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 When will SPM results out online?

 

  

With the news that SPM results for 2007 to be released on March 12^th, http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/3/3/nation/20080303203319&sec=nation there could be a great amount of excitement or worries for Fifth Formers awaiting their results.

It has been a tradition or a standard way for students to collect their results slip in the school on the day the results are released.

It is a question though as to when SPM results or others including UPSR, PMR and STPM can be checked online, via the internet.

From the local university where I have graduated, graduates could check results for every semester online and also register courses without being physically there.

There is not much information available from Lembaga Peperiksaan Malaysia’s website

http://www.moe.gov.my/lpm/index.php regarding SPM results even though it’s just less than a week for the results to be revealed.

It is also surprising that there is no English version for its website although their motto is “Peneraju Pentaksiran Bertaraf Dunia Menjelang 2020” which could be translated to “Assessment Leader of Global Standards By 2020”.

Probably by 2020 it’s so global that English is not the common language and everybody in the world knows every single language on Earth.

There was no announcement of the results release date on their official website except for rumours and where people wondered when is the exact date earlier: http://www.chanlilian.net/2008/03/03/when-is-spm-2007-result/.

The confirmation of date is finally announced via media:http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/3/3/nation/20080303203319&sec=nation

There is an online examination system at http://lpm.gov.my/ but it seems like the functions are for registration and not checking results. I guess there is a lot of room for improvement because this system was used since 2004?

In fact if they could just allow students to check online, I think it greatly helps (esp with the long holiday period after exam, Fifth Formers has got their own plans):

- those who are overseas

- those who are outstation working

- those who are not so comfortable with their upcoming results

- those who would like to have a sneak peek before getting the hardcopy result slip in school

I guess it will take some time before we can see something like “SPM results out online!”

Probably we should start with the English version website first?

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