Another good year 10 schools enjoy outstanding UPSR results in Penang

PENANG recorded improved Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) results with 16,132 pupils scoring a pass among the 23,629 who sat for it this year.

State Education Department deputy director Dr Sharifah Bee Aboo Bakar said 69.28% of pupils passed the exam this year compared with 68.55% last year.

“However, there was a decrease in the percentage of those scoring As in all the subjects.

“This year, 2,335 pupils obtained As in all their subjects compared with 2,752 candidates last year,” she told a press conference at SK Convent Bukit Mertajam yesterday.

She said 10 schools produced outstanding results. They were SK Permatang Tok Jaya, SK Convent Bukit Mertajam, SJK (C) Perempuan Cina, SK Bertam Indah, SK Minden Height, SJK (C) Kwang Hwa, SK Convent Green Lane, SJK (C) Hun Bin, SK Taman Senangan and SJK (C) Shih Chung Cawangan.

SK Convent Bukit Mertajam produced the best results among the national schools category while SJK (C) Perempuan Cina and SJK (T) Ladang Malakoff topped the Chinese and Tamil schools categories respectively.

Four special pupils obtained outstanding results.

Ho Hua Ze from SJK (C) Kim Sen received 6As and 1B while Juliana Ding Lian-Yu also from the same school obtained 4As and 3Bs.

Emirul Iskandar Haris Leong from SK Bandar Tasek Mutiara received 4As and 1B.

Marbel Ang Kau Lin, who scored 5As, said she could not afford to attend tuition classes but paid full concentration in the classroom.

“My mother is a single parent,” she said.

In Alor Setar, the overall passing rate improved by 2.19% to 68.13% from 65.94% last year.

“A total of 16 schools obtained 100% passes.

“This year also saw the gap between rural and urban schools narrowed. The passing rate was 65.74% for rural schools and 75.29% for urban schools,” Kedah Educa-tion Department Datin Azuyah Hassan told a press conference yesterday.

SJK (C) Keat Hwa (H) has 33 students with straight 7As.

Over in Perlis, state Education Department director Dun Kasa said there were fewer students with straight As this year but the number of candidates passing had increased.

A total of 34,623 and 4,029 pupils sat for UPSR in Kedah and Perlis respectively this year.