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He left school at P4 to take care of mother, got second chance at Northlight School
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Muhammad Asyraf Chumino left school in Primary 4 to look after his widowed mother, who suffered from depression.
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SINGAPORE - When Muhammad Asyraf Chumino got a place at Northlight School at the age of 16, he felt like he had received a golden ticket.
It did not matter that he was two years older than his classmates, or that he was going to a school that took in pupils who had failed the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE).
