Royen’s hard work paid off when he scored eight As in the 2020 SPM and emerged as one of the top students in his school at SMK Nabawan. Meanwhile, Sabah Education Department director Datuk Dr Mistirine Radin said for the 2020 SPM results, 91.12% of urban students passed their results while 90.59% of rural students passed theirs. “This is a 0.53% passing rate gap compared to 2019’s 1.34% gap between rural and urban schools,” she said in announcing Sabah’s SPM results on Friday (June 11). Overall, Mistirine said the grade quality of SPM in Sabah was the best in four years at 5.34 GPN (state average grade). Out of all the 2020 SPM candidates, a total of 241 (0.72%) achieved straight As compared to 198 (0.59%) who achieved the same results in 2019.

Source: The Star June 12, 2021 03:45 UTC