A Special Treat For Poor SPM Results

I love the idea that the Education Ministry and the Human Resources Ministry had teamed up to figure out the best solution in order to help those who did poorly in the 2009 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM).

The objective of this plan is to ensure that these students still have the necessary skills that are vital in order for them to prepare themselves for the outside world.

At the 2009 SPM Excellence Awards, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is the current education minister, says that “The Education Ministry will not sideline schools which obtained less than encouraging results,” This would mean that everybody would have a fair chance at getting help.

At the event, Tan Sri Muhyiddin presented certificates of appreciation to 10 schools with stellar SPM performance. The school achievements were categorised as excellent, good, and satisfactory. He adds that this enables the principals of the respective schools to understand the position of the school and what is needed to be done in order to increase the performance of the students.

He also gave awards to 16 students with excellent academic performance. Four of which are with physical disabilities and two are from sport schools. He applauded and strengthens the fact that disabilities and sports are certainly not limitations or barriers in achieving excellence.

These students are indeed heroes and should be the source of inspiration for other students preparing to face their SPM examinations this year. Good luck!

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I would like to add that throughout all my years at school, I understood that the students whom failed their examinations-mostly have very personal issues and certainly are not daft. Some have money troubles, family problems and some were fairly distracted with unnecessary dilemmas. And at an age of 17, most of these teenagers do not know how to deal with such things and therefore gave up in their studies. All they need is the right guidance, another chance and a sense that someone out there still believes in them. How do you find diamonds if you don’t polish the stones? It is great that the Education Ministry realizes this and gives these distraught individuals a second chance at hope.