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Primary school dropout overcomes adversity to graduate from polytechnic with 3.6 GPA
This polytechnic graduate from the class of 2024 did not let anything stop him from achieving his goals.
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Mr Presslee Chng graduated from Republic Polytechnic with a 3.61 GPA, which puts him in the top 10 per cent of his cohort for his diploma.
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SINGAPORE – At 13, Presslee Chng found he could not answer questions from a Primary 3 mathematics assessment book.
Ten years later, in May 2024, the 23-year-old graduated from Republic Polytechnic with a 3.61 grade point average (GPA), which puts him in the top 10 per cent of his cohort for his diploma.
