No to robots: Terengganu uni students against avatar stand-ins for graduation ceremony amid Covid-19 pandemic (VIDEO)
No to robots: Terengganu uni students against avatar stand-ins for graduation ceremony amid Covid-19 pandemic A robot receiving a scroll from UniSZA vice-chancellor Datuk Dr Hassan Basri Awang Mat Dahan . — Screengrab from YouTube/UniSZA Official Channel
A video shared on the official UniSZA YouTube page shows staff members dressing the robots in graduation robes for a practice run of a simulated event. Several students panned the idea on social media and urged UniSZA to postpone their graduation instead, with many saying that they had worked too hard for their big moment to boil down to this.
“Furthermore, we want to be able to celebrate our achievement of finishing our studies with our loved ones,” said another on Facebook.
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