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KUALA LUMPUR: — Most states recorded good results in the 2012 Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) examination with some schools scoring a 100 per cent pass rate.

The results were released Monday.

In KEDAH, 11 schools recorded 100 percent passes in the 2012 STPM.

Kedah Education director, Mansor Lat in a statement said it retained the same result of 2011 with five rural schools and six urban schools.

He said 22 of the 4,214 candidates who sat for the examination obtained Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.0 with two achieving the A grade in five subjects taken.

In KELANTAN, 14 schools recorded a 100 per cent full passes.

Kelantan Education Department (JPN) director Hussain Awang said four students from the state emeged as best students at the national level compared to only one last year.

He said 95.12 per cent or 5,399 candidates passed the STPM in 2012 compared to 95.99 percent or 5,838 candidates in the previous year.

A total 1,248 candidates scored five principals last year or 24.53 per cent compared to 1,310 candidates or 24.45 percent in 2011, or an improvement of 0.08 percent, he said.

In JOHOR, a total 5,127 of 5,311 (96.54 per cent) of the candidates had full passes or at least received one principal.

Johor Education Department director Mohd Nor A. Ghani said 34 schools achieved 100 per cent full passes compared to 30 schools in 2011, with 16 schools retaining their 100 per cent pass rate.

Schools which achieved the highest percentage passes at four and five principal were Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama (SMKA) Bandar Penawar, Kota Tinggi (90.91 percent); SMK Jementah, Segamat (86.67 percent); and SMK (Perempuan) Sultan Ibrahim, Johor Baharu (79.49 percent), he said.

The percentage of candidates who obtained CGPA of 3.00 until 3.49 in 2012 were 983 people (18.51 per cent) compared to 908 people (19.06 percent) in 2011.

In TERENGGANU, the STPM result saw two students in the state picked as among the best students in the country for 2012.

State deputy Education Department director Hashim Mohd Zin said 2,861 candidates (96.01 percent) achieved full passes in at least one subject.

Meanwhile, in MELAKA, 1.17 per cent more students had full passes in the STPM 2012, 1,198 students compared to 1,151 in 2011.

Melaka Education Department director Kasim Mohamad said of the total, 644 candidates succeeded in obtaining four principals, or an increase of 2.6 percent compared to the previous year.

“In terms of quality, 14 candidates obtained CGPA of 4.0 and 425 candidates obtained CGPA of 3.0 upwards,” he told reporters, here.

He said, overall, the outcome of the STPM in the state was the best in five years in terms of state average grade (GNP), rising 0.05 points to 2.5 points compared to 2.45 in 2011.

In KUANTAN, full passes in the STPM in Pahang went up by 2.69 percent, namely, 96.51 percent compared to 93.82 percent in 2011.

Pahang Education Department deputy director Rosdi Ismail said, the percentage of passes achieved by 2,435 candidates succeeded in overcoming the achievement at national level for full passes of 94.44 percent.

For CGPA, those who scored the highest result, namely 4.0, also went up from 11 candidates to 30 candidates last year, he said.

He said, 20 schools out of 49 schools succeeded in achieving a 100 percent full passes while 26 other schools succeeded in achieving full passes in excess of 90 percent.

In NEGERI SEMBILAN, 13 students obtained CGPA of 4.00 in the 2012 STPM.

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PENAMPANG: Sabah recorded a 0.65 per cent increase in overall pass rate in the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) examination from 88.76 per cent in 2011 to 89.41 per cent last year.

Announcing this yesterday at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Tansau in Putatan, State Education Director Jame Alip said 6,013 Form Six students in Sabah sat for the examination last year with 5,376 securing passes – 106 students with 5P (principal), 2,122 with 4P, 1,280 with 3P, 1,021 with 2P and 847 students with 1P.

“Ten schools recorded 100 per cent passes in the examination, namely SMK Likas Kota Kinabalu, SMJK Tiong Hua Sandakan, SMK Perempuan Likas Kota Kinabalu, Kota Kinabalu High School, SMK Agama Mohd Ali Ranau, SMK Kunak, SM Sung Siew Sandakan, SMK Merotai Besar Tawau. SMK Segaliud Sandakan and SMK Weston Beaufort,” he said.

Jame added Sabah also recorded better results in seven subjects – Bahasa Malaysia, Literature in English, Kesusteraan Melayu, History, Geography, Pengajian Perniagaan and Biology.

