Higher Education Minister Idris Jusoh said he met Roisah, 20, to offer the student the opportunity to continue her studies at UUM.
Idris said Roisah, who had also received several other study offers, was pleased with the government’s offer but she was still considering her options.
“Apart from the study offer, we will also make sure that she is given citizenship to facilitate the next process,” Idris told reporters after attending the higher education ministry’s top women leadership’s meet and greet session at Universiti Putra Malaysia here today.
Present was ministry secretary-general Noorul Ainur Mohd Nur.
The absence of a birth certificate and identification card caused Roisah, a former student of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sungai Kapar Indah, Klang, Selangor, to be unable to continue her studies.
She had obtained 3As and 1B in STPM, 7As and 1B for SPM, as well as 9As in the PMR examinations.
Roisah was born to a foreign mother while her father’s identity is unknown. Shortly after birth she was adopted by a Malaysian woman who died in 2014.