KUALA LUMPUR: Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) has offered the nation’s top SPM scorer Nik Nur Madihah Nik Mohd Kamal a convertible loan for her to pursue her studies overseas.
Nik Nur Madihah, who scored 19 1As and one 2A, will be sent to do her A-Levels in Britain if she accepts the offer.
Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Minister Datuk Noh Omar said Mara-sponsored students under an excellent student scheme would usually have to pass A-Levels exams in the country before they were sent abroad.
“This is a special case. I’ve met with Nik Nur Madihah, her father and her guidance teacher. She is an exceptional student who has proven that poverty is not an obstacle for success,” he said yesterday.
Noh added that the 18-year-old student will bypass interviews and form-filling process for the loan that will be offered to her today.
“We will take care of her accommodation and college there in Britain,” he said, adding that the student had expressed interest to study physics in London.
It was learnt that another organisation has also made an offer to Nik Nur Madihah.
“It will be her choice,” Noh said.
Nik Nur Madihah, the daughter of a fisherman and a cleaner from Kampung Parang Puting, near Pantai Sabak, in Kota Baru, Kelantan, is the eldest of four siblings.
She has an excellent academic track record by scoring 5As in UPSR, 9As in PMR and 20As in last year’s SPM.
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