MBARARA – The Commissioner of the National Secretariat for Patriotism Corps (NSPC), Hellen Seku, has called on students to take pride in their local languages and transition from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The Commissioner made the remarks during a passing-out ceremony for 822 Senior I and Senior IV students of Ntare School on Friday, who successfully completed a patriotism development course.
Hellen Seku emphasized that students should never shy away from speaking their mother tongue, including local languages such as Runyankole, but rather take great pride in their linguistic heritage.
She further called for economic transformation, urging a shift from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture, alongside value addition through industrialization in order to reduce reliance on the export of raw materials.
“Take pride in who you are. Never feel ashamed to speak your local language, whether it is Runyankole or any other local language. Your language is part of your identity. We also need to change how we think about work. Stop farming only to feed your family. Start farming to sell and earn money,” stated Hellen Seku.
Commissioner Seku further encouraged graduates of the patriotism development course to embrace patriotism, discipline, and hard work as essential pillars for national development.
She warned students against the dangers of corruption and the temptation to seek shortcuts to success, encouraging them to focus on their studies and avoid wasting resources provided by parents.
Meanwhile, the head teacher of Ntare School, Saulo Rwampororo, explained the timing of the training, noting that it was deliberately designed for Senior One and Senior Five students.
“We trained S.1 and S.5 students because at this level, these patriots will soon vie for leadership roles in the school. Our student leaders are from those classes, and we thought it made a lot of sense to have them trained,” Rwampororo said.
He charged the patriots to become ambassadors of the values they had learned, urging them to preach the gospel of patriotism to their parents and the wider community during the holidays.
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