Al-Mabarrat Charitable Association organized the first virtual university career guidance fair 2020-2021, in order to help students learn about the specializations available at the Lebanese University and the private universities in Lebanon.
During the opening ceremony the Director General of Al-Mabarrat Charitable Association Dr. Mohammad Baqer Fadlallah stressed “the importance of the process of guiding and advising students in the difficult time in which the scale of responsibilities is doubled - for everyone in this homeland lives hardship at its most severe as a result of the living difficulties, of the negative effects the coronavirus pandemic has left on the whole world, and of the negatives left by distance learning of distance from the school and its activities”. He called for “facing these two crises with determination, faith and patience, and for regarding the university stage we reach after a time not far off from fatigue and toil as a basic pillar in the course of confronting the challenges, however great and however worsening they may be”.
Fadlallah held that “today's universities fair for career guidance forms an advanced illumination, even if it is exceptional and virtual through a static screen - yet it remains in motion through interaction with everything the universities produce, which we hope will continue to offer the best, the finest and the most refined at the level of scientific progress and civilizational development”. He pointed out that “Al-Mabarrat adopts a career guidance programme that supports its students from the ninth grade until the end of the academic or vocational secondary stage, in order to help them learn about the specializations, to see what the universities offer, and to discover their inclinations and capacities in a way that achieves for them the best path, one that brings them satisfaction and stability”.
He addressed the students, saying: “Today the choices before you are many. Take all the information that benefits you and take your time to reflect on what suits your inclinations, your aptitudes and your capacities.. And to our dear children taking part in this fair, it is enough for us that you are the children of Al-Mabarrat, embodying its example and its founder the Marja Fadlallah(RA) who wanted you to be the high achievers and not merely those who pass. We hope that the culture of lifelong learning will remain a goal in your journey so as to achieve scholarly, moral, social, psychological and faith-based growth, so that you may be the best and the most refined at the level of giving and of the good work that lifts up the human being, every human being.”
The opening ceremony featured a speech by the vice-president of the Al-Mabarrat Graduates Association Mr. Ali Cherri, in which he stressed the importance of a student's inclinations in determining the university specialization, and briefed the students on the most sought-after specializations currently in the labour market.
It should be noted that the proceedings of the first virtual university career guidance fair continued over three days and targeted some 1,329 students of the second and third secondary classes in Al-Mabarrat's schools, through virtual meetings held daily from four until eight in the evening. The fair gave the students the opportunity to learn about the specializations of the following universities: the Lebanese University, the University of Sciences and Arts in Lebanon (USAL), Antonine University, AUST University, the Lebanese American University (LAU), the Lebanese International University (LIU), Balamand University, Saint Joseph University (USJ), the Islamic University, and Al-Maaref University.
