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The founder of a group committed to creating a gateway for young people to enter aviation has been recognised in his native Ghana.

Okyere Obed, aged 23, the founder and CEO the Runway Aviation Club Ghana was presented with the Yound Advocate Award for his work in developing the club.

The award was set up in Ghana by Neogenics Education, as part of the “Education Community Awards 2016” and was for “Individual students or group of students who have successfully advocated for young people either through writing, negotiations, interventions or representations.”

Obed had formed the club in 2014 as a gateway for young Ghanaians into the aviation industry, to provide a platform for its members which would assist them find a career in aviation, to educate the members on available routes into the industry, to encourage the members to self-educate where possible and to approach the Ghanaian aviation industry to investigate future opportunities for members to start careers across all sectors of the industry, including the airlines, business aviation, trip support, ATC, regulation, MRO, aircraft finance and leasing.

Speaking after the presentation Obed said “I am thrilled to receive this award and I hope it helps us attract interest and support for our project, Runway Aviation Club Ghana, as we need sponsorship from companies at home & abroad to continue advising our young members on careers in all sectors of aviation”

Runway Aviation Club Ghana Honorary President, Joe McDermott, senior consultant at Dublin based Global FBO Consultancy described the award as an “outstanding achievement.”

 

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An international education consultancy training service provider, the Neogenics Education, has launched an education award dubbed, “Education Community Awards 2016” (EDUCOM Awards 2016).

On the theme, “Inspiring excellence in education delivery,” EDUCOM 2016 seeks to recognise 20 outstanding institutions, individuals and organisations in the educational sector, whose performance and activities have positively affected education.

Categories of award

The 20 awards would include Special Education Needs Resource; Educational Book; Supplier of the Year, Outstanding Achievement; Leadership in Education; Education Support Worker and Novelty Project awards.

Others are Outstanding Contribution to Local Community; Outstanding Contribution to Digital Technology; Innovative Digital Teacher; International Collaborators; Enterprise Initiator and Inspirational Teacher awards. The rest are Partner in Learning; Lifetime Achievement; Value-added; Exceptional Sports Achievement; Media Contribution to Education and Young Advocate awards.

Opening of nominations

Briefing journalists on the ceremony, the Chief Executive of Neogenics Education, Mr Grant Bulmuo, said the awards had already been launched so the public was being encouraged to submit nominations and supporting evidence.

”Online nomination forms will be made available on our website,” he said, adding that a panel of judges would be composed to assess each nomination entered.

Mr Bulmuo said the submission of nominations would end on March 30, 2016 with the award ceremony slated for Saturday, May 7, 2016, at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Accra.

With the slogan, “EDUCOM Awards – Celebrating education excellence”, he said the winners would receive winners’ trophy/plaque, a certificate, and in some cases education resources, adding, “highly commended second-placed nominees will also receive certificates”.

Background

Giving a background, Mr Bulmuo said the award was to identify positive contributions within the education community in the country, explaining that, “it is also to recognise all the valuable education-related work that is undertaken within schools and our communities across Ghana by schools, students/pupils, parents, media houses, publishers, agencies, NGOs, other organisations, individuals and players in education”.

He said it would create a platform for networking and effective collaboration among the various players in education, and appealed to the business community to partner his organisation to acknowledge and reward hard work and excellence.

He said the organisers were putting in place a comprehensive marketing campaign and assured the corporate world of value for money for their sponsorship.

 

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Management of Neogenics Education, an international Education Consultancy, on Wednesday launched the Education Community Awards dubbed “EDUCOM Awards” in Accra.
The awards night scheduled for Saturday May 7, 2016 is on the theme: “Inspiring excellence in education delivery.” He said it was also to create a platform for networking and effective collaboration among the various players in the education sector.

He said, hence, the need for a broad scope awards to bring together the education community.

The Lead Consultant said winners would receive a winner’s trophy/ plaque, a certificate and in some case educational resources.

The categories for the awards include: special education needs resource award, educational book award, supplier of the year, outstanding achievement award, leadership in education award, education support worker award, novelty project award and outstanding contribution to local community.

The rest are outstanding contribution to digital technology in education, innovative digital teacher award, international collaborators of the year, enterprise initiator award, education partnership award, inspirational teacher award and partner in learning award.

He said for the past two years, the organization has shaped and influenced the teaching and school leadership practice of about 1,500 teachers, 400 schools, 120 school leaders and 14 educational consultants with their cutting edge service, resource and interventions.

Mr Grant said the 20 awards, which are in 20 categories, would ensure that there was an award for the most deserving contributor to education.

He said education of the child or an adult was not limited to the input of only schools and teachers but includes several other institutions and significant personalities.

Mr Grant Bulmuo, Lead Consultant of Neogenics Education Consultancy, speaking at the launch of the awards, said the initiative is to identify positive contributions within the education community in the country.

The award is to recognise all the valuable educational related work that has been undertaken within communities across the country by schools, students, parents, media, publishers and Non Governmental Organisations.

Source: ghananewsagency.com