He said the improvement was due to existing activities in schools organized by teachers and students in creative ways.

A total of 14 subjects showed a reduction in passes – Pengajian Am, Chinese Language, Arabic, Syariah, Usuluddin, Economics, Accounting, Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, Computing, Physics, Chemistry, Sports Science and Visual Arts.

Jame said the Education Department would be investigating the cause of drop in percentage passes and working with schools on how to improve those subjects.

He also announced 27 best students in the Art Stream based on Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA), with six obtaining 4.00 CGPA – Nurul Jannah Sulaiman of SMK Perempuan Likas, Hazaniah Aslie of SMK Agama Mohd Ali, Syahlianaezure Sait of SMK Elopura Bestari Sandakan, Shakina Landau of SMK Pg Galpam Sandakan, Mayliana Yunus of SMK Tawau and Yvonne Lim Yen Yee of SMK St Patrick Tawau.

KUALA LUMPUR: — A total of 47,884 candidates or 92.67 per cent passed in at least, one subject in the 2012 Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM), as compared to 46,705 (92.19 per cent), the year before.

Malaysian Examination Council (MEC) chairman Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Noh Dalimin said, of the total, 2,709 candidates or 5.24 per cent passed all five subjects while 21,779 candidates (42.15 per cent) passed four subjects.

“A total of 10,029 candidates (19 per cent) passed three subjects and 7,299 candidates (14.13 per cent) passed two subjects while 6,068 candidates (11.47 per cent) passed only one subject.

“The number of candidates who obtained passes in four subjects and more increased by 1,253 candidates from 23,246 candidates (45.89 per cent) in 2011 to 24,488 candidates (47.39 per cent) last year,” he said when announcing the results of the 2012 STPM here Monday.

On the performance of students, Mohd Noh said 18 candidates achieved Grade A in five subjects as compared to 12 candidates the year before. Of the total, he said seven candidates were from science stream and 11, arts stream.

There were 53 candidates who sat for five subjects and obtained four Grade A while 379 candidates took four subjects and scored Grade A in all subjects.

Mohd Noh said, on the whole, the performance of candidates last year was better as compared to the year before, in which the national mean Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) rose to 2.24 from 2.22 in 2011.

In 2012, a total of 442 candidates (0.86 per cent) obtained a CGPA of 4.00 compared to 300 (0.59 per cent), the year before.

Last year, 51,673 candidates sat for the examination.

Mohd Noh said the gap between the performance of urban and rural candidates was still quite significant, with 1,105 urban candidates (13.53 per cent) obtaining 3As and better, compared to only 170 (9.2 per cent) rural candidates.

He said 392 (14.85 per cent) urban science stream candidates obtained 3As and above, compared with only eight (6.4 per cent) for rural candidates.

For the urban art stream, 713 candidates (12.9 per cent) scored 3As and were better, compared to only 162 rural candidates (9.24 per cent).

From the aspect of school performance, he said government schools showed improvement compared to the year before, with the mean school CGPA for 2012 at 2.33, compared to 2.29 in 2011.

In 2012, 59 schools achieved a mean CGPA of 2.8 or higher, compared to 52 schools the year before and 47 schools in 2010.

Mohd Noh said, on the performance of candidates according to subjects, it was found six subjects recorded better pass rate, namely Further Mathematics T (71.43 per cent), Chinese Language (69.34 per cent), Economics (59.19 per cent), Syariah (76.43 per cent), History (64.18 per cent) and Geography (70.21 per cent), compared to the year before.

He said 98.13 per cent or 25,503 candidates used English in their answers for seven subjects, namely Mathematics S, Mathematics T, Further Mathematics T, Computing, Physics, Chemistry and Biology, as compared to 98.11 per cent or 25,993 candidates, the year before.

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PUTRAJAYA:  — A total of 3,925 candidates or 67.4 per cent passed the Religious Higher School Certificate (STAM) 2012 obtaining at least the Maqbul (Pass) in all the 10 subjects.

Malaysian Examinations Syndicate Director Dr Na’imah Ishak said the results showed an increase from the 3,420 candidates who obtained at least a pass in the 2011 examination.

She said 385 candidates obtained Mumtaz (excellent), 1,263 candidates obtained Jayyid Jiddan (Very Good), 1,868 candidates obtained Jayyid (Good) and 409 obtained Maqbul (pass).

