SELAYANG: Improvements to the Form Six ecosystem are paying off, with the national cumulative grade point average (CGPA) for the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) continuing to rise, says Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek (pic).
“This shows that educational performance and quality will continue to improve through the ecosystem we have put in place,” she told reporters yesterday at the STPM 2025 results announcement.
The event also included an awards ceremony for the top STPM, Malaysian University English Test and Malay Language Proficiency Certificate for Foreigners candidates.
Among the initiatives introduced is the expansion of Form Six Colleges, with 99 Mode 2 schools and 502 Mode 3 schools currently offering Form Six education.
Fadhlina said 18 of the country’s 29 Form Six Colleges have also been equipped with smartboards to support 21st-century learning, while Form Six representative committees received RM50,000 to organise leadership activities.
Fadhlina also announced that beginning with the STPM 2025 cohort, top-performing candidates will receive full scholarships from public universities to pursue bachelor’s degree programmes.
She said each public university would offer one scholarship to a top STPM student.
Earlier, Malaysian Examina-tions Council chairman Prof Datuk Dr Md Amin Md Taff said STPM 2025 recorded improvements across several indicators.
A total of 1,336 candidates, or 3.5%, achieved a perfect CGPA of 4.00, up from 1,266 candidates the previous year.
The percentage of candidates scoring CGPAs of 3.75, 3.00, 2.75 and 2.00 also increased, while 60 candidates obtained 5As and 1,285 achieved 4As.
Prof Md Amin said 77.64% of candidates, or 29,616 students, obtained a full pass in all four or five subjects taken, an increase of 1.09% from the previous year.
He added that 99.96% of candidates, or 38,128 students, passed at least one subject and qualified for the STPM certificate.
A total of 38,144 candidates sat for all three semesters of the STPM 2025 examinations.
