Grading System for Malaysia Schools

“Is this part going to come out in the test?” Quite often you hear this from many students. When teacher hear this, they realize that students often consider scoring high marks and grades a higher priority than learning. It seems, for rather many students, securing a higher grade takes precedence over knowledge. Acquiring knowledge and learning career-related skills and other aspects needed to compete in today’s world does not become a priority. This fact, should make us reexamine the suitability of current grading system.

UPSR

Malaysia Primary School (Standard 1 – 6) Grading System
Gred Pemarkahan Sekolah Rendah (Darjah 1 – 6 ) Malaysia

Marks	Grade	Status
80 – 100	A	Pass
60 – 79	B	Pass
40 – 59	C	Pass
20 – 39	D	Fail
1 – 19	E	Fail
0	TH (Absent)	Fail

PMR
Malaysia Lower Secondary School (Form 1 – 3) Grading System
Gred Pemarkahan Sekolah Menengah Rendah (Tingkatan 1 – 3 ) Malaysia

Marks	Grade	Status
80 – 100	A	Pass
65 – 79	B	Pass
50 – 64	C	Pass
40 – 49	D	Pass
1 – 39	E	Fail
0	TH (Absent)	Fail

SPM
Malaysia Upper Secondary School (Form 4 – 5) Grading System
Gred Pemarkahan Sekolah Menengah Atas (Tingkatan 4 – 5 ) Malaysia

Marks	Grade	GPK/PNG Value	Status
90 – 100	A+	4.00	Cemerlang Tertinggi
80 – 89	A	3.75	Cemerlang Tinggi
70 – 79	A –	3.50	Cemerlang
65 – 69	B+	3.25	Kepujian Tertinggi
60 – 64	B	3.00	Kepujian Tinggi
55 – 59	C+	2.75	Kepujian Atas
50 – 54	C	2.50	Kepujian
45 – 49	D	2.25	Lulus Atas
40 – 44	E	2.00	Lulus (Pass)
1 – 39	G	1.75	Fail
0	TH (Absent)	–	Fail

STPM
Malaysia Pre University New Format of 2013 (Form 6) Grading System
Gred Pemarkahan STPM Baharu 2013 (Tingkatan 6 ) Malaysia

Marks	Grade	CGPA (NGMP)	Status
80 – 100	A	4.00	Principal Pass
70 – 79	A –	3.67	Principal Pass
60 – 69	B+	3.33	Principal Pass
55 – 59	B	3.00	Principal Pass
50 – 54	B –	2.67	Principal Pass
45 – 49	C+	2.33	Principal Pass
40 – 44	C	2.00	Principal Pass
35 – 39	C –	1.67	Partially Pass
30 – 34	D+	1.33	Partially Pass
25 – 29	D	1.00	Partially Pass
0 – 24	F	0.00	Fail