies as well as making sure that these are put to good use as part of academic investment, tutors are well motivated by extending their payment in time so that they are re-invigorated to work hard to our service, scrapping-off late payment of fees fine, quick publication of our results before commencement of new semester, provision of adequate power points for our lap-tops in all classrooms, good hygiene on all ablution facilities, as well as establishment of a just business relationship between college and students.
The most stumbling block at CCOSA is the college Principal who seems to lack production for he does very little to improve our situation. He lacks leadership prowess. We have always raised issues with him, but he seems incapable of finding workable solutions. He is only active when he wants us to pay our fees in full and in time, and he doesn't reciprocate by doing the same in our favour.
We informally tried to share our plight with some senior officials at the college. Amazingly, they express massive anger against his leadership style which they describe as 'disastrous'. They accuse him of running the institution like his personal family asset. They say he has the tendency to take his own way all the time. Hence, his perennial misfiring on strategic issues which have the potential to taint the corporate image of the institution.
We as students we are demanding very little. All we need is the immediate end to such destructive ways of doing business. Or we should be addressed giving justifications for handling our issues lackadaisically.
The college leadership is not showing any signs of appreciating our own situation as students. Instead, after an interface in which we presented our disgruntlement to the college, the Principal is now fully motivated to lead by bad example of firing some of us who are vocal in sounding how they are compromising our interests at the college. That is cowardice, and we should make it clear that no level of intimidation will ever stop us from standing for our academic rights.
We are ready to fight to a bitter end until sanity prevails at CCOSA. If he thinks intimidation is the only option available, we will engage the judiciary legal justice and all its systems to mediate our matters so see who gonna be the loser. This is something serious life matter because we came to CCOSA to study for careers that we believe will take care of us till the end of our lives. Therefore we can't allow any Jack and Jill to distort our future while we watch. We are not after fighting anyone, but good corporate governance to the best of our expectations.
The most stumbling block at CCOSA is the college Principal who seems to lack production for he does very little to improve our situation. He lacks leadership prowess. We have always raised issues with him, but he seems incapable of finding workable solutions. He is only active when he wants us to pay our fees in full and in time, and he doesn't reciprocate by doing the same in our favour.
We informally tried to share our plight with some senior officials at the college. Amazingly, they express massive anger against his leadership style which they describe as 'disastrous'. They accuse him of running the institution like his personal family asset. They say he has the tendency to take his own way all the time. Hence, his perennial misfiring on strategic issues which have the potential to taint the corporate image of the institution.
We as students we are demanding very little. All we need is the immediate end to such destructive ways of doing business. Or we should be addressed giving justifications for handling our issues lackadaisically.
Source - Option Gavakawa
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