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Muhammad Bin Mohd Jauhari
Higher Nitec in Electrical Engineering
ITE College West
Making Lemonade
“When life gives you lemons, you make
lemonade.” We’ve heard this many times,
but this saying perfectly describes the growing
years of 20-year-old Muhammad Bin Mohd
Jauhari. At the tender age of nine, Muhammad’s
parents divorced. Being the eldest of five
siblings, he felt he had to take charge and be
the father figure in his household to lighten his
mother’s heavy burden.
The family moved across the Causeway just
before Muhammad enrolled in ITE. This meant
that the teenager had to wake up at four every
morning for his daily commute. Despite the
long journey, Muhammad was almost always
punctual for his lessons; a feat that most
impressed his lecturers at ITE.
Muhammad gives his best in everything
he sets out to do. Following his passion for
clean energy engineering, Muhammad took
up a Higher Nitec in Electrical Engineering,
obtaining straight “A”s in all his modules and a
perfect Grade Point Average score of 4.0.
Believing in having a holistic education,
Muhammad is also active in a number of
CCAs, such as Tae Kwan Do and the College’s
Community Service Club. He has also taken
part in competitions, such as the Green Wave
Environment Competition 2010 and the Home
Team Innovation Fest 2009, and volunteered
his time in projects, including being a mentor
in his former secondary school and for the
MUIS TEENS Alive Programme. His selflessness
has been a key motivating factor in inspiring
his siblings and those he has mentored.
His exemplary performance in both studies
and life has delighted his mother. “I could tell
that my mother is happy to see me succeed.
She no longer worries about my studies. I’ll
continue to do well and make her proud of
me,” said Muhammad. This is, perhaps, his
most affirming achievement of all.
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