Kedah boasts 22 high achievers

Chua Xin Rou (left) of SMJK Keat Hwa, Alor Setar who scored 12A and emerged as the top student in Kedah in happy mood showed her result slip to her father Chua Kim Chuan,58, (right) and mother Jan Gay Ling, (centre) after obtained 2015 SPM result slip from Exco member Datuk Tajul Urus Mat Zain at SMK Sultanah Asma in Alor Setar, Kedah yesterday.(Captioned by photographer G.C.TAN / THE STAR- 3rd March 2016)

THE number of Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia candidates who obtained Grade A or excellent in all subjects in Kedah has declined from 484 students in 2014 to 446 last year.

State Education Department director Datuk Azuyah Hassan said the drop was 0.09% or 38 candidates.