SPM: Making best results recorded in four years

By Long Deng Wen

PUTRAJAYA, March 23, 2011: 9239 candidates had obtained excellent results in all subjects for 2010 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) compared with 7987 candidates in 2009 also get the best in four years.

Director- General of Education Datuk Abdul Ghafar Mahmud said the results showed an increase in straight As to 1252 candidates. He announced the analysis at the ministry in a press conference yesterday.

Penang Chung Ling High School students celebrate after getting their SPM slips.

He said 363 candidates from government school included another 40 students from private schools or private candidates obtained A+ in all subjects, 49 more candidates compared to 214 in 2009.

He added that the National Average Grade had also improved to 5.19 from 5.34 in 2009.

SPM students were so excited when getting the results.

“I can’t believe that I can get 9 A+ and 1 B+ in my SPM exam and overall subjects had improved compared with trial”, said Lye Xin Yee student of SMJK Chan Wa, Seremban.

When asked about her way of study, Xin Yee said she give full attention in class and keep asking when she did not understand. 

SMJK Chan Wa student Lye Xin Yee, who obtained 9’A’s in her SPM exam, after getting her SPM result with her classmates.