PUTRAJAYA: The Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2025 results saw declines in most core and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects, despite overall improvement among candidates.
Education director-general Datuk Dr Mohd Azam Ahmad said performance in core subjects weakened overall, with four out of seven subjects – Bahasa Melayu (BM), Moral Studies, History and Science – recording declines.
“BM saw its performance drop by 0.13 points to 3.85, compared to 3.72 in 2024,” he said when announcing the SPM 2025 results analysis yesterday.
A lower score indicates better performance.
He said elective STEM subjects, including Pure Sciences and Additional Mathematics, recorded declines ranging from 0.02 to 0.15 points.
These were among the 29 subjects that recorded declines.
Overall, performance improved in 63 out of 95 subjects while three remained unchanged.
Mohd Azam said Applied Science and Technology electives showed more positive results with eight out of 12 subjects improving.
“Electrical and Electronic Engineering studies recorded the highest improvement of 1.64 points to 2.01, compared to 3.65 in 2024,” he said.
Vocational STEM elective subjects also showed encouraging gains with 16 out of 22 subjects improving while Humanities and Professional Literature electives saw 11 out of 12 subjects record better performance.
However, the number of candidates achieving straight A grades saw a slight decline.
Mohd Azam said a total of 13,779 candidates or 3.55% obtained excellent results with grades of A+, A- or A in all subjects, compared to 13,827 candidates (3.65%) in 2024.
“But the number of candidates who scored A+ in all subjects rose to 376, up from 352 in the previous year.
“Some 92,347 candidates (23.76%) secured at least a credit (grade C) in all subjects, an improvement from 86,040 candidates (22.73%) in 2024.
“The number of candidates who passed all subjects also increased with 141,728 candidates (36.47%) obtaining at least a grade E, compared to 136,791 (36.13%) previously,” he added.
He also said the National Average Grade improved to 4.42 from 4.49 in 2024 – the best performance in five years since the introduction of the Standard Curriculum for Secondary Schools in 2021.
In addition, 366,435 candidates or 94.29% qualified for the SPM certificate, an increase of 10,502 candidates.
