Sarawak government achieves record revenue of RM12 billion

KUCHING: The Sarawak government has emerged as the top revenue earner among all states in Malaysia, generating a staggering RM12 billion in the previous year. Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas revealed this significant achievement during a recent national meeting on finance, where Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg and himself […]

95 students from Sarawak score CGPA 4.00 in 2021 STPM

KUCHING: A total of 95 students from schools throughout Sarawak scored a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.00 in last year’s Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM), says Datuk Dr Azhar Ahmad. Azhar, who is Sarawak Education Department director, added that the result showed an increase of 0.09 per cent compared to the 89 candidates […]

174 SPM 2021 top scorers rewarded

SARIKEI: A total of 174 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2021 high achievers from four schools in Repok received incentives. These are meant to motivate them to pursue higher academic achievements. Repok assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii lauded the efforts of educators from the four secondary schools in ensuring that students gain knowledge in the […]

Lodge National Secondary School jubilant

KUCHING: Ngu Khang Wei has done Lodge National Secondary School proud by scoring 9A+ in the 2021 SPM. The outstanding achiever, known for his great personality among peers and his teachers, obtained A+ for BM, English, Sejarah, Moral, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Mathematics and Additional Mathematics. This year, 12  high achievers of the school scored straight […]

Petronas awards sponsorships to 301 SPM top scorers

KUALA LUMPUR: Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) has awarded sponsorships to 301 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2020 high achievers to pursue their tertiary education at Universiti Teknologi Petronas and other leading local and foreign universities. More than RM120 million has been allocated for the sponsorship this year under the Petronas Education Sponsorship Programme (PESP). The sponsorship […]

Foundation presents educational aid to top student

KUCHING: Yayasan John Jinep (YJJ) and Pertubuhan Kebudayaan dan Perpaduan Kuching (PKPK) have contributed a total of RM5,000 to Aezzra Marvin Vincent, who will be furthering his studies at Merseburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany. The brilliant local 21-year-old, who achieved 10A+ in his Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM2020), will be undertaking a three-and-a-half-year course […]

Outstanding Bidayuh math student gets incentive

KUCHING: Bidayuh student, Aezzra Marvin Vincent, brought honour to Malaysia when he was recognised as the top scorer in the world for Mathematics by Cambridge Assessment International Education recently. Today, Aezzra, 21, received a RM5,000 education incentive from Assistant Transport Minister Datuk Dr Jerip Susil during a simple handover ceremony. Aezzra scored the highest mark […]

15 high achievers given incentive

MUKAH: Fifteen students who excelled in public examinations last year received study incentive here last Friday (Aug 7). Two students who excelled in STPM received RM100 each, while nine SPM scorers each took home RM80 and four PT3 achievers were given RM50 each. Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) chairman ASP (Rtd) Jamil Othman handed over the cash […]

20 straight As in SMK Batu Lintang

KUCHING: Twenty students from SMK Batu Lintang here scored straight As in last year’s SPM examination, as compared to only 16 in SPM 2018. Top of the list of high achievers is Agnes Tee who scored 10 A+, including the Chinese Language paper. There were 230 students sitting for last year’s SPM and the school’s GPS […]

32 straight-A scorers out of 167 candidates

KUCHING: St Joseph’s Private School here achieved a total of 32 straight-A scorers in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2019 results — the school’s highest record thus far. In this batch, there were 167 SPM candidates and they achieved a school average grade (GPS) of 2.85 and a passing rate of 98.8 percent. In 2018, […]