The University Kindergarten at the University of Cape Coast has held its first graduation ceremony and end-of-year activities after the COVID-19 pandemic.

The colourful event which brought together parents, guardians, friends, and relatives of the pupils, was held on the theme: Creating a Better Growing Environment for the Kindergarten Child; Getting all Involved.

The guest speaker at the ceremony, Dr. Elizabeth Annan Prah who is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Human Resource Management at the School of Business, UCC, encouraged parents, teachers, and relevant stakeholders to help create a congenial environment for the children to grow.

Speaking to ATL FM NEWS, after the ceremony, she said as the Kindergarten child grows, the need for a nurturing community becomes very important.

She notes that “given a choice, young children will usually choose to be in a natural environment. They want to be outdoors, in the fresh air, in the sunlight, barefoot and naked, surrounded by grass, trees, and all the natural events, especially the chirping of the birds and all that.

When they do that because they are happy doing it, they eat better and they sleep better. The contrary is that when you push them too much into the room and you confine them, they breathe stale air; they always hear the same things, and then the television is surrounded by synthetic fabrics and all that. These things let them become cranky and they disagree with you” she continued.

She further indicated that helping the child to create, and serving as a mentor for the child among other things are ways parents and teachers can respectively help create a better growing environment for the Kindergarten child.

Pupils of the school entertained their guests and teachers with exciting performances such as recitals, cultural displays,s and cadet parades.

On her part, the headmistress of the school, Miss Linda Lamisi Ayingura was glad that the program was successful.

Meanwhile, she advocated for the expansion of their building structures so they can admit more children.

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