KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 – A total of 478,848 pupils are sitting for the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) examination over the next three days from Tuesday at 8,268 centres in the country.
Some 469,882 of the pupils are candidates at government and government-aided schools while 8,966 are candidates at private schools which use Bahasa Melayu as the medium of instruction.
Up to 49,117 invigilators have been appointed to ensure smooth conduct of the examination, said a spokesman of the Malaysian Examinations Board.
In KUALA LUMPUR, 21,965 pupils are sitting for the examination at 247 centre in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, said a spokesman of the federal territory Education Department.
Three of these pupils are taking the examination at the Paediatrics Institute of the Kuala Lumpur Hospital as they are unwell and under treatment.
A spokesman of the hospital said the two male and one female students were sitting for the examination under the school-in-hospital programme at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital.
In TERENGGANU, 22,359 pupils, comprising 21,521 candidates of national schools, 434 candidates of national type Chinese schools and 404 candidates of private schools in the state, are sitting for the examination.
Terengganu education director Zakaria Husin said the state had made available 381 centres and 1,988 invigilators.
“A total of 183 candidates with special needs are being given special examination papers, such as in Braille and with larger print,” he said.
He said that eight centres had been set up in hospitals in the state for pupils undergoing treatment for ailments.
In MELAKA, 14,053 pupils from 239 schools are sitting for the examination.
They comprise pupils from 143 national schools, 65 national type Chinese schools, 21 national type Tamil schools, seven government religious primary schools and three private religious primary schools.
State Education, Higher Education, Science and Technology, Green Technology and Innovation Committee chairman Datuk Md Yunos Husin said 80 of the pupils were candidates with special needs.
A total of 244 centres and 1,420 invigilators had been made available for the examination, he added.
In JOHOR, 58,335 pupils from 906 government and private schools are sitting for the examination.
-BERNAMA
