Let's celebrate Nur Amalina's success

Malaysia examination is no less "revolutionary". This is even more so, given that there seems to be a drastic decline in the number of straightA students in last year's SPM examination. This simple girl from a school hitherto unknown Ulu Tiram school has broken not only the record...

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Main Author: Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2005
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/33641/1/DZUL400.pdf
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Summary:Malaysia examination is no less "revolutionary". This is even more so, given that there seems to be a drastic decline in the number of straightA students in last year's SPM examination. This simple girl from a school hitherto unknown Ulu Tiram school has broken not only the record of previous SPM performances by scoring 17Als in one sitting, but more importantly shattered many mindsets across the nation. For a while at least, the national school system has been vindicated from the unhealthy scepticism that are unfairly heaped on them.