School Dropouts As Teenagers: Find A Job Or Return To School? | On The Red Dot: Dropouts - Part 2/3

17-year-old Mohd Sulaiman Bin Mohd Lizam hopes to go to Institute of Education (ITE) to study and become a mechanic. With the encouragement of his social worker, he gives Project Starfish a try. But will he make it through the placement test and admission interview? Nurul Afiqah Anati Isa, 18, finds herself getting rejected by more than 20 job applications. Spurred by the fact that her younger siblings are all about to take the N-Level, she's motivated to take the N-Level as a private candidate to become an accountant in the future. 17-year-old Christine Ng receives unexpected news about her mental health. She decides to return to school with the encouragement of therapist and friends but was confronted by the stark reality of returning as a dropout. As she decides to officially withdraw, her school gives her two options. WATCH MORE On The Red Dot: Dropouts Part 1:    • We Dropped Out Of Secondary School: Here A...   Part 3:    • Teen Dropouts Try To Get Lives Back On Tra...   00:00 Recap 01:28 Sulaiman’s motivation to be a mechanic 03:21 Christine receives mental health diagnosis 05:50 Afiqah gets rejected by over 20 job applications 07:55 Sulaiman and social worker discuss options to study 10:30 Afiqah's ambition to be an accountant 12:36 How therapy and friends encouraged Christine 15:02 Struggles returning to school and official withdrawal 16:53 Sulaiman's placement test and admission interview 19:00 Afiqah’s family reacts to her returning to studying 20:10 Christine joins the YMCA vocational programme 21:10 Will Sulaiman get accepted into Project Starfish? =========== About On The Red Dot: CNA's weekly programme documents the stories of ordinary Singaporeans and celebrates their resilience, identity and sense of belonging. =========== On The Red Dot playlist:    • On The Red Dot | Full Episodes   #CNAInsider #OnTheRedDot #Singapore #Dropouts #Teenagers #MentalHealth #GenZ For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER! https://cna.asia/insideryoutubesub Follow CNA INSIDER on: Instagram:   / cnainsider   Facebook:   / cnainsider   Website: https://cna.asia/cnainsider