53. National education system a success

More outstanding students produced as reflected by 27,668 PMR straight A students

total of 27,668 or 5.9 per cent of the 469,401 students who sat for the Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) examination last year obtained Grade A in all the subjects they took, compared with 4.5 per cent last year and 4.9 per cent in 2005.

Director-General of Education Datuk Alimuddin Mohd Dom, who announced the analysis of the results yesterday, said this showed that the national education system had succeeded in producing more outstanding students.

“This is in line with the government’s aspiration to produce more first-class human capital through education,” he said.

Alimuddin said 559 candidates obtained Grade E, denoting that they have not achieved the minimum level, in all subjects compared with 524 last year and 569 in 2005.

“This figure is very small compared with the total number of outstanding candidates,” he said.

Of the 968 disabled students who sat for the examination - five obtained Grade A and 23, Grade E.

Alimuddin said that in terms of command of language skills, 83.1 per cent of the candidates obtained grades A, B, C and D compared with 82.3 per cent in 2006 and 83.5 per cent in 2005.

“On average, the percentage of students who obtained Grade A in language skills was 21.0 per cent compared with 19.5 per cent in 2006 and 20.1 per cent in 2005,” he said.

On Mathematics, he said the percentage of students who obtained grades A,B, C and D rose to 87.0 per cent from 82.8 per cent last year.

A total of 25.5 per cent obtained Grade A in the subject compared with 22.3 per cent last year while those who obtained Grade E dropped to 13.0 per cent, from 17.2 per cent last year.

The percentage of students who mastered scientific skills in the PMR was stable at 89.1 per cent, from 90.2 per cent last year, while 17 per cent obtained Grade A, up from 16 per cent last year.

A total of 10.9 per cent obtained Grade E compared with 9.8 per cent last year.

Alimuddin said this showed that the teaching and learning of science and mathematics in English did not affect the students’ command of the two subjects and was in fact beneficial to them.

On the performance between the urban and rural areas in Mathematics and Science, he said although there was a difference overall, the gap was narrowing, especially for Mathematics.

He said urban candidates achieved 88.2 per cent this year compared with 84.5 per cent last year while in the rural areas, the success rates were 84.5 per this year and 79.2 per cent last year.

For Science, he said, the data showed that there was no discernable difference between the performance of students in the two areas this year with 89.4 per cent passes in the urban areas and 88.2 per cent in the rural areas.

— Bernama 28/12/07

Sarawak - 1,524 pelajar dapat A semua subjek, peningkatan seramai 274 orang berbanding 1,250 tahun lepas

Seramai 1,524 pelajar sekolah menengah kebangsaan yang menduduki Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) tahun ini mendapat A dalam semua mata pelajaran yang diambil.

Pengarah Pelajaran Sarawak Dr Julaihi Bujang menerusi kenyataan akhbar di sini semalam memberitahu, ia merupakan peningkatan seramai 274 orang berbanding 1,250 pada tahun lepas.

Seramai 36 pelajar mendapat 9A pada PMR 2007 berbanding 29 tahun lepas, manakala 927 orang mendapat 8A berbanding 847 pada 2006, dan 561 orang memperolehi 7A pada tahun ini berbanding 374 pada tahun lalu.

“Lima sekolah mencapai 100 peratus penguasaan minimum D bagi semua mata pelajaran diambil iaitu Sekolah Menengah Sains Kuching, Sekolah Menengah Sains Miri, Kolej Tun Datuk Patinggi Tuanku Haji Bujang Miri, Maktab Rendah Sains MARA Kuching dan sebuah sekolah swasta, iaitu Sekolah Menengah Pei Min Miri,” katanya.

PMR 2007 menyaksikan se-ramai 42,147 calon di Sarawak menduduki peperiksaan berkenaan. Daripada jumlah itu, 41,387 merupakan calon sekolah menengah kebangsaan, sementara 605 merupakan calon sekolah swasta dan 128 adalah Maktab Rendah Sains MARA, serta 27 orang ialah calon persendirian.

Julaihi berkata lagi, dari segi mata pelajaran, peratusan pelajar Sarawak yang mendapat A menunjukkan peningkatan ketara menerusi tujuh mata pelajaran.

Tahun ini, peratusan pelajar mendapat A bagi Bahasa Melayu ialah 19.22 peratus berbanding 16.92 peratus pada tahun lepas. Mata pelajaran Sejarah pula, 12.03 peratus berbanding 11.06 peratus. Pendidikan Islam 15.84 peratus berbanding 15.46 peratus. Matematik, 19.40 peratus berbanding 17.91 peratus, manakala Sains 13.29 peratus berbanding 11.91 peratus.

Manakala bagi Kemahiran Hidup Satu, seramai 30.64 pe-ratus pelajar mendapat A pada tahun ini berbanding 28.03 peratus, dan bagi Kemahiran Hidup Dua, 9.17 peratus pada 2007 berbanding 9.11 peratus pada tahun lepas.

“Pada keseluruhannya seramai 25,085 calon PMR 2007 Sarawak mencapai tahap penguasaan minimum D bagi semua mata pelajaran diambil berbanding 22,490 calon pada tahun 2006,” katanya.

bp28/12/07