A total of 5,818 candidates sat for the STAM last year at 116 examination centres nationwide, she said when announcing the 2012 STAM results at the Education Ministry, here today.

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IN accordance with the Education Transformation Programme, starting from the year 2012, the Malaysian Examinations Council (MEC) will implement a new Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) assessment system to enhance the form six education programme.

Existing STPM examination system

The existing examination is conducted based on one-and-a-half years of form six studies, comprising the lower six form and the upper six form.

The 2012 STPM examination

In 2012, the examination will be conducted in two modes. The first mode is for students who are currently in upper six form and will be under the existing examination system.

The second mode is for lower six form students in 2012 who will be the first cohort for the new assessment system. They will take the first term examination in November 2012.

New assessment system

In the new system, the duration of form six studies is similar to the present system. The allocation of teaching periods remains the same: eight periods per week for each subject (one period = 40 minutes).

The subjects offered remain at 23 subjects which are General Studies, Business Studies, Malay Language, Accounting, Chinese Language, Mathematics (M), Tamil Language, Mathematics (T), Arabic Language, Further Mathematics, Literature in English, Information and Communications Technology, Communicative Malay Literature, Physics, Syariah, Chemistry, Usuluddin, Biology, History, Sports Science, Geography, Visual Arts and Economics.

The curriculum is divided into three parts based on topic areas. Each part will be taught and studied in either the first, second or third term. The total duration of study is one-and-a-half years.

Students’ assessments will be carried out each term with the results being released at the end of the term. The overall STPM results will be based on the best combined results of the three terms.

Soft skills such as communication skills, teamwork, leadership, critical thinking, problem solving, information management and ethics are included in the new curriculum.

There will be two forms of assessment: the School-Based Assessment (SBA) with a weighting of 20% to 40%, and the centralised examination with a weighting of 60% to 80% (the weighting varies according to subjects).

School-based assessment (SBA)

The SBA consists of project work, field study and practical work. The coursework question/task is prepared by the council and will be conducted either over three terms or as determined by the subject requirements. The assessment will be carried out by the subject teacher in government schools and government-aided schools. For private schools, integrity schools and individual private candidates, the examiner is appointed by the council.

The assessment moderation will be conducted by council appointed personnel at district, zone or state levels to ensure judgments of standards are comparable as well as a fair, valid and reliable assessment of students’ achievements. The council has also prepared a Teacher’s Manual and Student’s Manual for each subject as guidance and reference for all.

Examination

A centralised written examination is administered at the end of each term. Question papers are prepared by the council, and the marking of answer scripts will be carried out by council appointed examiners.

Grading

The grading system in the new assessment system is similar to that of the existing one. The score (at the question paper level) acquired by students for each term will be aggregated to determine the overall subject grade. There is no prerequisite minimum pass grade in each term for students to qualify to continue their studies in the following term

by Khawari Idris.

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The Malaysian Examinations Council (MEC) is pleased to inform that all syllabus based on the new Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) Assessment System, including the Tamil subject, are ready and can be used by teachers and Form Six students for the 2012/2013 intake.

The council has issued a notification letter, dated Jan 27, regarding the implementation of the new assessment system, to all state education departments and schools which have Form Six classes.

The council has also distributed the syllabus to the Education Ministry, state education departments, government schools, government assisted schools and private schools.

In addition, the council has also uploaded the syllabus including the Tamil subject, on the council portal (
www.mpm.edu.my) on Feb 2, 2012.

All teachers and students may download the syllabus from this portal.

by Khawari Idris.

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Students have differing views about the recent changes to the STPM (Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia) format. Some find it appealing while others think otherwise. What was once very much like the A-Levels, a course based around an externally assessed final examination, the STPM is now more akin to pre-university programmes such as the South Australian Matriculation (SAM).

The STPM’s new assessment system revolves around continuous school-based assessments and centralised examinations which can be re-taken to improve grades.

Even though the ratio between school-based assessments and examinations is between 20 to 40% and 60 to 80% unlike SAM’s 70% college-based assessments and 30% external examinations, it is still seen as a welcome change by many students and teachers.

Darren hopes that the results will be better under the new format.

“As someone who is thinking about sitting for the STPM, this is good news for me. At least now I won’t be ‘pigeon-holed’ into studying for one huge exam.

