KUALA LUMPUR: It has been 36 years since Norasiah Jamil began looking for her secondary school teacher who selflessly paid for her university entrance fees.

Now a successful entrepreneur, her search ended last Saturday a er her Facebook post went viral, with many helping to point the teacher’s current whereabouts.

Norasiah said her ties with her teacher, Pak Lin Haw, began in 1987 when she studied at SMK Alor Akar in Kuantan, Pahang.

“Cikgu Pak was my Form

Teacher and she also taught us Chemistry,”

The 52-year-old said despite obtaining good results for her Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) the following year that saw her receiving an offer from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), her family could not afford the RM1,200 first-semester fees.

Norasiah said she initially wanted to reject the offer.

“When Cikgu Pak found out I could not continue my studies, she talked me out of it. She even offered to help me out and gave me RM400 out of the total amount needed.

“As for the balance of RM800, my father borrowed RM400 from our relatives while the school’s Parent-Teacher Association awarded me RM400 for my good SPM results.”

A er graduating with an electrical engineering degree, Norasiah searched for Pak but to no avail.

“No one seemed to know where she went until I posted my search on Facebook on Thursday, March 23, where one of Cikgu Pak’s church members connected me to her.”