PUTRAJAYA, 1 Nov 2017:
A total of 443,883 candidates will sit for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) written examination from Monday Nov 6 to Dec 4, the Education Ministry said.
It said in a statement the candidates would sit for the examination at 3,363 centres throughout the country, and that 35,341 invigilators had been selected to conduct the examination.
Of the 443,883 candidates, 87% are from government schools, government-aided schools and government-aided religious schools, 1.9% from schools under agencies besides the Education Ministry, 1.9% from state religious secondary schools, 0.4% from people’s religious secondary schools, 3.4% from private schools registered with the Education Ministry and 5.4% private candidates.
“The Examinations Syndicate reminds all candidates to refer to the examination time-table for information on the examination times as well as the directives to be adhered to during the examination.
“The time-table can be downloaded from the Examinations Syndicate website at lp.moe.gov.my.”
The ministry said the candidates are reminded to bring along their identity cards to the examination centres.
– Bernama