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Six awarded Sabah Head of State Scholarship
Tun Musa (fifth from right) and Zainudin (fifth from left) with the six TYT Scholarship recipients.
KOTA KINABALU (Aug 19): National top scorer of the 2024 Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM), Daniel Hakimi Roland, 19, is among six students who received the 2025 Head of State of Sabah Scholarship.
The outstanding social science stream student achieved the maximum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.00 in the STPM at Kota Klias Secondary School Sixth Form College, Beaufort, and has chosen to further his studies at a local university.
The other five recipients are Selangor Matriculation College student, Nur Batrisya Sumar, 19, from Telipok, who will pursue a Bachelor of Accounting (Hons) at Durham University, United Kingdom; and Tenom-born student, Christabel Heng Fook Yun, 18, who will study medicine at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Also awarded was Papar student, Elena Roland Banus, 21, who will pursue a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) at The University of Queensland, Australia, while Putatan student, Aisha Azizul, 19, will study BA Human, Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge, England.
Another recipient is aspiring accountant, Nurul Aisyah Awang Basri, 19, from Keningau, who will further her studies in Advanced Accounting with Placement at Queen's University, United Kingdom.
The prestigious scholarship award ceremony was officiated by Sabah Head of State, Tun Musa Aman, at Istana Seri Kinabalu, on Tuesday.
Also present were State Public Service Director General Datuk Zainudin Aman together with members of the Sabah State Government Scholarship Committee.
The establishment of the Head of State Scholarship was approved by the State Cabinet on January 30, 1982, to be awarded to students with the best results in the STPM examination.
On August 7, 1991, the Cabinet expanded the academic qualification criteria to include Foundation/Matriculation/A-Level students among both Bumiputera and non-Bumiputera applicants.
The award is strictly merit-based, given to students with excellent academic results, who may choose to further their studies either locally or abroad.
