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Our Future Leaders

Chan Soon Seng, Programme Director, Teach For Malaysia | Mohammad Shahril, Student leader

13-Dec-18 15:00

Our Future Leaders

Since their launch in 2012, the Teach For Malaysia movement has impacted more than 92,000 students in over 120 schools, across 10 states in Malaysia. We speak to Chan Soon Seng, Teach For Malaysia's Programme Director, and Mohammad Shahril, a former student and student leader under the programme, about their own journeys with Teach For Malaysia, and the future direction of the movement.

Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs


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