Balancing act: Tunku Mahkota Ismail Sports School principal Suhaimi Sun Abdullah (right) looking at the PT3 results of his students last year.
Can a student excel in both sports and studies? Can sports change the life and character of a student? One school has showed the way and it’s none other than Tunku Mahkota Ismail Sports School (SSTMI) in Bandar Penawar, Johor. The school was on the brink of collapse before Suhaimi Sun Abdullah came to its rescue as its new principal in 2014. In four years, he turned things around with his strong leadership qualities, love for sports and youths. Starsport’s RAJES PAUL met up with this modest “cikgu” recently at a coffee shop in Kuala Lumpur and came away awed and inspired by the school’s rags-to-riches story.
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