KUALA LUMPUR: Abandoned as a child, 21-year-old S. Saravanan, who also suffers from cerebral palsy, had defied the odds to emerge as one of three physically-challenged students to be commended by the Malaysian Examinations Council for his Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia examination results.

S. Saravanan, who was suffers from cerebral palsy, was commended by the Malaysian Examinations Council for his achievement.

Saravanan, a science student, scored two As and three B plus to the joy of caretakers at Kamakshi Child Home and his teachers and friends at SMJK Chio Min in Kulim.

A restaurant owner took in Saravanan, who was abandoned, and raised him until he was 17 years old.

He then struck out on his own and ended up looking for a job at a bakery in Kulim.

The bakery owner alerted Kamakshi Child Home personnel who took Saravanan in and sent him to school to attend Form Six.

Chio Min principal Tan Teik Seong described Saravanan as a hardworking student who was treated no differently from the rest of the students in the school.

Saravanan now wants to pursue his ambition of becoming a software engineer. Dr P. Kunaletchumy, a director at the Kamakshi Child Home, is hoping to find a sponsor to finance Saravanan’s education.

[Article Source: NST Online]