Girls shine at SMIU convocation

Female students dominate gold medal list at Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU) convocation 2021 held on Wednesday at Andalusian Banquet.

Female power was on full display as they clinched all the eight gold medals for the best performance at the 4th annual convocation of the SMIU. In total of 528 students were awarded degrees in various fields.

Twenty-four high achievers were honored with gold and silver medals out of which in total eight gold medals and eight silver medals were given to female students, the rest of the six silver medals went to male students.

Speaking as the chief guest, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail, also the chancellor of all public-sector universities in the province said that he has been attending convocations since the last three years and has observed how female students generally take all top positions.

He said that this is to be seen whether girls are more intelligent than boys or do they take studies seriously and then why girls don’t pursue their careers in practical life. “This has become a dilemma of our society that as soon as girls get done with their education, they’re married off,” he said, adding that doing so all the hard work of girls, their struggles, and gold medals go in vain.

The governor addressing the female students said that they should step out in the professional world and serve the nation as well. He said that students generally think that life after graduation is easy, “but let me tell your nothing is easy in life, you have to struggle.”

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The governor said that the federal government initiated Kamyab Nojawan Programme in Pakistan under which the youth will get an Rs50 carror load. “The students should bring in their ideas and achieve their dreams,” he said.

SMIU Vice chancellor Prof Dr Mujeebuddin Sahrai Memon said that he felt highly content and pleased to congratulate his students and their proud parents for their presence in the wonderful convocation. “Indeed, it is a great pleasure to see my students clad in color gowns with smiles on their faces and fully prepared for take-off towards their bright career,” he said.

He said that all stakes of the university; those are faculty, officers, and supporting staff, need to have a strong chemistry to produce a wonderful graduate, to produce a groomed person, to produce a human being, and henceforth to produce a responsible global citizen.

“I and my faculty are pretty confident today that the product which we are sending in the mainstream of this country and global stream of the world will serve with utmost responsibility, integrity, and honesty.”

The SMIU, he said, carries the legacy of 137 years with credit of producing visionary leadership, educationists, sports champions, rather I shall say icons of any field and top of everything the founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.

However, being a university, we are just nine years old starting with five programmes, 129 students, and around 150 faculty and staff, he said adding that currently they are running 16 programs, having a student population of 4000 with 87 faulty of which 40% PhD and 222 supporting staff. He said that they have established their recognition and space at the provincial, national and international levels.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 23^rd, 2021.