The Education Ministry announced the rescheduled dates of major examinations, with the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM), to be held from Jan 6 to Feb 9, next year.

The SPM exam was supposed to be held from Nov 16 to Dec 7 this year, the ministry said in a statement today.

The new Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) dates, which were scheduled for November, were also rescheduled to Aug 12-18 this year for Semester 2, and March 1-9 next year for Semester 3.

The Semester 1 examination (2021 cohort) was moved to Feb 22-25 next year.

Meanwhile, the oral and written examinations for SPM Ulangan (SPMU) which were scheduled to be held from June 23 to 30 this year, were rescheduled to be held from Aug 17 to Sept 30 this year.

Session 1 of the Sijil Vokasional Malaysia (SVM) will be held on Aug 3-14 and Sept 28 to Oct 9 this year while Session 2 will sit for the test on Jan 18-29 and May 17-28, next year.

The oral test for SVM Bahasa Melayu paper was moved to be held from Nov 16 to Jan 6 while the written test will be on Jan 6 next year. The History paper will be held on Jan 7 next year.

The Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia (STAM) which was initially scheduled on Oct 21-28 this year, was postponed to Feb 17-25 next year.

The International Language Achievement Test was moved to Feb 4 next year while the Mata Pelajaran Aliran Kemahiran (MPAK) was rescheduled from Oct 5 to Nov 18, this year.

According to the ministry, the reschedule was made to enable students to have an adequate amount of time to learn and make preparations to sit for their examinations.

"The ministry has taken into account the need to reorganise logistics for the examinations including the detailed dates for the start of the school term for 2021, which will be announced later.

"The rescheduling of the start of the school session is important to ensure that the school term next year will proceed smoothly,” the ministry said.

On March 28, the ministry rescheduled centralised and other major examinations following the extension of the Movement Control Order (MCO) until April 14.

On April 15, Education Minister Mohd Radzi Md Jidin announced the cancellation of the Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) and Pentaksiran Tingkatan Tiga (PT3) examinations.

- Bernama

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