45,054 UPSR candidates scored straight As this year

• A slight drop (0.54%) in students who scored As in all subjects in this year's Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR)
• Overall performance of UPSR candidates had also fallen by 0.01 point from a National Average Grade (GPN) of 2.30 last year

Results of this year's UPSR showed some minor decline in students who scored straight As (- 0.54%) and overall performance (- 0.01%).According to the Malaysia Examinations Board, the cause for this drop is still unknown and the State Education Department and schools will conduct a study on this later.A total of 517,139 candidates sat for the UPSR this year, an increase of 3.9% compared to last year's 497,691. Five hundred seven thousand and seven hundred eighty-three candidates were from ministry schools and 1.8% or 9,356 candidates were from private schools.According to reports, 286,930 candidates obtained good results this year with a minimum of C not including all As, a 1.49% increase compared to 269,021 candidates last year, while 17,251 more candidates were below the minimum level with all D or E or a combination of both, a 0.54% increase compared to 13,958 candidates last year.UPSR examinations were conduction nationwide on Sept 11, 12 and 13 at 8,284 centres, wherby 52,172 personnel were appointed for examination administration and 11,079 examiners were appointed to conduct the subjective papers.