Milestone for Olympia grads

See Toh, who accepts the Nottingham Trent University
Vice-Chancellor’s Award from Ong, hopes to do his part for
the nation.

It was a proud day for over 600 graduands of Olympia College, Raffles Education Group recently as they were bestowed awards in various disciplines by guest-of-honour Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat.

The occasion also saw nine graduates receiving prestigious awards named in honour of Malaysia’s founding fathers and distinguished political figures.

The recipient of the Nottingham Trent University Vice-Chancellor’s Award was See Tho Wai Keng, 36, who had pursued the MBA programme on a part-time basis.

"I had the opportunity to learn from fellow colleagues and lecturers from different industries," See Tho said of his achievement. "I came with a scientific approach in mind and ended with broader skill sets."

"My long-term plan is to serve as a part-time lecturer so that I can contribute to the younger generation. I believe how a nation progresses highly depends on its future leaders."

Ong, in his address, congratulated the graduands. "The government under the leadership of Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak aspires to attain a knowledge-based and developed society by 2020. It is the duty of institutions of higher learning such as the Raffles Education Group, in collaboration with its various international and local partners, to develop and impart the attributes, skills and knowledge to our human capital. I am confident that all of you who are graduating today will no doubt be contributing to nation-building in one way or another."

Olympia College offers quality and globally recognised qualifications at an affordable cost. The MBA offered at Olympia College is approved by the Ministry of Higher Education and is awarded by the University of Derby (UoD), UK.

The UoD MBA programme is well recognised for its strength in equipping students with key functional skills and a deeper understanding of critical business and management practices. The programme is designed to allow the student to apply what he has learnt into his actual work environment. Graduates also gain invaluable people skills and appreciate team dynamics and the various mixes needed to move forward their company’s goals

Olympia also offers such courses as Business Studies, Business Management, IT & Computing, Hotel Management, Secretarial Studies, Accounting and Finance, and English Language.