School Dropouts As Teenagers: Find A Job Or Return To School? | On The Red Dot: Dropouts - Part 2/3

Описание: 17-year-old Mohd Sulaiman Bin Mohd Lizam hopes to go to Institute of Education (ITE) to study and become a mechanic. With the encouragement of his social worker, he gives Project Starfish a try. But will he make it through the placement test and admission interview?

Nurul Afiqah Anati Isa, 18, finds herself getting rejected by more than 20 job applications. Spurred by the fact that her younger siblings are all about to take the N-Level, she's motivated to take the N-Level as a private candidate to become an accountant in the future.

17-year-old Christine Ng receives unexpected news about her mental health. She decides to return to school with the encouragement of therapist and friends but was confronted by the stark reality of returning as a dropout. As she decides to officially withdraw, her school gives her two options.

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00:00 Recap
01:28 Sulaiman’s motivation to be a mechanic
03:21 Christine receives mental health diagnosis
05:50 Afiqah gets rejected by over 20 job applications
07:55 Sulaiman and social worker discuss options to study
10:30 Afiqah's ambition to be an accountant
12:36 How therapy and friends encouraged Christine
15:02 Struggles returning to school and official withdrawal
16:53 Sulaiman's placement test and admission interview
19:00 Afiqah’s family reacts to her returning to studying
20:10 Christine joins the YMCA vocational programme
21:10 Will Sulaiman get accepted into Project Starfish?

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