“Instead of cramming whole text books into my head for final exams, I will be able to focus and score on the tests spread across the one and a half years,” said Neda Nejim Al-Asedi, 16, from SMK Assunta on Stuff@school’s Facebook page.

She added that the changes were a great move that would help reduce and spread out the stress levels of STPM students a little bit.

Another student who thinks the changes to the STPM are for the better is Tan Hui Jin, 19, from SMK Taman Connaught who said she never considered Form Six as a pre-university option.

“I never thought about it, but the new format is definitely better for the students, as it is no longer entirely exam oriented.

“The assignments and projects under the school-based assessments will help them develop much needed soft skills through presentations and group discussions,” she said explaining that students need to be all rounders and well balanced.

Hui Jin elaborated that the new format will help students with their communication and interpersonal skills which are essential in the working world.

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KOTA BELUD:  Sabah recorded a marginal 0.2 per cent increase in overall pass rate to 88.71 per cent in the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) examination last year following a 1.6 per cent dip in the previous year.

Of the total of 6,385 students in Sabah who sat for the exam, 5,664 passed, said Deputy Education Director Maimunah Suhaibul when announcing the results here yesterday.

She said the number of students who sat for the exam increased by 484 as compared to 5,901 in the previous year.

Maimunah said the number of 4A’s achievers in the exam last year also increased significantly to 2,199 compared to 1,826 in 2010, and 11 students scored a perfect 4.0 in cumulative grade point average (CGPA) to be among the country’s top STPM achievers this year.

She said 14 schools in the state recorded 100 per cent passes in the exam.

Maimunah said Nur Farah Nissa Mohd Effendy of SM La Salle Kota Kinabalu tops the list of achievers in Literature while Chang Sin Fung of Kota Kinabalu High School (KKHS) is the best Science Stream student.

The Education Department also named Jumriah Zairul from SMK Tansau, Penampang as the top student in the Rural School category.

Other students who also scored a CPGA of 4.0 are Lai Kar Ting and Siew Seok Li from SM St Patrick Tawau, Santa Tresia Frances (SMK Mat Salleh, Kota Belud), Siti Norshida Effendy (SMK Kota Marudu), Safianah Molepin (SMK Pinawantai, Kudat), Elpyanie Dungin (SMK Tawau), Wnnie Kariza Bakri (SMK Balung Tawau) and Asnita Rahman (SMK Kunak).

The schools that scored 100 passes are SM La Salle Kota Kinabalu, SM Lok Yuk Likas, SMK Benoni Papar, Kota Kinabalu High School, SMK Kunak, SMK Agama Mohamad Ali Ranau, SMK Jalan Apas Tawau, SMK Agama Tun Sakaran Semporna, SMK Tenghilan Tuaran, SMK Keningau II, SMK Segama Lahad Datu, SMK Lohan Ranau, SM Sung Siew Sandakan and SMK Kota Klias Beaufort.

Sabah also recorded better results in 14 subjects, including Mathematics, Bahasa Cina, English Literature, Syariah, Sejarah, Geografi, Ekonomi and Perakaunan.

Maimunah said the improvement was due to cooperation and hard work of all parties, including the Education Department, the teachers and students.

“I hope everyone will continue their hard work and dedication so that the results will continue to improve in the coming years,” she said.

Towards further improving the academic performance in Sabah, she said the department has introduced several initiatives, including a five-year strategic plan dubbed SPEED (Smart Planning Enhanced Education Dynamic) which will be implemented until 2016.

In addition, she said the department has also launched Academic Excellence Revolution and Amal Kewajipan Untuk Negara (AKUN) at the end of last year.

by Murib Morpi.

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KUALA LUMPUR: More than 98% of the candidates who took the Science, Mathematics and Computing subjects in the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) examination last year answered in English.

Malaysian Examinations Council (MEC) chairman Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Noh Dalimin said there was a 1% increase of those choosing to answer the questions in English compared to 97.1% in 2010 and 97.5% in 2009.

“Although Mathematics S, Mathematics T, Further Mathematics T, Computing, Physics, Chemistry and Biology are taught in English in Form Six, candidates are offered the option of answering either in English or Bahasa Malaysia,” he said when announcing the analysis of the STPM 2011 results yesterday.

Prof Mohd Noh, who is the vice-chancellor of Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, said the number of candidates who obtained 5A’s had increased to 12 compared to eight.

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