STPM: Students express happiness over examination results

The social media was abuzz today with many STPM students expressing their happiness over the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) results which was released today.

The results showed an increase in several aspects, including the number of candidates obtaining ‘As’ and overall pass percentage.

STPM result with 3.33 was satisfying. Happy with the fact that I PASS CHEMISTRY!!! They are the oneshttps://t.co/vLaCJn4Ugd
— URTHESUN (@willis_SOL) March 2, 2015

alhamdulillah. My stpm result werent that bad. Im happy with it. Debaran ku dah habis. Esok gewd luck adik adik spm/p>— Myaa Abu Kasim (@MyaaMyara) March 2, 2015

I ACHIEVED MY STPM TARGET!!! HAHAAAA SO HAPPY
— inggg (@BernadetteChong) March 2, 2015

Tbh I've never been happy with my PMR or SPM results. But I'm so proud to say that STPM was my best #STPM2014
— Darkbloom ° (@kavenia_) March 2, 2015

Ahaks , congrats to all of my friends yg ambik result STPM hari ni https://t.co/eCb0Q8jUSG
— suehaaahadi (@Norasuha1) March 2, 2015

The 'STPM' keyword continued to flood Twitter timeline and became among the main topics since the announcement of the results.

The Malaysian Examination Council (MEC) President Professor Datuk Dr Mohd Noh Dalimin said the percentage of students passing the 2014 STPM examination result had increased from 96.85 percent in 2013 to 97.81 percent last year.

Noh also said that the achievement gap between rural and urban students have also reduced which is 2.64 urban compared to 2.54 rural students.