PMR 2011: 47 SMK Taman SEA students score straight As

PMR 2011: 47 SMK Taman SEA students score straight As

“I am proud of my students’ achievement. However we are not satisfied yet. We want more students to do well to beat the best schools.” said SMK Taman SEA principal Siti Masrah Napiah.

The feeling of joy and happiness are in the air for these students after receiving their Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) 2011 exam results this morning at SMK Taman SEA in Petaling Jaya.

The scene at the school hall of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Taman SEA in Jalan 21/37 SEA Park, Petaling Jaya was one of joy and happiness with the school’s Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) 2011 or Lower Secondary Assessment exam result achieving a better GPS of 1.93 (2.05 last year) with 47 straight As students (8A’s 20, 7A’s 27) compared to 38 (8A’s 19, 7A’s 19) last year.

This school being one of the nine high-performing schools in the Daerah Petaling Utama district, (total 83 schools) achieved an overall pass rate of 87.46% (91.41% last year).

Teachers sharing the students’ joy in the PMR 2011 exam results.

“I am proud of my students’ achievement. However we are not satisfied yet. We want more students to do well to beat the best schools.” said SMK Taman SEA principal Siti Masrah Napiah, who was transferred from Johor Bahru and joined the school in July last year.

The Gred Purata Sekolah (GPS) or School Average Grade measures the students achievement such as the numbers of A, B, C, D the students scored. A lower GPS with 1 point indicates better results than with 6 points.

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Ecstatic: SMK Taman SEA straight 8A's scorers (L-R) Tan Xiu Ling, Khoo Wei Ning and Ng Li Xin gleefully showed their PMR 2011 exam result slips.

“Last year our school produced the national top student (Pelajar Cemerlang Negara) with 10A+ in the SPM exam and we are really proud of his achievement.”

On advice for the students, she said: “I congratulate the students who got straight As and made the school proud, I hope they will continue to study hard to achieve top grades again in their SPM exam in two years times and for those who didn’t do so well, do not worry or feel despair because you can improve your result in SPM.”

Neshan showing off his good scoring result with his proud parents by his side.

On the issue of language to be used in Science and Mathematics subjects when these students go into Form Four next year, she said: “We will provide them the textbooks in both languages and if they choose to use English, they can return the textbooks printed in Bahasa Malaysia. I have no problem. I believe the students here prefer to use English for both the subjects.”

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Proud teachers: (L-R) SMK Taman SEA principal Siti Masrah Napiah (2nd from right) with (from left) science teacher Zainun Akmal Bt Abdullah, penolong kanan tingkatan 6 Yip Cheng Yue and discipline teacher Surita Kaur.

For school prefect Ng Li Xin who slogged five hours a day consistently everyday, her hard work and sacrifices paid off.

“I had expected at most 6As but getting 8As ia a sweet surprise,” said a delighted Li Xin whose ambition is to become a heart surgeon one day.

Do not forget the hard work of these teachers who helped the school achieved the improvement in GPS from 2.05 to 1.93 points in the PMR 2011 exam result.

Another student Wong Vui Yean who scored only 6As said she is satisfied with the result she got.

“I thought the Bahasa Malaysia paper was a little tough for me but it really prepared me for the subject. I scored an A for it!”

One for the album: The 47 straight As PMR students of SMK Taman SEA pose with their school principal Siti Masrah Napiah (centre, front row) and teachers in a group photo.

A total of 481,292 candidates sat for the PMR examination in October this year at 3,521 examination centres throughout the country this year.

For the first time this year, candidates can check their PMR results via mySMS 15888 which are activated from 10 am from today until midnight on Dec 28.

 

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Thomas Tan

Thomas Tan joined CJMY in 2011. At the second annual conference in Johor Bahru, he received the 'Best Article 2011' Award. To date, he has published over 1,000 articles on community events and various topics.