Announcing the 2021 SPM Results report, director of Education Datuk nor Zamani Abdol Hamid said it was the first SPM to reinstate laboratory exams for science subjects after the implementation of the Standard Curriculum for Secondary Schools (KSSM) in 2017.
This means that in the 2021 SPM, the four subjects of Physics, chemistry, biology and additional Science will be restored to the laboratory examination of paper 3, instead of the original paper 3 written laboratory examination.
The SPM Mandarin test also includes a speaking and listening section, while the English test is based on the Common European Language Reference Standard (CEFR).
Nor Zamani said this year's results could not be compared with those of previous years because they were based on different evaluation criteria.
She said the SPM's national average score (GPN) in 2021 was 4.86, and the lower the national average, the better the performance.
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“55.29 percent (21,334) of the students received at least a passing grade in all subjects.”
She noted that 71,842 students, or 18.8 per cent of the total, got at least a ‘kepujian' last year.
A total of 129,796 students, or 33.96 percent, passed the exam last year.
125,464 or 32.83 percent failed at least one subject; The number of people who failed in all subjects was 1,655 or 0.43%.
In addition, since 2013, candidates have to pass in Malay language and history subjects to obtain the certificate. This year, 336,630 candidates, or 88.09% of the total, obtained the certificate.
A total of 407,097 students took the SPM last year, up 5,992 from 401,105 in 2020. 357,477 government students, 13,498 private school students, 18,497 private students, and other students from government agencies, state religious schools, and people's religious middle schools took the test.
