Former Ebonyi State University (EBSU), student, turned a business mogul, Dr. Chimaobi Desmond Anyaso has charged students to do more than reading to make first class grade.
He said that the current world socio-economic situation demands more than first grade certificates, asked that everyone should engage in whatever he or she has comparative advantage on as to be earning money.
Anyaso, a multi billionaire who oil and gas firm has generated revenues in the value of about $1 said that education should not be seen as an ornamental achievement but as a functional instrument for personal growth and societal change.
Dr. Anyaso while delivering the maiden Alumni lecture of Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, urged the students not study to pass exams but study to understand, to build, to lead.
In the lecture titled “From Classroom to Boardroom: The Power of Education in sharping Destiny” Dr. Anyaso charged students to start where they are and should not wait for ideal condition as well as adding value from where they stand.
According to him, other nuggets for success in a classroom include, “Turn knowledge into value, solve problems. Never stop learning, formally or informally, keep growing. Build people not just to profits . Your leam is your real asset. Give back as you grow. If your success doesn’t lift other. It’s incomplete. Lead with purpose not just position”
“Let’s redesign the curriculum to emphasis leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship. Let’s establish innovation labs and student venture funds. Let’s make it mandatory for final year students to pitch real-world projects before graduating.
“Your future is not written in your grade. It is written in your grift. Some of the most successful people on earth started from failure, from rejection, from nothing. Your setbacks as stepping stones. Turn your delays into discoveries” Dr. Anyaso urged students.
