PETALING JAYA: Mohd Affiq, who comes from a big family with nine siblings, decided to sign up for an information technology course at a private technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institute here.
The 20-year-old eldest son of a farmer did not do well in his SPM and had been working as a waiter in a tom yam stall in his hometown of Muar, earning RM900 monthly.
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