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2018 STPM Results: Better overall performance, says Examinations Council chair

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Nur Syahidah Hassan, 20, (middle) celebrated with colleagues after receiving her results decision at Sultan Zainal Abidin Religious High School. Photos by Bernama
Fatmaruhani Ibrahim (centre) with the students of Zainab National Secondary School, Kota Baharu show off their CGPA results of 4.0 after the announcement of the STPM results at their school today.

SERI KEMBANGAN: The 2018 Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (STPM) recorded better results with a 2.80 national cumulative grade point average (CGPA) score, as compared to 2.76 in 2017, said Malaysian Examinations Council chairman Prof Datuk Dr Zul Azhar Zahid Jamal.

He said the results showed improvement in all the criteria used to gauge the achievement as compared to the previous year.

“A total of 666 candidates of the 2018 STPM obtained a CGPA of 4.00, which was an increase of 0.42 per cent from the 485 candidates in 2017.

Muhammad Saniy Samsudin, 21 (front third left) with other outstanding students celebrate achieving CGPA of 4.0 at College Sultan in Kedah today.

“What’s more encouraging is that 489 of the 666 candidates or 73.42 per cent who scored CGPA of 4.00 are from the B40 group,” he said when announcing the analysis of the results here today.

He said the number and percentage of candidates who obtained a CGPA of 3.50 and above also increased to 7,129 candidates (16.63 per cent) from 6,408 candidates (14.89 per cent) in 2017.

Zul Azhar said the number and percentage of candidates who obtained 5As and 4As also increased from 521 candidates in 2017 to 673 candidates in the 2018 STPM examination.

Negeri Sembilan Education Director Datuk Pkharuddin Ghazali (centre) with students of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Sheikh Hj Mohd Said at the press conference following the announcement of the STPM 2018 results today. Also present were deputy education director of Negeri Sembilan, Md Fiah Md Jamin and SHAM principa Nori Ab Hak.

“The number exceeds the 666 candidates who scored CGPA of 4.00 because seven candidates failed to score an A in General Studies,” he said.

In general he said, all 22 subjects offered in the 2018 STPM recorded full pass of more than 70 per cent with Grade C and above.

Three subjects namely Biology, Physics and Information and Communication Technology (ICT), showed full pass increase by over three per cent as compared to 2017.

Zul Azhar added that 20 outstanding students have been selected to receive a special award, adding that this year MEC would also present awards to honour an Orang Asli student, five tops students from the B40 group, one critically ill and three special students. – Bernama

Nur Syahidah Hassan, 20, (middle) celebrated with colleagues after receiving her results decision at Sultan Zainal Abidin Religious High School. Photos by Bernama

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