{"id":5446,"date":"2021-10-04T12:04:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T04:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.epenaupsi.com\/?p=5446"},"modified":"2021-10-04T12:05:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T04:05:28","slug":"cash-strapped-upsi-student-catches-pms-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epena.com.my\/index.php\/2021\/10\/04\/cash-strapped-upsi-student-catches-pms-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Cash-strapped UPSI student catches PM\u2019s attention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TUMPAT: The plight of a Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) student unable to pursue her course due to financial constraints has caught the attention of Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister\u2019s special officer, Wan Khairul Ihsan Wan Muhammad, said the student Wan Nur Atierah Wan Mohd Nasrom, 19, has now been exempted from paying the university\u2019s registration fees and first semester tuition fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wan Nur Atierah said no words could express how she felt about her story coming to the prime minister\u2019s attention, and her relief that she could further her studies at UPSI starting Oct 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.epenaupsi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Wan-Nur-Atierah-Wan-Mohd-Nasrom-UPSI-bernama.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epena.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Wan-Nur-Atierah-Wan-Mohd-Nasrom-UPSI-bernama.jpg 800w, https:\/\/epena.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Wan-Nur-Atierah-Wan-Mohd-Nasrom-UPSI-bernama-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/epena.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Wan-Nur-Atierah-Wan-Mohd-Nasrom-UPSI-bernama-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/epena.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Wan-Nur-Atierah-Wan-Mohd-Nasrom-UPSI-bernama-600x375.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption><sup>Wan Nur Atierah Wan Mohd Nasrom showing the offer letter from UPSI on her four-year course. (Bernama pic)<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second of three siblings, Nur Atierah said she had initially planned to postpone her studies and work to earn some money first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am grateful and would like to express my appreciation and thanks to the prime minister for the assistance provided. InsyaAllah, I will use this opportunity as best as I can to change the fate of my family, as my mother, Hamsiah Muhammad, 46, is a single parent,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khairul said higher education minister Noraini Ahmad had taken action to ensure that Nur Atierah, a former student of SMK Kampung Laut, will pursue a bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was speaking to reporters after visiting Nur Atierah\u2019s family in Kampung Bendang, Pulau Palekbang, here, today, to present a cash donation from Ismail. Also present was the principal of SMK Kampung Laut, Mohd Nazeli Mohd Nawi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prime minister\u2019s political secretary, Syed Mohd Fazmi Sayid Mohd also made a 10-minute video call to Wan Nur Atierah to convey Ismail\u2019s message and advice to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wan Nur Atierah\u2019s plight had earlier come to light on social media, drawing sympathy from netizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>FMT<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TUMPAT: The plight of a Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) student unable to pursue her course due to financial constraints has caught the attention of Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob. 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