More than 10,000 students with 10As or more in SPM offfered matriculation spots in last two years, says Fadhlina

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 4,932 students that scored 10As and above in the 2024/2025 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examinations were offered matriculation placements, says the Education Ministry. For the 2025/2026 intake, its minister Fadhlina Sidek said that 6,029 students were offered matriculation placements. She said that entry into matriculation programmes was based on meritocracy, with 90%...

All students with 10As, including A-, in SPM 2024 will get matriculation spots

PETALING JAYA: All students who achieved 10As and above in the 2024 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination will be granted a place in the matriculation programme, regardless of race and background, says the Education Ministry. In a statement Wednesday (June 25), the ministry said that the Cabinet had agreed that all students with 10As and above,...

Many straight-A students not getting matriculation spots, claims Dr Wee

PETALING JAYA: High-achievers have still failed to obtain spots in the matriculation programme, says Datuk Dr Seri Wee Ka Siong. "It is truly heartbreaking when my office and the person in charge at MCA Youth received calls from helpless parents of those who failed to make it to the matriculation programme today. "When the appeal results were...

Meritocracy in matriculation student intake, says Anwar

PUTRAJAYA: There will be meritocracy in the intake of Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) holders continuing their studies at the matriculation level, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. "We have chosen a path that we believe is fair and reasonable. If they (the students) are citizens and residents of Malaysia, we must support them, but we...