Lol, arsen has a point there. Use the money used to send students overseas and upgrade our own Local University.

Then by that way they don't have to pull the * WE LET SMART STUDENTS STAY BACK IN THE COUNTRY * crap.

end of dispute!

10-subject cap for SPM from next year

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...5951&sec=nation

Thanks for the info.
Now, I hate Malaysia another thing more.

Why cant Malaysia use a better way rather than a easy & not effective way to solve a problems?

Malaysia ma..

stupid like this, i drop a hard subject then take general science.

Just make SPM tougher then.
Technically I think getting A's in SPM is over rated. THe answer is predictable, linear & constant througthout the years. Just practice past years hard enough will earn you a pass. Question is non-technical & non-practical as everything is in the books. Student will never get a surprise or shocked when approaching the question.

The question should be easy enough to make them pass but difficult to make them score As.
Technically the As are not sometime fixed at 75 or 80. If the general public done badly in exam it can be lowered even to 60. So is there a great satisfaction to get an A in SPM ? I think its already an expected outcome.

As if it would happen.
LOL..
The education system needs a change, in the end.

Can't imagine SPM has its system slightly changed just to accommodate JPA.
JPA very big is it..

lol government bodies lor, cause too much complains of jpa.

SPM 2010 max 10 subjects !!!

funny, my school already limited on subjects SPM students can take 10yrs ago! it was 10 btw.

another racial discriminating idea from the gov. vote for the opposition for changes

what makes you think the opposition will change the thing?

no politics here plz..keep the thread clean^^

This is so- called 头痛医头,脚痛医脚. The core problem which lead to the introducing of this is because of JPA scholarships. So, I see no way that there should be a limit in subjects taken because of JPA as this will also affects students who want to apply other scholarships. It's better to reexamine the conditions of getting JPA scholarships, like CGPA in STPM. The CGPA may not be printed in the SPM results slip but then is moderated in the terms of getting JPA scholarships. In this way, students who want to apply for JPA scholarships might rethink, while other can still go for it.

Again, a 16A1's students is definitely better than a 10A1's students, provided other conditions such as coccuriculum is the same because one is proven to be more A's while 10A1s students can get 16A1's is just an assumption. One might say that they both score straight A1's but much effort is given by 16A1's students. But then, there is high possibility that a 10A1's student is not able to score 16A1's if he or she take 16 subjects.

Making the marking system stricter as well as introducing marking system like SAM might as well be another solution. There might be complaints in first few years but then we will see the positive results in long term.


Sorry if my language is bad.

Well, if you read more, the article did said there is gonna be A+,A,A- and so on. So there will be quality A and not so quality A and we can easily see the difference in effort by these students.

So long as A+ is not dropped to 60 mark and above.

This post has been edited by misterpotato: May 28 2009, 10:21 PM

LOL, no change what..
A1 A2 becomes A+ A A-..
Unless they fix it say, 80% is A, anything lower than that cannot be A. Then that's standard, provided marking scheme is not too lenient.

Like I said, so long as they did not screw the mark over getting an A.

I think they should consider 95-100 marks also.

HAIYA.. DONT SHOW A OR NOT A LA.. next time jus show the mark.. if u score 80 also A u score 100 also A.. so wat the diff. abolish this damn system.. nex time ask how many percent u got.. not how many A u got.. easy for JPA to charge who is better tat way.. anyway 10 subject is more than enough.. y take so many anyway.. then u go to stpm u take 4 or 5 subject again? spm is totally overrated. try asking those who score 15a to go take some A level course.. i wanna c how they score.. all spoon fed nowadays.. teacher spot the question, giv student tips to study.. student now study not for the knowledge but jus to get A.. even get A also dont understand as they jus hafal..sien..

Malaysia boleh!

Now limit 10 subjects.........next year more applicant got straight A1s, then the scholarship dont know how to distribute again....and here comes another wave!