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Friday, 22 March 2013

Most States Record Excellent Results In SPM 2012

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 (Bernama) -- Most states recorded good results for the 2012 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination that was announced Thursday.

In Kuala Lumpur, 914 students achieved the perfect score of A+ for all subjects compared to only 885 in 2011.

Its Education Director Abdullah Mad Yunus said, the number of students scoring A+, A, and A- had increased but overall results had dipped when 18,211 candidates obtained their SPM certificates compared with 18,545 in 2011 SPM.

The state's Grade Point Average (GPA) also dipped to 4.71 compared with 4.68 the previous year.

According to Abdullah, overall achievement of schools increased with 28 schools in 'Good' category and 63 schools ranked in 'Fair' category.

Abdullah also said the top achieving schools were SM Sains Alam Shah, SM Sains Seri Puteri, SM Sains Selangor, SMA Majlis Agama Islam WPKL and SMK Aminuddin Baki.

According to Abdullah, 78 candidates with special needs sat for SPM exams last year and nine scored excellent results.

Meanwhile in Kuching, Sarawak, 35 students scored the perfect score of A+ in all subjects.

Sarawak education Director, Abdillah Adam said, one student, Ngu Lih Bin scored 12 A+ from Sekolah Menengah Bantuan Methodist, Sibu, which is the best among 38,344 students from the state.

Top schools in Sarawak were SM Sains, Kuching SM Sains Miri, Maktab Rendah Sains MARA Betong and Maktab Rendah Sains MARA Mukah.

Seremban ranked third in the country after Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur in the 2012 SPM.

Negeri Sembilan Education Director, Kalsom Khalid said the state's GPA was 4.86 compared with 4.82 the previous year.

Meanwhile, SM Sains Tuanku Munawir, Kolej Tunku Kurshiah, SM Agama Persekutuan Labu, SM Sains Rembau, Sekolah Datuk Abdul Razak dan SM Sains Tuanku Ja'afar were among 20 top schools in the state.

A total of 15,938 candidates from government schools sat for the 2012 SPM and 90.9 percent of them passed.

In Shah Alam, Selangor Education Director Mahmud Karim said 2,616 students out of 74,747 candidates scored a combination of A's in all subjects.

However, Mahmud added the number of schools that achieved 100 percent passes increased from 37 to 44, and 1,183 students scored a combination of A+,A,A- for all subjects with 41 students achieving the perfect score of straight A+.

Meanwhile in Tapah, Perak, Education Director Muhamat Roli (rpt Roli) Hassan said the overall score for students in Perak dipped with 34,949 students having passed compared with 39,770 in 2011.

Among the top schools in Perak were Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Taman Tasik, Taiping, Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Gopeng, SM Sains Tapah, SMK Tarcisian Convent Ipoh and SMK Ave Maria Ipoh.

In Jitra, Kedah Education Director Mansor Lat said 31 students scored A+, compared with only 19 in 2011.

Overall students who achieved all A's in the 2012 SPM dropped by 132 to 558 candidates compared with 690 students in 2011 SPM. "Three schools that obtained 100 percent passes were Sekolah Menengah Sains Kubang Pasu, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultan Abdul Halim and Sekolah Menengah Agama Sik," he said.

In KUALA TERENGGANU, 19 out of 22,274 candidates scored straight A+ in all subjects that they sat for.

Terengganu Education Deputy Director Hashim Mohd Zin said, the number of students scoring straight A's increased to 513 compared with 408 the previous year.

"For candidates with special needs, 17 out of 32 candidates obtained their SPM certificate with one candidate achieving an excellent 10A and 1B," he said.

Meanwhile in Melaka, 409 candidates from government schools scored straight A's, a drop from the 2011 SPM that had 428 students.

Melaka Education Director, Kasim Mohamad said, 21 students scored straight A+ which was a drop from the 26 candidates recorded in 2011.

"One student achieved 11A+ and 10 others scored 10A+ and 9A+ while the state's Grade Point Average (GPN) dropped 0.1 percent to 5.01 compared to 4.91 the previous year," he said. In JOHOR BAHARU, 58 candidates scored the highest score of straigh A+ compared with 77 in 2011.

Johor Education Director Mohd Nor A.Ghani said 1,333 scored either A+.A,or A- in all subjects, and overall performance of students in Johor remained the same.

Forty-nine schools in Johor scored all passes while the state's GPN was 4.99 compared with 5.0 in 2011 SPM.

Meanwhile, 56 candidates with special needs sat for SPM last year and two of them scored excellent results.

"Ting Kai Li from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Perempuan Temenggong Ibrahim, Batu Pahat (8A+2A) and Teo Guo Sheng from SMK Tinggi Batu Pahat (8A+,1A,1A-) were top students in special needs category," he said.

Meanwhile in Kota Baharu, 432 students achieved the perfect score of all A's from the government schools compared with only 358 students the previous year.

Kelantan Education Director, Hussain Awang said only 15 students achieved A+ for all subjects compared with 18 students in 2011.

The state's GPA dipped in the 2012 SPM at 5.01 compared with 4.97 in the 2011 SPM with 21 schools achieving 100 percent pass.

In Kangar, the number of students who scored straight A's increased from 59 in 2011, to 74 in the 2012 SPM.

Perlis Education Director, Dun Kasa said out of the 74 students, five from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Derma, here scored straight A+ in all subjects.

"The percentage of students who qualify for the SPM certificate was at 90.31 while the state GPA remained at 5.46," he said. In the east coast, Kuantan saw 490 of the 2012 SPM candidates scoring all A's for all subjects compared to only 413 the previous year.

Pahang Education Deputy Director Rosdi Ismail said, from the 490 students, 11 attained the perfect score A+ for all subjects and 93.24 percent of the students passed their exam.

SMK Abd Rahman Talib in Kuantan recorded the highest number of top students in the state with 61 students.

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