Social media decry University of Bahrain’s decision to allow only one person to escort graduates
TDT | Manama
The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com
Reported by Zahra Ayaz
A decision by the University of Bahrain to allow only one person to escort students, instead of two, during this year’s graduation ceremony, deemed the largest, has sparked angry protests online.
Many tweeted their protest, disappointment and anger at receiving an invitation for a single person to accompany them during their graduation ceremony.
More than 11,000 graduated students from the 2017 to 2021 batches are to be hooded on stage in this year’s ceremony, held under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister.
That is huge by any standard. Such a decision, some said, limiting the number of people who could come with a graduate, should have been taken considering the sheer number of graduates and limited capacity of the place.
No photos too!
However, that argument failed to bring any solace to the broken hearts, with a graduate asking, “So should we draw lots between father and mother to attend the ceremony? “After all this effort and exhaustion in studying, for our parents, to see their smile, the university is asking us to bring only one of them.”
“Apart from this, we have to set our mobile phones to silent mode, and we cannot take any pictures in the concert hall, but we are happy to finally be able to attend our graduation ceremony after post-Covid.
Heartbreaking!
Another wrote, “UoB is asking us to choose between one of our parents to attend the graduation ceremony, it is heartbreaking.”
“It was my dream to attend my graduation ceremony. I have spent four years in UoB and I wish I could bring my parents,” writes Hasan Almulla on his Twitter handle.
No cap, just a gown!
“I paid for the graduation gown and now found out that we will not be getting a cap with it,” a tweet by Shams Khan reads, Zainab wrote: “Uob, why? I struggled to finish my degree for years, but how do I tell my parents who should attend the ceremony.”
UoB President Dr Jawaher Shaheen Al Mudhahka affirmed that students are proud of graduating from prestigious higher education establishments in the Kingdom, where the patronage of HRH Prince Salman is acting as a huge incentive for the university.
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