B40 student's appeal for transfer to UM gets attention of Deputy Minister


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PETALING JAYA: A top-scorer from a B40 family who had appealed for help to gain admission to a public university of his choice has gotten the attention of Deputy Health Minister Lukanisman Awang Sauni (pic).

M. Thasvenraj from Ampang, who scored 9 As in his SPM in 2021 and a CGPA 4.0 in both semesters in his matriculation programme this year said he was only offered a place for Medical Imaging course in Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UNISZA), which was his fifth choice of university and wished he was offered the first choice in Universiti Malaya (UM) instead.

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