Being that the exam doesn’t affect ones CGPA, many choose to pass on the paper to the next semester and the same pattern repeats itself even the next semester for many reasons ranging from anxiety to being a Christian in a Muslim University. The sad news is, you do not graduate without passing the exam.
This semester, being the final one to the next academic year, the whole month of April was dedicated for this exam considering the mammoth numbers sitting for the exam with limited numbers of interviewers but as has been the pattern since the first semester of some finalists, some are even passing with the few days left to the end of the month. “Alas! How I’m I supposed to converse in Arabic when English the language I’ve studied for my entire school life still gives me hard time?” Alarmed Smoky (AKA)
The exam like any other interview is a one on one Question and answer session but in Arabic, for a Christian student, you’re expected to create sentences in Arabic, read the alphabet, name items in the environment as the interviewer ask for them, literally hold a “how are you- I’m fine” prolonged conversation. It’s even harder for the Muslim student as the Arabic Questions dig dipper plus they’re expected to recite 10 verses from the Quran (forget one line Bible verses, these ones are a foolscap full and are just sung so you need to have the rhythm too, otherwise things won’t be smooth)
With the examination week that started today, 28th April, the hustle even gets more real as you have to cram Arabic recitations as well as course papers.
The University offers two compulsory course units, Introductory Arabic and Islam to all students no matter the program, Certificate, Diploma, Degree or masters which MUST be done and passed to qualify for graduation.
