STPM performance continues to improve under new format

Source: The Star
             3 March 2015

KUALA LUMPUR: The percentage of candidates who scored a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average (CGPA) in Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) 2014 has increased.

The 2014 examination saw a 0.91% increase or 390 candidates obtaining a 4.0 CGPA compared to 0.89% or 492 candidates in the previous year.

Although the percentage has improved, the lower number of candidates is due to a decrease in the number of students who registered for STPM last year compared to 2013.

Malaysian Examination Council (MEC) president Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Noh Dalimin noted a drop in candidates, from 58,355 students in 2013 to 48,615 students last year.

“It is a drop of 16.69% (9,740 candidates),” he told reporters when announcing the analysis of the STPM 2014 results yesterday.

He said the MEC would investigate the reason behind the drop, adding that the second group of STPM candidates who underwent the new modular format did better than the pioneer batch of 2013.

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