UUM-YEMEN COLLABORATION PRODUCES FIRST BATCH OF 22 GRADUATES

SINTOK (Malaysia), March 30 Mac (Bernama) -- Twenty-two students from Yemen
became the first batch of graduates under a collaboration programme between the
Yemen University of Science and Technology and Universiti Utara Malaysia
(UUM)(Northern University of Malaysia) here.

The students, who graduated with a bachelor's degree, either in information
technology or business administration, received their scrolls at the UUM's
convocation today.

One of them, Najah Abduljabbar Almugahed, an information technology
graduate, said she was very happy and excited to be back in Malaysia to receive
the scroll after studying for four years.

"(When) I first stepped foot at UUM, I noticed there was very good
opportunity for education development here and the courses that were offered
encompassed theory and practical aspects," she added.

Najah, who is now a manager at an information technology development agency
in Yemen, said she hoped to pursue her studies for a master's degree and then a
doctorate to fulfil her ambition of contributing to her country and other Muslim
countries through education.

Her country mate, Waleed Abdulkader Al-Mujahed, who graduated with a degree
in business administration, said he enjoyed studying at UUM and had bought an
expensive suit to wear for the convocation.

"I'll use the knowledge I have gathered to improve my family business in
Yemen," said the company manager of Gardenia for Drugs and Medical Appliance.

Another Yemeni graduate in information technology, Aseel Abdulla Lutf
Almutareb, said the programme gave him an opportunity to learn and acquire more
skills in information technology.

"I'm now a web developer, which I have always wanted to be since a young
boy, at Tahseen Consulting, Sana'a-Yemen and am hoping to be an expert in the
field one day," he added.

-- BERNAMA