BEING visually impaired did not stop Jason Tang Kah Hung from obtaining 6A+, 3A’s and 1A- in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination last year.
Jason became the first student from Sekolah Menengah Pendidikan Khas (Visually Impaired) Setapak in Kuala Lumpur to score A’s in all subjects in the SPM since it was established in 1974.
He was diagnosed with a brain tumour at the age of 16 when he was in Form Four and had blurred vision.
Doctors at the Subang Jaya Medical Centre (now known as the Sime Darby Medical Centre Subang Jaya) gave the youngest of two siblings two choices “your eyes or your life”.
Jason showing his SPM slip to his aunt Chin Fan Heong at the school on Wednesday. “I chose to forgo my eyesight as I want to live longer and later underwent a surgery at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital ... I became blind,” he said.
After resting at home for three months, Jason enrolled for a Braille class at the Malaysian Association of the Blind for a year before attending a special school for visually impaired in Setapak.
Jason who makes friends easily, wants to become a teacher to help other visually impaired students.
He started preparing for the SPM last June, and attributed his success to making notes and attempting questions.
For orphan Ahmad Ibrahim, his excellent results would mean securing a brighter future.
When his father, Zakaria Nor, died in 2008 and his mother, Norhana Ismail, succumbed to colorectal cancer the following year, Ahmad Ibrahim felt that the future would be bleak.
But with the support from his relatives, teachers and friends, the 17-year-old scored 11A+ in the SPM.
“It was hard at first, but with the strength given by Allah and the support from my aunty and uncle, teachers and friends, I managed to obtain these excellent results,” said the fourth of eight siblings who received an Excellent Student Award for Highest Achievement category from Johor Education Department director Markom Giran.
The former student of SMK Agama Maahad in Muar, plans to follow in his elder sisters’ footsteps by pursuing tertiary education abroad. Ahmad Ibrahim who wants to study nuclear engineering in Germany, is one of eight students in Johor who obtained 11A+ in the SPM.
One of Sarawak’s top SPM scorers attributed his success to spending more time on his studies and less on Facebook.
Jonathan Jong Jee Heng, 17, of SMK Green Road, who scored 10A+ in the examination, said he only spent 15 minutes on the social network website daily.
The son of a technician is among 36 students in Sarawak who scored A+ in all subjects.
His schoolmate Karen Toh Hui Qi, 17, who also obtained 10A+, said her father Toh Poi Seng, 52, a lecturer, had been motivating her to obtain good results in the examination.
“My father always reminds me to study hard and get good results so that I can obtain a scholarship to further my studies overseas,” she said.
Penang deputy education director Ahmad Tarmizi Kamaruddin said 869 candidates obtained excellent results (A+, A and A-) in all subjects, including 25 who scored A+ in all subjects.
Among the 20 schools which achieved 100 per cent passes were SMJK Perempuan (Cina) Penang, SMJK (C) Jit Sin, SMK Agama Al Irsyad, SM Sains Kepala Batas and SMK Bukit Jambul.
Two disabled candidates, Eugenia Cheah Lyngene (4A+, 4A-, 1B+) from SMK Convent Pulau Tikus and S. Narayana Samy (2A+, 1A, 2A-, 3B+) from SMK Haji Zainal Abidin are among the state’s 25 best students.
Perak deputy education director Mohd Idris Ramli said 840 candidates obtained A’s in all subjects, including 32 who scored A+ in all subjects.
He said two students, R. Srivindiya from SMK Khir Johari, Tanjung Malim and M. Lalina Priya from SMK Methodist, Tanjung Malim were among the top students who scored 11A+.
SMK Ave Maria, Ipoh, SMK Taman Tasek, Taiping, SMK Perempuan Methodist, Ipoh and SMK Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh are named top schools in Perak. — Bernama
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