NEW FORMAT
Malaysia have a government pre-university provide for the local students which is Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) examination. It was known as the Higher School Certificate (HSC) in the past. Since 1982, the STPM is established and operate by Malaysian Examination Council, which also runs the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) since 1999. STPM is unlike with UPSR, PMR and SPM, which are all set and examined by the Malaysian Examinations Syndicate. However, those are all under the guidance of Ministry of Education. At the previous STPM system, known as the terminal system which similar to PMR and SPM, evaluate STPM candidates in one major STPM, examination at the final of the one and a half year of Form six study. Finally, after 29 years of terminal system since STPM inception in 1982, STPM is set to undergo a massive facelift from year 2010 onwards. To enhance the form 6 education programme in accordance with the Education Transformation Programme and as one of the approaches to fulfill the National Key Economic Area (NKEA), the new modular system will replace the terminal system for STPM. Besides that, examination results under the new STPM assessment system will be monitored by a representative from Cambridge Assessment to maintain standards and quality. The new STPM examination system enables students to score better because of the system of the examination the assessment and the new ruling. The first batches that use the semester system replacing the terminal system are the candidates who sat for the STPM last year. According to the information provided by the Sun Daily, with 497 of candidates who sat for the STPM last year scoring straight A’s in all subjects under the new format assessment did much better compared with 450 in previous year. As a result by interview some of the STPM makes the examination easier to score.
First of all, STPM with new system helps students to score better. This system