The media took the wrong information. Those figures are just people who joined the survey.

Medicine intake was 71/199.

The real issue lies within STPM being the second class citizen.

Correct. But we all know STPM % will look sad.

What media reported is misleading. One with critical thinking will further question. In fact I checked the figure for my batch during my time, it was incorrect too.

The so called intake standard has 90% weight on CGPA and 10% weightage on koko.

CGPA:
Matriculation - Easier to score
STPM - Just ask anyone on the street. People will tell you it is hell.

Koko:
Matriculation students has more access to broader level of activities. Say if you represent the college, you are already state level, completed with support & transport.
For STPM, you start from district level.

Well, academic wise, you can grind damn hard can get 4.0, then the key differentiator becomes koko mark, which you don't have the chance to score. You time goes to transport & grind harder in academy, not much time left for the state or even national level competition.

In additional, we also have to see how many STPM & matriculation students applied for each course as different a viewpoint. We need to identify whether it is due to low amount of STPM applicant since STPM 4.0 is rare. Biology is hell.

The media took the incomplete STPM figure (or just those who took the survey?) as entire chinese, which is incorrect.


This post has been edited by kingkingyyk: Jun 27 2025, 04:55 PM

Correct. Alternatively be like SPM full A offer. The amount of STPM 4.0 student is not many, so government can instruct UPU to offer any of the selected course in the list by the student. As long as STPM score doesn't inflate like SPM, this scheme should work. You study extra 1 year but in turn get a special perk with 4.0, why not?