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To Cite this Article: Usaini, M. I., & Abubakar, N. B. (2015). The Impact of Parents’ Occupation on Academic Performance of Secondary School Students in Kuala Terengganu. Multilingual Academic Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 3(1), 91–99.
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