STPM: 46,780 students get full pass, eight score 5As - A total of 46,780 students or 92.49 percent of the candidates obtained a full pass in at...

STPM: 46,780 students get full pass, eight score 5As

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 46,780 students or 92.49 percent of the candidates obtained a full pass in at least one subject in last year's Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) examination.

This is a drop of 0.06 percent compared to the 48,481 students or 92.55 percent of the candidates who passed in the 2009 examination, Malaysian Examinations Council Chairman Prof Tan Sri Dr Dzulkifli Abdul Razak said Monday.

He said eight candidates obtained Grade A in the five subjects they sat for compared to 15 candidates in the 2009 examination.

"Seven of these candidates were Science Stream students and one was an Arts Stream student," he said when announcing the results of the 2010 STPM examination, here.

A total of 50,576 candidates sat for the STPM examination from Nov 23 to Dec 16 last year at 760 examination centres throughout the country. - Bernama