Education director-general Amin Senin says students scored better in Bahasa Melayu, English, Islamic Studies, History and Mathematics, but lower in Moral Studies and Science.
A total of 43,883 candidates sat for the SPM examination in 2017.
PUTRAJAYA: The 2017 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) results recorded a better national average grade (GPN) of 4.90 from 5.05 in 2016, Education director-general Amin Senin revealed today.
“Overall, the 2017 SPM results showed an improved performance by candidates,” he said at a press conference.
A lower GPN indicates better performance.
Amin said there had also been a marked improvement in 48 of the 73 subjects offered, and a decline in 23.
There was an improved performance in the five core subjects – Bahasa Melayu, English, Islamic Studies, History and Mathematics – but a drop in Moral Studies and Science.
In the Science and Mathematics electives, there was an improvement in Physics, Chemistry and Additional Science, with Additional Science recording the highest score at 0.36. Biology had the lowest score at 0.12.
Amin said all religious elective subjects showed an improved performance in 2017 compared to 2016, with Tasawwur Islam recording the highest score at 0.43.
In technical electives, the Home Economics subject recorded the highest score in improved performance at 0.34, while Civil Engineering Studies recorded the steepest decline of 0.29.
According to Amin, the announcement of the number of A’s obtained by SPM candidates last year will be announced by the education directors of each state.
A total of 43,883 candidates sat for the SPM examination in 2017.
Students in urban and rural areas did better this time, with an increase of 0.14 in GPN, at 4.75 and 5.22 respectively.
“The difference in the performance of candidates in the urban and rural areas remained at 0.47 in 2017, which is the same as in 2016,” he added.
A total of 415,008 candidates sat for at least six core subjects for the first time in 2017, with 85.2% of them eligible to be awarded certificates.
They comprised 90.2% candidates from schools under the education ministry, Amin added.
For special needs candidates, Amin said 621 or 62.5% of the 994 candidates were eligible to receive the SPM certificate, while 54.9% of them obtained the GCE O-Level certificate for English.
He said this year, the education ministry’s report also evaluated the 2017 SPM candidates on their ability to apply the Higher Order Thinking Skills (KBAT) in answering the examination questions.
Overall, he said, 66% of the 2017 SPM candidates were able to master KBAT.
However, he said analysing, evaluating and innovating skills were still at a moderate level. -Mkini
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