BUKIT MERTAJAM: A total of 82 Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) 2021 candidates from Penang scored a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.0.
State Education Department deputy director (district education offices planning and management sector) Wan Sajiri Wan Hassan said SMJK Jit Sin emerged the best school with 18 of its students scoring a CGPA of 4.0.
"The average CGPA for Penang candidates in STPM 2021 is 2.85,"he said during the announcement of the STPM 2021 results at SMJK Jit Sin on Thursday ( Aug 18).
Wan Sajiri said the state CGPA is better than the national CGPA in 2021 which was recorded 2.79.
He said a total of 2049 candidates sat for STPM in 2021 with 2048 of them being eligible for certificates.
He said a total of 11 schools in Penang achieved 100% results where all their students were eligible for STPM certificates.
Candidates can access their results online at www.mpm.edu.my or via short message service (SMS), where candidates can check by typing STPMMyKad NumberRoll Number and SMS to 15888, from 12.30 noon onwards.
Private STPM candidates will receive their results via email.
