PMR 2008 Results Analysis

Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) results were announced today, and I guess today is a happy/despair there for those 400,000+ students who took the test in 2008.

Synthesizing the results from Sin Chew Jit Poh night edition, I would try to make some analysis of the results.

In terms of % of students getting As in each subject, it shows a positive trend for most subjects (Ranked based on % increase/decrease compared to last year):-
Punjabi Language - Up by 13.1% (43.1% to 56.2%)
Islamic Studies - Up by 4.5% (22.0% to 26.5%)
Mathematics - Up by 3.5% (22.1% to 25.6%)
Bahasa Malaysia - Up by 2.5% (23.8% to 26.3%)
Arabic - Up by 1.4% (20.7% to 22.1%)
History - Up by 1.1% (15.4% to 16.5%)
English Language - Up by 1.1% (15.3% to 16.4%)
Iban Language - Up by 1.0% (29.0% to 30.0%)
Tamil Language - Up by 1.0% (18.2% to 19.2%)
Science - Up by 0.8% (16.4% to 17.2%)
Living Skills (Technical) - Up by 0.7% (29.4% to 30.1%)
Mandarin - Up by 0.2% (23.3% to 23.5%)
Geography - Up by 0.2% (16.0% to 16.2%)
Living Skills (Family) - Down by 0.2% (27.4% to 27.2%)
Living Skills (Commerce) - Down by 0.7% (29.4% to 28.7%)

If it is ranked by % of students who get A in each subject:-
Punjabi Language - 56.2%
Living Skills (Technical) - 30.1%
Iban Language - 30.0%
Living Skills (Commerce) - 28.7%
Living Skills (Family) - 27.2%
Islamic Studies - 26.5%
Malay Language - 26.3%
Mathematics - 25.6%
Mandarin - 23.5%
Arabic - 22.1%
Tamil Language - 19.2%
Science - 17.2%
History - 16.5%
English Language - 16.4%
Geography - 16.2%

In terms of % increase/decrease for students who passed:-
English Language - Up by 3.6% (71.2% to 74.8%)
Punjabi Language - Up by 2.5% (94.8% to 97.3%)
Mathematics - Up by 1.5% (85.8% to 87.3%)
Tamil Language - Up by 1.1% (74.5% to 75.6%)
Islamic Studies - Up by 1.0% (91.8% to 92.8%)
Bahasa Malaysia - Up by 0.3% (93.2% to 93.5%)
Living Skills (Commerce) - Up by 0.2% (94.7% to 94.79%)
Mandarin - Unchanged (87.1% to 87.1%)
Living Skills (Family) - Down by 0.2% (96.5% to 96.3%)
Science - Down by 0.4% (90.8% to 90.4%)
Living Skills (Technical) - Down by 1.1% (94.3% to 93.2%)
Iban Language - Down by 1.8% (94.5% to 92.7%)
History - Down by 2.5% (94.4% to 91.9%)
Geography - Down by 3.1% (94.3% to 91.2%)
Arabic - Down by 3.4% (85.5% to 82.1%)

In terms of % of students who passed:-
Punjabi Language - 97.3%
Living Skills (Family) - 96.3%
Living Skills (Commerce) - 94.9%
Malay Language - 93.5%
Living Skills (Technical) - 93.2%
Islamic Studies - 92.8%
Iban Language - 92.7%
History - 91.9%
Geography - 91.2%
Science - 90.4%
Mathematics - 87.3%
Mandarin - 87.1%
Arabic - 82.1%
Tamil Language - 75.6%
English Language - 74.8%

In terms of Urban vs Rural, unfortunately for all subjects, urban students still do better than rural students, although the gap seems to be getting closer over the years.

Below is sorted by % of difference in gap between % of students in urban and rural areas in getting As, starting from the smallest gap:-
Living Skills (Agriculture) - 2.1% (15.8% vs 13.7%)
Living Skills (Technical) - 4.3% (31.4% vs 27.1%)
Malay Language - 5.6% (28.2% vs 22.6%)
Living Skills (Family) - 7.5% (29.8% vs 22.3%)
Mandarin Language - 7.7% (24.7% vs 17.0%)
Geography - 8.2% (19.2% vs 11.0%)
History - 8.9% (19.7% vs 10.8%)
Living Skills (Commerce) - 11.0% (31.8% vs 20.8%)
Science - 11.7% (21.5% vs 9.8%)
English Language - 13.4% (21.4% vs 8.0%)
Mathematics - 15.3% (31.2% vs 15.9%)

Whereas % of difference in gap between % of students in urban and rural areas in getting pass, starting from the smallest gap:-
Malay Language - (-0.9%) (93.0% vs 93.9%)
Living Skills (Technical) - (-0.4%) (93.0% vs 93.4%)
Geography - 0.2% (91.2% vs 91.0%)
Science - 0.3 (90.4% vs 90.1%)
Living Skills (Family) - 0.6% (96.5% vs 95.9%)
Living Skills (Agriculture) - 1.0% (92.4% vs 91.4%)
History - 1.2% (92.3% vs 91.1%)
Living Skills (Commerce) - 2.1% (95.4% vs 93.3%)
Mathematics - 3.7% (88.6% vs 84.9%)
Mandarin Language - 5.2% (87.9% vs 82.7%)
English Language - 11.9% (79.1% vs 67.2%)

On another analysis, % of students who get As or Bs (from highest percentage to lowest):-
Punjabi - 82.3%
Iban Language - 64.7%
Malay Language - 61.0%
Islamic Studies - 56.0%
Living Skills (Technical) - 52.2%
Living Skills (Commerce) - 51.8%
Living Skills (Family) - 49.9%
Mandarin - 49.6%
Living Skills (Agriculture) - 42.4%
Tamil - 38.8%
Mathematics - 38.3%
History - 37.9%
Arabic - 36.8%
Science - 34.9%
English Language - 34.7%
Geography - 29.2%

For % of students who get As, Bs or Cs (from highest percentage to lowest):-
Punjabi - 94.6%
Iban Language - 87.3%
Living Skills (Family) - 82.5%
Living Skills (Technical) - 80.4%
Islamic Studies - 80.1%
Malay Language - 79.1%
Living Skills (Commerce) - 79.1%
Living Skills (Agriculture) - 70.7%
Mandarin - 64.9%
Geography - 60.9%
Tamil - 60.0%
History - 59.4%
Arabic - 59.4%
Mathematics - 54.8%
Science - 52.8%
English Language - 52.6%

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