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BERNAMA - Deaf Student Is Recipient Of OUM Chancellor Award
Being deaf is no obstacle for Teh Cheang Hock to be successful as proven today when he is named the recipient of the Chancellor Award at the Open University Malaysia's seventh convocation.
The 42-year-old, who graduated with a bachelor's degree in Information Technology and currently working as an administrative assistant in Penang, had never regarded his loss of hearing as a handicap or prevented him from leading a life like other normal persons.
"I have my own method of learning and studying. Since I cannot hear the lecturers, I have to depend on my friends' notes.
"I have no choice, but to read, and read the notes, and to use my eyes as ears to understand the lecturers," he said in an interview conducted by OUM, whose text was distributed to media representatives at the function here.
Teh said he had no recipe or formula for success, but that he believed in hard work, diligence and self-discipline.
Meanwhile, Chan Oy Leng, 30, who also graduated with a bachelor's degree in Information Technology, received the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) Award.
They were among more than 6,000 OUM graduates who received their scroll from OUM Chancellor Tun Jeanne Abdullah at the university's convocation at the Dewan Putra World Trade centre.
At the function, Jeanne also awarded an honorary doctorate in education to Sir John Daniel, who holds a British and Canadian citizenships and was bestowed the honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth in 1994 for his contribution in pioneering long distance learning.
Being deaf is no obstacle for Teh Cheang Hock to be successful as proven today when he is named the recipient of the Chancellor Award at the Open University Malaysia's seventh convocation.
The 42-year-old, who graduated with a bachelor's degree in Information Technology and currently working as an administrative assistant in Penang, had never regarded his loss of hearing as a handicap or prevented him from leading a life like other normal persons.
"I have my own method of learning and studying. Since I cannot hear the lecturers, I have to depend on my friends' notes.
"I have no choice, but to read, and read the notes, and to use my eyes as ears to understand the lecturers," he said in an interview conducted by OUM, whose text was distributed to media representatives at the function here.
Teh said he had no recipe or formula for success, but that he believed in hard work, diligence and self-discipline.
Meanwhile, Chan Oy Leng, 30, who also graduated with a bachelor's degree in Information Technology, received the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) Award.
They were among more than 6,000 OUM graduates who received their scroll from OUM Chancellor Tun Jeanne Abdullah at the university's convocation at the Dewan Putra World Trade centre.
At the function, Jeanne also awarded an honorary doctorate in education to Sir John Daniel, who holds a British and Canadian citizenships and was bestowed the honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth in 1994 for his contribution in pioneering long distance learning.