SIERRA LEONE: STUDENTS RECEIVE DEGREES AS FOURAH BAY COLLEGE SEVERS U.K. LINK.

Record ID: 571552

  • Title: SIERRA LEONE: STUDENTS RECEIVE DEGREES AS FOURAH BAY COLLEGE SEVERS U.K. LINK.
  • Date: 6th December 1969
  • Summary: GRADUATES; SIR SAMUEL BANKOLE JONES AND WIFE; MR. JUSTICE BANJA TEJAN-SIE; PRIME MINISTER SIAKA STEVENS; MRS LATI HYDE FOSTER; PROCESSION. Initials AB/VS/AW/MH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 21st December 1969 13:00
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  • Location: FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE
  • Country: Sierra Leone
  • Reuters ID: LVA3A4TP1WUMCKVRL1I5EPSLI79C
  • Story Text: THIS YEAR'S CROP OF GRADUATES AT FOURAH BAY COLLEGE WERE THE LAST WHO WILL RECEIVE DEGREES FROM ENGLAND'S DURHAM UNIVERSITY. AFTER A 90-YEAR AFFILIATION THE LINKS BETWEEN THE TWO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES ARE BEING SEVERED. FROM NEXT YEAR STUDENTS WILL GET THEIR DEGREES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE.

    THE ACTING GOVERNOR GENERAL, MR. JUSTICE BANJA TEJAN-SIE CONFERRED THE DEGREES ON THE NEW GRADUATES. THERE FOR THE CEREMONY WAS SIR SAMUEL BANKOLE, THE CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE.

    ALSO PRESENT WAS DR. SIAKA STEVENS, THE PRIME MINISTER OF SIERRA LEONE AND MRS. LATI C. HYDE-FOSTER, THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE COUNCIL.
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