QUOTE(amduser @ Jan 2 2012, 03:22 PM)
is their marking standard lowered, seriously i dont think those SPM candidate getting smarter nowadays, i can see most of the junior in my college are dumbtard
to be honest, only stupid will fail PMR and SPM, last time during my secondary school, the normal exam is even harder than PMR and SPM
Marking standard still same. Only different is total % that get pass/A/B. Let's say last year 10% get A in Biology , this year they let 10.5% get A in Biology. So we all see 0.5% improvement, right? All people happy about fake improvement including students, parents, teachers, schools, government.
In reality, quality of students drop every year. If you compare pass years exam papers, it's getting easier every year. Last time when we prepare SPM exam, we practice with previous 10~20 years real exam papers. It really getting easier over years.
In equation:
"easier exam" + "more %" pass/A/B = improvement.
Reality:
Increase A/B/pass quantity, Decrease student quality.
Pass PMR or SPM is not about how smart you are, it's about how hardworking you are. Smart students will require lesser time to get good result. Regular students can get same good result by study hard. Our school also has much harder exam papers than PMR/SPM, it's almost the hardest exam papers in Malaysia. So when we took PMR/SPM exam, it's like you play Easy mode in Battlefield 3 instead of Hard mode in school exam:D