GEORGE TOWN: A set of triplets could not hide their excitement when they were accepted to Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) here to continue their studies.

22-year-old brothers from Bayan Lepas, Mohamed Azmin Dawlath Mohamed, Mohamed Azwan and Mohamed Azrul successfully secured a place to pursue their bachelor's degree at USM's School of Social Sciences.

Azmin said they had never been separated since their primary school days until now.

"During our primary and secondary years, we studied at SK Seri Permai and SMK Raja Tun Uda. We then got accepted into Politeknik Seberang Prai for our diploma.

"We have never been separated, and as such we are very truly grateful that we have been accepted to continue our studies at the bachelor's degree level at USM here," he said when met at the university's Minden campus here today.

The triplets are among 4,283 candidates from Matriculation, Foundation/Diploma and its equivalent who have been accepted into full-time bachelor's and diploma programmes for all entry channels for the 2022/2023 academic session.

Azmin said all three of them shared the same interest, which is education.

He said their ambitions were also identical, which is to become lecturers or teachers.

"We did everything together. When we were studying for our diploma, we always completed whatever assignments together," he said, adding that they felt lucky for the chance to be together and help each other out.

Meanwhile, USM Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Academic and International Affairs, who carries out the function of USM Vice-Chancellor, Professor Datuk Dr Narimah Samat said, in order to ease the burden for USM students, the university had provided 1,000 free basic necessity kits to new students (in the B40 group) entering the 2022/2023 academic session.

"This basic kit includes blankets, sheets, pillows, buckets, canvas bags and other necessities to make it easier for new students to start their lives as students here," Narimah said.

- Source from nst.com.my