Bandar Seri Begawan - The Ministry of Education through the Examination Department, yesterday issued the PSR 2012 results.

Out of 6,924 candidates who sat for the PSR examination, a total of 5,434 candidates or 78.48 per cent achieved a pass. Thirty schools -17 governments and 13 private - have successfully achieved a 100 per cent passing rate. Meanwhile, 27 schools have shown improvement of a percentage within 0.13 up to 40 per cent. Twenty-three schools also showed improvement as compared to last year's results.

A total of 485 candidates or seven per cent, have achieved excellent results by obtaining grade A in five subjects. Out of those numbers, a total of 162 candidates are from government schools.

The Ministry of Education has announced that for students who sat for the examination can obtain their result slips at their respective schools, while for the private candidates, they can collect their result slips from the Examination Department during office hours.

--Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin