{"id":10343,"date":"2025-07-18T16:22:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T19:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vsbstia.org\/?p=10343"},"modified":"2025-07-18T16:22:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T19:22:26","slug":"viering-van-prestaties-en-toekomst-bij-ptc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vsbstia.org\/?p=10343","title":{"rendered":"Viering van Prestaties en Toekomst bij PTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eaeaea;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:65.3333%; margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Op vrijdag 11 juli 2025 vond de afstudeerceremonie van het Polytechnic College Suriname (PTC) plaats. Tijdens deze avond werden de afgestudeerden van drie richtingen uitgenodigd om hun diploma in ontvangst te nemen:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Bachelor of Applied Technology (27)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Master of Business Administration in Innovation and Technology (7)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Master of Technology in Data Science (13)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bijzonder was de prestatie van de allereerste lichting van de Master in Data Science, die startte in maart 2022. Alle 13 studenten behaalden hun diploma binnen de nominale twee jaar, op dezelfde dag. Een krachtige start voor dit nieuwe programma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Toespraak van de directeur, mevrouw Margerie Stakel-Telgt<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">De directeur van PTC benadrukte dat afstuderen een gezamenlijke prestatie is van studenten, familie, medestudenten en begeleiders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ze deelde enkele bijzondere feiten over deze lichting afgestudeerden: 53 procent is vrouw en 47 procent man. De meeste afgestudeerden bevinden zich in de leeftijdscategorie van 25 tot 40 jaar, met daarnaast ook deelnemers boven de 40, waaronder een boven de 55 jaar.\u00a0 Dit onderstreept dat leren geen kwestie van leeftijd is, maar een toewijding aan voortdurende persoonlijke en professionele ontwikkeling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Toespraak van de voorzitter, mevrouw Joyce Williams<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">De voorzitter van het PTC-bestuur sprak haar waardering uit voor de inzet van de afgestudeerden en hun families. Ze ging in op de uitdagingen van studeren in Suriname en prees in het bijzonder de oudere studenten en de vrouwen die naast hun maatschappelijke en familiale verantwoordelijkheden deze mijlpaal wisten te bereiken.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Met een vleugje humor gaf ze studenten het advies om hun band met het land niet te verliezen. \u201cAls je besluit om het buitenland te verkennen, kom dan terug met meer kennis en ervaring.&#8221; &#8220;Suriname heeft u nodig, nu en in de toekomst&#8221;, aldus Williams.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">De afstudeerceremonie van het PTC was een avond van trots, dankbaarheid en toekomstvisie. 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