Both teens plan to attend the Institute of Technical Education after their exams — Sulaiman aiming for mechanic-related courses, and Afiqah for finance.
The latter hopes that by sharing their stories, they can inspire other school dropouts to keep searching for ways to find the light at the end of the tunnel.
It is about getting back on track, agreed Christine, who plans on earning her secondary education certificate in two years’ time, enrolling in a business course at polytechnic and then properly launching her own company with a team in place.
“(Dropping out) is something that I chose,” reflected Christine, who is focused on growing her freelance business for now. “I can’t back out even though things may get hard.”
One thing is for sure, she will not let people’s opinions affect her, “because in the long run”, she said, “it’s going to be you versus yourself”.
Watch the On The Red Dot series Dropouts here. The programme airs on Channel 5 every Friday at 9.30pm.
