2008 PSR examination passes increase by
3.78 percent
The results of this year’s primary school
evaluation, PSR, show a rise in achievement by 3.78 percent compared to
2007. 5,976 pupils passed the exams out of the 6,729 students who sat
for them. According to the Ministry of Education’s Examinations
Department, the percentile of students that received passes in all five
subjects has also risen, with 619 or 9.2 percent achieving Grade A
results in all five subjects examined. 48 primary schools successfully
achieved 100 percent passes in at least 4 subjects. The results can be
put down to the hard work of teachers and principals who together
devised strategies to maximise learning and to help pupils in their exam
preparation.
Two government and eight private schools
achieved top results with most pupils getting 5 A’s. They were Chung
Hwa Middle School with 76 top scoring candidates; Saint Andrews with 61
candidates, followed by Seri Mulia Sarjana School with 47 candidates,
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Foundation School with 42 candidates,
Arabic Preparatory School in the capital with 35 candidates and Chung
Hua Middle School in Kuala Belait with 26 candidates.
Meanwhile, almost half of the students
undertaking the PSR exams at the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Foundation
School achieved 5A’s. Among the top scoring candidates was the
granddaughter of His Majesty, Princess Raheemah Sanaul Bolkiah. Senior
Academic Teacher, Dayang Hajah Hasnah binti Haji Jumat said the
Foundation School arranged a teaching strategy and planned exam
preparation especially for the weak students through individual coaching
and close monitoring of their performance.
The top scoring government schools in this
year’s PSR included Amar Pahlawan Primary School in Kampung Jaya Setia,
Perpindahan, Berakas where 9 pupils got 5 A’s, a contrast from last year
when only one pupil scored 5 A’s. The Headmistress of the Amar Pahlawan
Primary School, Dayang Hajah Norsiah binti Haji Md. Salleh said that the
vast improvement in this year’s PSR exam results was due to extra
classes in the morning and creative, fun learning, incorporated into
classrooms.
