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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Blind STPM top scorer gets chance to study in US

St Johns Institution student receives a RM200,000 grant to study psychology in the United States.
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PUTRAJAYA: Blind student Kaveinthran Pulanthran, a top scorer in the Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (STPM) examination, has a mission to help those with psychological problems.
He said when he graduates as a United States-trained psychologist, he intends to give free advice to those in need.
Kaveinthran, 20, said: “There are many people suffering from psychological problems and I intend to give them free advice.”
The St Johns student is now even more motivated after he received a RM200,000 grant to continue his studies in the US.
This morning, he was overwhelmed with gratitude when MIC president G. Palanivel handed him a cheque of RM150,000 from the Community Builders Foundation (CBF) fund and a RM50,000 cheque from the Tan Sri Manickavasagam Education fund at his office here.
The CBF, which was set up by Palanivel, is designed to help children who have been missing out on early childhood or kindergarten education.
“In March, I had given Kaveinthran a token of appreciation cheque of RM5,000. I have also requested some allocation from the prime minister to help the student to pursue his studies.
“I will assist Kaveinthran yearly so that he can realise his dreams,” Palanivel, who is also Natural Resources and Environment minister told reporters after handing over the cheques to Kaveinthran.
Palanivel said every year, Prime Minister Najib Razak hands out RM4 million to the education fund which was established in 2010, to provide interest-free loans and academic grants for selected cases.
As of today, the fund has more than RM15 million, he noted.
Meanwhile, Kaveinthran, who was accompanied by his parents, administration officer M. Pulanthran Muniandy and teacher M. Thanamala said he was offered to pursue a four-year degree course in Psychology at the San Francisco University in the US.
“The RM200,000 grant is a boost and lifeline for me and I am so thankful to the minister (Palanivel) for that. The total fees for a four-year course is about RM750,000, or about RM236,000 a year,” he added.
However, he said the university needed few requirements and a certificate of finance to be fulfilled and completed before he could be admitted there.
Asked why he chose psychology as a career, Kavienthran said there were many people suffering from psychological problems and he wanted to impart free advice for their benefit.
“Locally, there seems to be no avenue (available) for me, and my parents are looking at options in the US as it has courses on Psychology and materials for blind students there,” he said.
– BERNAMA

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