Two blood sisters among Bissas who graduated from GIJ

Two blood sisters in the Greater Accra are among the Bissas who graduated from the Ghana Institute of Journalism, Bissanewsonline has gathered.

Ayisha Alhassan and her younger sister Zainab Alhassan grabbed their honours in Public Relations in the school’s 14th Congregation Ceremony held on Friday 13th November at the school’s campus at Djorwulu.

The news about the Alhassan sisters comes days after Bissanewsonline had reported of three Bissas graduating with degree honours from the country’s premier Communication school.

It has however turn out that there were more for the Bissa fraternity to cherish.

From a Bissa mum and a Kusasi dad, the duo increase the list of Bissa graduates from the Ghana Institute of a Journalism.

They also increase the number of female graduates to three out of the total, indicating a progress in the academic life of people of Bissa descent.

They add up to Ayishetu Zombra, Alexander Naaga Bombande and Mohammed Abdul Malik as the “Bissa five” to have had their respective degrees conferred on them to mark the completion of their courses of study and a collective celebration of their hard work and achievements on November 13th.

Their graduation ceremony comes five months after they successfully wrote their final exams online due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Whiles Ayishetu Zombra graduated with a degree in Journalism, the other four had their academic honours in Public Relations, adding up to the successes being chalked by Bissas across the country.

They were among the thousand two hundred and fifty nine (1259) students, who successfully completed their Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from the country’s premier Communication School in the 2019/2020 academic year.

The 14th Congregation Ceremony was held in two sessions in accordance to Covid-19 protocols, for which family and friends were not allowed inside the premises.

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The final semester for the 2019-2020 academic year became very challenging for students following the outbreak of the dreaded Coronavirus in the country.

The school closed its campus in early March and adopted a virtual lecturing session, which was followed by an examination in a similar fashion.

Already the University of Education Winneba, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and the University of Cape Coast have held theirs, where Bissas hugely made a mark.