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Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan  \n62604 Putrajaya.  \nTel :03-88846425  \nFaks:03-88846284  \n# TARIKH:2 MAC 2025(AHAD)BERITA HARIAN□ UTUSAN M'SIA\n\nN.STRAITS TIME  \nTHE STAR□SINAR HARIAN□  \n# 水ST1125 \n\nUHAMMAD Nazmi\"Little Chuckee\"Rosli never had a sin-gle,defining momentthat made him wantto be a teacher.Sometimes,a call-ing doesn't strike like lightning —itunfolds quietly,in the small momentsthat shape who you are.  \nFor Nazmi,it was those late nightsin an isolated village with no electric-ity,watching his mother—adedicatedteacher-hunched over her lessonplans,her face lit only by the flicker-ing glow of candlelight.Those quietyet powerful moments left a lastingimprint,Lighting the path he would oneday follow.  \n\"Those nights are still so vivid tome,\"he reflects.\"I was so little then,tagging along when she was postedto a rural school in Long Semadoh.\"  \nSitting over 914 metres above sealevel,LongSemadoh isa remote valleyin the Lawas Highlands in Sarawak,home to seven small villages mostlypopulated by the Lun Bawang-anindigenous tribe that once lived ashunter-gatherers but later turned tofarming.①  \nFar from the nearest city,the valleyis cut off from modern conveniences,reachable only by rough dirt roadsor small aircraft.For students andteachers.getting an education herehas never been easy.  \n\"To get to the nearest town,we hadto ride in a 4x4 Hilux,\"Nazmi recalls.\"I remember the times we missed thepickup and had to wait by the side ofthe road for hours!\"He laughs,but thememory sticks with him.  \nHe recalls watching teachers dowhatever it took to help their studentslearn,even with almost no resources.They createdfun,hands-onlessonstomake tough subjects easier to under-stand.Some even made their ownteaching tools—like using cement tocraft dumbbells for exercise or turn-ing everydayobjectsinto learning aids.  \nTheir dedication left adeepimpres-sion on him.  \n\"It didn't occur to me then thatI wanted to be a teacher,to be hon-est,\"he admits.\"But those childhood  \nLighting the way  \nThis Sarawakian teacher brought the world to his students—one creative lesson at a time,writes Elena Koshy  \nmoments became part of my corememories.\"  \nFast forward to today,and the32-year-old Sarawakian educatoris making waves as a finalist for theprestigious 2025Global Teacher Prize.Awarded by the Varkey Foundation,this global honour recognises educa-tors who make alasting impactin theircommunities.  \nIn 2023,Nazmi won the Malay-sia Teacher Prize,a national awardbacked byYTL Foundation,YayasanHasanah and ECM Libra Foundation.His passion and commitment to hisstudents have firmly established himas one of the nation's most inspiringeducators.  \n\"Inever thought about becoming ateacher,\"he muses.\"But thenagain,Inever imagined being anything else!\"  \n②  \nEARLYYEARS  \nNazmi's mother spent years teach-ing in Long Semadoh and for a few of  \nthose years,he lived there with her.Life was simple,but one thing he andhis siblings always looked forward towas the monthly package from theirfather,a contractor working in Bruneiat that time.  \n\"We were so excited every timehis box arrived!”Nazmi says,grin-ning.\"He always packed my favouritemagazines,Gila-Gila and Apo?,and mymother's Mingguan Wanita.She stillkeeps those old copies to this day!\"  \nShoes were optional when heplayed football—most of the time,heandhis friends ran barefootacrossthefield.When they did wear shoes,it wasusually rubber boots.③  \n\"I remember the smell of mudeverywhere!\"Nazmilaughs.\"And wealways had to shut the gates,or thekerbau [buffaloes]would just wanderinto the school like they belongedthere!\"  \nBut that idyllic,though remote,childhood lasted only until Nazmi  \nturned 9.When his father relocatedto Lawas,he moved in with him,leav-ing behind the quiet village life he hadknown.  \n\"Ifelt the change,\"he admits.\"Theteachers were just as dedicated,buteverything was different.We had 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