Berita Harian
Sekitar Keputusan PMR 2004:
11,283 calon di 11 negeri dapat semua A
Oleh Zulkofli Jamaludin, Sariha Mohd Ali, Hardi Effendi Yaacob, Mohd Hamizar Hamid, Mohd Azrone Sarabatin, Nazura Ngah, Norzilawati Abd Halim, Suhaila Ismail, Kamaliza Kamaruddin, Kamudin Baharom, Mustapha Ismail dan Azri Onn
SERAMAI 11,283 calon dari 11 negeri mendapat peringkat A semua mata pelajaran dalam peperiksaan Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) tahun ini yang diumumkan Pengarah Pelajaran negeri masing-masing, semalam.
Perak mendahului dengan 1,742 calon mendapat 8A, diikuti Pulau Pinang (1,331), Wilayah Persekutuan (Kuala Lumpur, 1,316 dan Labuan, 45), Negeri Sembilan (1,316), Sarawak (1,158), Johor (960), Pahang (923), Terengganu (954), Kelantan (847), Melaka (498) dan Perlis (193).
Di Ipoh, Timbalan Pengarah Pelajaran Perak, Mohd Yusuf Saidin, berkata daripada 40,125 calon yang menduduki peperiksaan itu, 24,122 atau 60.1 peratus daripada mereka mencapai tahap penguasaan minimum dalam semua mata pelajaran.
Katanya, dua pelajar cemerlang yang mendapat 8A, Muhammad Khairul Shahir Abd Hakim dan Mohd Ikhwan Ahmad Zhaki, masing-masing dari Maktab Rendah Sains Mara (MRSM) Grik dan Kolej Melayu Kuala Kangsar (MCKK) turut dipilih menerima Anugerah Cemerlang PMR 2004 peringkat kebangsaan.
Di Kuala Lumpur, Pengarah Pelajaran Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Noor Rezan Bapoo Hashim, berkata seramai 13,478 calon daripada 19,561 atau 68.9 peratus yang menduduki PMR tahun ini menguasai tahap penguasaan minimum.
Beliau berkata, daripada jumlah itu, 1,316 calon atau 6.7 peratus mendapat 9A, 8A dan 7A.Tiga sekolah terbaik di Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur lulus 100 peratus, iaitu Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Aminuddin Baki dan SMK Agama Kuala Lumpur, manakala lapan sekolah menengah harian melebihi 90 peratus.
Di Seremban,antara sekolah yang paling ramai calon cemerlang ialah Sekolah Datuk Abdul Razak, Sekolah Menengah King George V, Sekolah Menengah Agama Persekutuan (Smap) Labu, Kolej Tunku Kurshiah, SMKA Pedas dan SM Sains Tuanku Jaafar, Kuala Pilah.
Dua pelajar cemerlang iaitu Mohd Fathul Aizat Kamarizan dari Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Kuala Klawang dan See Sook Fui dari SMK Puteri, Seremban menerima penghargaan daripada Kementerian Pendidikan.
Di Kuantan, Pengarah Pelajaran Pahang, Ahmad Azmey Abu Talib berkata, pelajar Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Tengku Panglima Perang Tengku Muhammad, di Bandar Indera Mahkota, Afida Liana Yahya, yang mendapat 8A turut diumumkan pelajar terbaik peringkat kebangsaan.
New Straits Times
Higher score for English in PMR
By S. INDRAMALAR KUALA LUMPUR: This year’s Penilaian Menengah Rendah examination recorded a drop in the number of passes for nine out of 15 subjects, but there was a notable 2% increase in the number of passes for English.
The nine subjects (of which five are core subjects) that showed poorer number of passes were Bahasa Melayu (which dropped by 1.8%); Mathematics (7.8%); Science (7.5%); Geography (1.7%), Islamic Studies (0.9%), Living Skills III (0.5%); Chinese Language (0.5%); Punjabi language (1.3%); and Iban language (0.5%).
This is the first time in the examination’s 12-year history that more than 70% candidates passed English, of whom 33.3% obtained As and Bs. Education director-general Tan Sri Abdul Rafie Mahat said that the results in the English subject signified the success of the Government’s initiatives to improve English among students. “This is the first time we have recorded over 70% passes in English. It shows that all our efforts in improving the standard of English in schools have paid off. “I hope this continues in years to come and that the performance of students continues to improve,” he said at a press conference to announce the 2004 PMR results.
On the comparison between last year’s and this year’s results in other subjects, he said that the passing rate was “more or less the same,” with more than 90% passes obtained in most of the subjects.“We don’t want to compare this year’s results with last year's as we don’t want to worry unnecessarily about the percentages.
“In fact, from this year, we have decided not to highlight top-performing schools but the performance of individual students, both subject performance as well as overall achievements.“This is in line with the ministry’s aim of reducing the preoccupation with exams and results.
On another issue, Abdul Rafie confirmed rumours of changes in the format for next year's Bahasa Melayu and English PMR examinations.He said the ministry was preparing the new format and expected to unveil it in January.
A total 422,152 candidates sat for the examination from Oct 4 to 8. At the function yesterday, Abdul Rafie handed out certificates of excellence to 25 top performers who, apart from scoring straight As, also excelled in co-curricular activities.
