Crown Presents Certificates To 346 Graduates
By Azaraimy HH

Bandar Seri Begawan - A total of 346 graduates in various fields received their diplomas and certificates during the afternoon session of the 18°' UBD Convocation ceremony at the UBD Chancellor Hall yesterday.

Earlier in the morning session, His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam presented certificates to 726 graduates from various fields for their degrees ranging from Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD), Masters to Bachelor Degrees.

In the afternoon, the ceremony continued with the presentation of postgraduate certificates, diplomas and certificates at the Chancellor Hall by His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office who is also the ProChancellor of UBD.

The ceremony began with the National Anthem, followed by a speech from HRH the Crown Prince to mark the 18th UBD Convocation.

There were 1,072 students who graduated this year including 46 international students from Maldives, Indonesia, Singapore, Kosovo, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Britain, Malaysia, Germany, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia and Bosnia.

In a short interview after the convocation ceremony, a recipient of Diploma in Islamic Law and Legal Practice, Norhijradini bte Hj Saidi, who did her Bar in Cardiff, told the Bulletin the importance of attaining such a diploma.

She was one of the postgraduates or in-service graduates. Currently she works as a legal council at the Attorney General Chamber.

She said Islamic law is gaining more importance.

Compared to English law, the Islamic law has marked differences. Basically, she said English law is coded or written and usually took precedence over cases, whereas Islamic law follows the strict Syariah law.

When asked how she had managed to work and study at the same time, she said it was a challenge that impacted her positively.

Mohd Halizam Hj Asli was one of this year's postgraduates receiving a Diploma in Secondary Ugama. Previously, he studied at Al-Azhar University in Egypt.

In an interview, lie said studying in UBD and overseas was different. He said he actually preferred to study here because UBD offers a more focused and `systematic' approach to teaching, which according to him was more arranged.

He told the Bulletin that after taking the PGCE, he now feels more confident in teaching. He said now he knows how to teach better than before. He believes that a teacher must know a student's background and capability first before teaching him/her. In that way, a teacher could teach more efficiently and effectively.

This year, eight received Diploma in Islamic Law and Legal Practice, 140 Post-Graduate Certificate of Education, three Post-Graduate Diploma in Counselling, 29 Diploma in Education (in service), 94 Diploma in Primary Education, eight Certificate in Lower Secondary Science Education, 26 Certificate in Technical Education, 10 Certificate in Special Education, nine Certificate in Counselling, 12 Certificate in Early Childhood and seven Certificate in Creative Writing. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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