Transformed by thirst for knowledge

Mukmin (in red T-shirt) conducting a class on advanced writing techniques for youth leaders in a village in Semporna.

WHEN Mukmin Nantang and his university friends started Borneo Komrad, they only wanted to help stateless children gain a basic education. They never thought that eight years later, they would be running a university.

In fact, the idea for Universiti Alternatif itself came from graduates of the Sekolah Alternatif system for stateless youth in Sabah set up by Borneo Komrad in 2015, Mukmin told The Star.