Monday June 5, 2006
Husband and wife to pursue degree together
HAVING gone through secon-dary school and teachers’ training college together, a husband and wife will now complete their tertiary education together at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).
Musa Jaafar and his wife Nor Azizan Sulaiman, both 52, will be pursuing a history degree under USM's Lifelong Education Programme for warga emas (se-nior citizens) which was introduced in 2004.
“When we sent our second son to USM, we listened to the university’s Menara Ilmu theme song. Now we are singing the same song and it moved us,” said Nor Azizan, headmist- ress of SK Semaseh in Muar, Jo-hor.
Her husband is a senior assistant in SK Gembut in Kota Tinggi.
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NEVER TOO OLD:(From left)Nor Azizan,Musa Jaafar,Mohd Shahid and Cheah enjoying a chat. |
Former teacher Cheah Nyuk Pin, 60, will join his son at USM.
Cheah of Batu Gajah, Perak, will pursue a degree in biological science. His son Dr Cheah Yu-N is a lecturer at the School of Computer Science.
Former religious teacher Mohd Shahid Talib, 68, is the oldest of the batch.
“An education is not just for career advancement. I want to get more knowledge,” said Mohd Shahid, from Kuala Ketil, Kedah, who will be studying political science and Malay li-terature.
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