Tunku's formal education begin when he was six years old in the only Malay elementary school in Alor Star. Tunku's other also sent him to English Medium school that are newly opened by teacher named Mohamad Iskandar. After realizing that Tunku does not have any improvement and progress in his study,his brother Tunku Yusuf who just returned from England decided to take Tunku with him to Bangkok by sea from Singapore in 1913.
His brother spent his time on military operations against bandits while Tunku was admitted to Debsirin School (lesson are taught in Siamese).But God loves his brother more,Tunku Yusuf ,had contracted with pneumonia in the jungle and died on his return to the Siamese capital.His mother then sent him to Penang Free School in 1916, the place where he began to develop his interest in studies. Tunku had won scholarship to further his study in Cambridge University in the young age of 16.
After about a year,Tunku realized that he had make a very slow progress in his studies.He then being taught and live with Mr Basil Atkinson, an experienced tutor who responsible to make him prepared to sit for university entrance examinations known as "Littlego".He manage to obtain high mark for all his papers with a Pass for the whole examination.Kedah Regent had instructed Tunku to study Law at Cambridge University but Tunku decided to enter his name for a Pass Degree instead.Tunku sat for his examination in 1924 at the end of his second year to pass in his B.A and then sailed to Singapore for five years before he sailed to home.
But then he was sent back to Cambridge to obtain an Honors Degree in law however he had failed for Part One of the Bar Exam and causing him to fail for the whole exam.
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