Unable to see his ailing mother for months before she died, student worked hard for PSLE to 'make her proud'

Muhammad Haziq Alias spent five months apart from his mother when she was in palliative care due to her terminal cancer

The primary schoolboy was able to see her for only three weeks before she died in March

Haziq's grades fell as he struggled to focus, and his teachers switched him to foundation subjects to help him cope

With support from his family, teachers and peers, Haziq scored straight Bs for his PSLE