Belait Scores Best In PSR

Kuala Belait – Belait District scored the best results in the Primary School Assessment Examination (PSR) among the four districts last year.

The district's passing percentage increased from 87.37 per cent in 2002 to 92.34 per cent last year prompting its officials to mark the achievement with a thanksgiving ceremony on Thursday afternoon at the Sayidina Ali Secondary School.

Out of 640 students who sat for the exam, only 48 candidates or seven per cent failed.

In the district alone, eight schools achieved 100 per cent passing rates compared to five schools in the previous year.

A total of 91 students last year obtained five As and four As compared to 63 in the previous year.

In terms of subjects, there was an increase of 96.7 per cent in Mathematics compared with 91.53 per cent last year.

Dayang Khairunissa, 12, was among the pupils who obtained five As in last year's PSR.

She wished to become a doctor and attributed her success to doing her homework diligently and asking whenever she had a problem with her school work.

Similar techniques were being practised by Awang Mohammad Izwan who wanted to be a science teacher with the five per cent increase in the passing rate.

Belait District is the first district to achieve more than 90 per cent passing percentage.

The achievement was due to the efforts made by the Belait District Schools Department together with the principals and teachers as well the students themselves. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei 

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