Kuala Lumpur, Dec 19 – Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin conveyed his congratulations to the candidates who excelled in this year’s Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) examination, the results of which were released Thursday.
Muhyiddin, who is also the education minister, expressed his thanks to the parents and teachers for their toil and sacrifice that contributed to the outstanding results of the students.
“Congratulations to the students who achieved outstanding results in the PMR. Congratulations and thanks to the parents and teachers for their sacrifice and toil,” he said in his latest tweet.
Director-General of Education Datuk Dr Khair Mohamad Yusof, at a news conference today, announced that 30,988 or 7.33 per cent of the over 462,940 PMR candidates nationwide had scored Grade A in all subjects.
The result showed an increase of 0.41 per cent or 514 candidates over last year’s 30,474 Grade A scorers.
– Bernama
