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Portrait of Aishah Prastowo, a Scholarship Recipient Who Graduated with a PhD from Oxford, Decides to Become a High School Teacher

Portrait of Aishah Prastowo, a Scholarship Recipient Who Graduated with a PhD from Oxford, Decides to Become a High School Teacher

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Portrait of Aishah Prastowo, a Scholarship Recipient Who Graduated with a PhD from Oxford, Decides to Become a High School Teacher

Aishah Prastowo is a first-generation LPDP scholarship awardee (PK-6) who successfully completed her PhD in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford. She decided to pursue a PhD in England at a young age of 23.

Although she initially planned to become a researcher, Aishah is now a high school teacher and the principal of SMA Praxis in Sleman. She serves as an inspiring example for many young people in the country.

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Aishah has a remarkable academic background. To become a teacher, generally, a bachelor's degree in education is sufficient.

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"However, this teacher and principal of SMA Praxis holds a PhD in Engineering Science from one of the best universities in the world, the University of Oxford @oxford_uni, England," wrote the official IG account @lpdp_ri on Friday (26/6).

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During an interview with the LPDP team, Aishah shared that during the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching became a significant opportunity.

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Starting from participating in online classes and research mentoring. Now, Aishah is confidently diving into establishing an alternative school in the corner of Ngemplak, Sleman, named SMA Praxis @smapraxis, with a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) based curriculum.

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"Maybe in my opinion, sometimes humans can plan, but what we face in the future sometimes does not align with what we had planned before," explained Aishah.

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"I learned or studied abroad many new things that I could gain and now I share this with the students here as well," she continued.

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Aishah also gave a message to many people, to not be afraid or feel inferior, and not to feel down. "If it feels like you haven't made a big impact, in fact, these small impacts can be more beneficial for the people around us," said Aishah.