105 Top Students In 2006 SPM

PUTRAJAYA, March 13 (Bernama) -- A total of 4,311 or 1.2 per cent of students from government schools scored A in all subjects they sat for in last year's Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination.

Director-general of Education, Datuk Dr Ahamad Sipon, said the percentage was the same as the previous year's although 4,779 students had straight As.

"As for scoring A1 in all subjects, the increase was 0.1 per cent involving 918 (0.3 per cent) out of the 4,311 top students, compared with 945 (0.2 per cent) out of 4,779 students in 2005," he said when presenting the analysis of the 2006 SPM/Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia results at the Education Ministry, here today.

He said out of the figure, 105 students including five special students were listed as excellent performers. The other 100 had scored A1 in all their subjects.

Three of the five special students are Mohd Faiz Shuhaimi (deaf) of SMK Tun Habab, Kota Tinggi, Johor; Muhammad Raizan Ab Rahman (paralysed) of SMK Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor; and Syarnissa Ahmad Dahuri (visually impaired) of SMK Hill Crest, Gombak, Selangor. They had scored 7As.

The other two are See Jhuan Jiat (deaf) of SMK Sam Tet, Ipoh, Perak and Siti Hawa Apandi (paralysed) of SMK Seri Mahkota, Kuantan, Pahang, who scored 9 As and 5 As respectively.

Ahamad said of the top students, only Yeo Jie Ming of SMK Tinggi Bukit Mertajam, Penang managed to score A1 in all the 16 subjects he took.

On another student, Nadiah Amirah Jamil of SMK Tun Sardon, Batu Pahat, Johor, he said she was not considered among the top although she was earlier reported to have scored 19 As.

"Our evaluation is based on getting A1 in all the subjects they sat for. But Nadiah did not get A in all her subjects, so she was not listed.

Ahamad said overall, the students' achievements which were measured by their competence in seven main subjects, was satisfactory.

The subjects are Bahasa Melayu, English, Mathematics, Science, History, Islamic Study and Moral Education.

The number of students with A1-A2 was 16.6 per cent, B3-C6 at 36.1 per cent and D7-E8 passes at 26 per cent, while 21.1 per cent failed in their subjects.

Ahamad said 319,670 or 90 per cent of the candidates would get the SPM certificate if they got at least E8 in the Bahasa Melayu subject.

Of the figure, 22.8 obtained excellent grades (A1-A2), 44 per cent with credits (B3-C6) and 23.2 per cent with passes (D7-E8). Ten per cent or 35,329 candidates failed or had G9.

He said 265,611 or 74.9 of candidates scored at least E8 in the English subject, with 13.4 per cent excelling, 26.4 getting a credit, and 35.1 a pass. Those who had G9 made up 25.1 per cent.

Meanwhile, in KUALA LUMPUR, the number of government school candidates with A1 in all their subjects went up by 0.12 per cent from the previous year, with 112 or 0.6 per cent of the 18,175 candidates obtaining the grade.

Kuala Lumpur director of Education, Abas Awang, said 328 candidates scored A1 and A2 in their subjects.

Its top student is Nur Naqiuddin Safaa of SMK Taman Tun Dr Ismail who scored 13 A1s, while Chan Jo Ann of SMK Seri Bintang Utara, Lee Ling Yok of SMK Taman Desa and Gokilavani a/p Sekar Chandran of SMK (P) Jalan Ipoh, each scored 12 A1s to emerge among the excellent achievers.

The others are Tay Jun Hoe of SMK St John, Bukit Nanas, Elaine Ngiam Yee Ling of SMK Seksyen 5, Wangsa Maju and K. Muthu Viknesh of SMK (L) Methodist, who each obtained 11 A1s.

Abas said Sekolah Menengah Sains Seri Puteri emerged as top fully- residential school with 32.43 per cent of its candidates scoring A in all their subjects, SMK Aminuddin Baki (14.44 per cent under the controlled school category), SMK Seri Hartamas (6.05 per cent, day school category) and SMK Seksyen 5, Wangsa Maju (2.31 per cent, for all categories with potential).

In KOTA KINABALU, Sabah Education director Normah Gagoh who described the overall performance as encouraging, said 87 government school candidates or 0.33 per cent scored A in all their subjects, compared to 72 in 2005.

"Sixteen of them who sat for nine to 15 subjects, scored A1 in all their subjects, compared to 11 previously."

The state's top performer is Lu Yung Terd of Sekolah Menengah All Saints who scored A1 in all his 15 subjects, followed by Tan Ying Fei of SM Lok Yuk who obtained 14 A1s.

In JOHOR BAHARU, state Education director Jailani Rusni said six of Johor's 99 high achievers scored A1 in all their subjects, emerging among the nations' top performers in the 2006 SPM.

They are Lee Zhi Wei (13 A1s), Remina Doh Li Shen (14 A1s), Tan Chun How (12 A1s), Siti Munirah Shabudin (10 A1s), Chong Qing Joel (11 A1s) and Mohamad Fahrurrazi Abbas @ Ahmad (10 A1s).

Sekolah Menengah Sains Muar emerged top among the 10 schools that excelled in the examination in the state.

In KUANTAN, it was announced that seven of the state's candidates were listed among the nation'stop performers.

Among them were Ainul Madina Muhammad of Sekolah Berasrama Penuh (SBP) Integrasi Kuantan (12 As), S. Nirmal Raj of SMK Abdul Rahman Talib Kuantan (11 As) and Sheldon Ooi Ken Sern of SMK Sulaiman, Bentong (11 As).

Of the 20,344 candidates, 171 scored A in all their subjects, while 33 schools had 100 per cent passes.

In ALOR STAR, Kedah Education director Misrah Ibrahim said 45 of the state's school candidates obtained A1 in all their subjects, while 23 schools had 100 per cent passes.

The state's six top performers are Tan Chi Hau of SMK Sin Min (14 A1s), Tan Jiong Jian of SMK Chio Min (13 A1s), Chuah Weijian of SMK Keat Hwa (12 A1s), Surish a/l P. Shanmugam of SMK Ibrahim, Sungai Petani (13 A1s), Tengku Faris Tengku Azelan Shah and Muhammad Azmirul Muzammil of Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid, Alor Star, with 9 A1s and 12 A1s respectively.

In SEREMBAN, three of the state's top achievers are Victoria Yap of SMK Datuk Mohd Taha, Gemencheh, Siow Yi Huan of SMK Datuk Undang Musa Al-Haj Kuala Klawang and Khoo Chee Shin of SMK Gemas.

The others are Muhammad Faiz Moideen of Sekolah Datuk Abdul Razak, Kamarul Azahri of Sekolah Menengah Sains Seremban, Aainaa Kamila Baharuddin of Kolej Tunku Kurshiah and Tay Yiling of SMK Tinggi Port Dickson.

-- BERNAMA