Braving the STPM route

The reputation gained by the Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (STPM) for being one of the toughest pre-university examinations to ace, is not without merit. It is tough. Still, there are students who decide to take the dreaded STPM route; they tell us why.

There were only 10 people in Jasmine Abdullah’s sixth form class at SMK Taman SEA in Petaling Jaya, Selangor – everyone else had left to pursue their studies elsewhere.