Tuesday, April 12, 2011

COLLEGE IGS LAUNCHES DEGREE PROGRAMMES (BT)

by Zatty Joanda

THE International Graduate Studies College (IGS) officially launched their degree programme yesterday morning at the college's main hall yesterday morning. Present at the event as the guest of honour was Deputy Minister of Education Dato Seri Setia Hj Yusoff Hj Ismail. Also present at the event was the Malaysian High Commissioner Dato Abdullah Sani Omar and Dato Fajura Juffa from Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) representative, other senior government officials, lecturers and students of IGS College.

IGS College is the first private college in Brunei to offer a full three-year degree programme for the students in collaboration with LUCT Malaysia.

The event began with a speech presented by Pg Hjh Fatimah Pg Setia Jaya Pg Hj Abd Momin, CEO and principal of IGS College and was then followed by a speech by Dato Fajura Juffa, the LUCT representative.

The guest of honour, Dato Hj Yusoff also presented a speech as well as to officiate the launching of the degree programme.

A formal agreement between IGS College and LUCT was signed on March 15, 2011 for the two degree programmes which are offered namely the Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons) and Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons), available in both morning and evening sessions.

All the programmes are accredited by the Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council (BDNAC) of the Ministry of Education.

The degree classes commences today.

The Brunei Times