Goh (fourth right) and Oong Bon Hok (fourth left) with KKHS top STPM achievers.
KOTA KINABALU: Kota Kinabalu High School (KKHS) has recorded 100 per cent passing rate in the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) for four consecutive years.
All 77 students who sat for the public examination last year, including 28 science students and 49 arts students, passed.
KKHS achieved a grade point average (GPA) of 2.79 and that was the school’s best record thus far.
Esther Chin May Shen is the school’s top student with 4As, while three others obtained 3As, nine received 2As and 17 with 1A.
The students who obtained 3As are Oong Nien Tze, Brian Chong Wei Khong and Laura Chong Min Sze. Those who obtained 2As are Ee Wen Le, Chin Fui Ting, Wong Chee Chia, Vivian Lee Yee Vun, Eleen Wong Yue Teng, Lee San Ting, Tsau Kah Yee, Kareena binti Awang and Yvonne Chin Yee Von.
KKHS fared well in every subject. Geography, Commerce and Arts subjects recorded 100 per cent passing rate whereas other subjects achieved a passing rate of 90 per cent and above.
The passing rate for General Studies was 98.7 per cent, Chemistry 96.4 per cent, Biology 92.9 per cent, Economics 97.0 per cent, Mathematics (T) 92.9 per cent, Chinese 86.7 per cent, Malay 83.3 per cent, Accounting 82.6 per cent, Physics 78.6 per cent and Mathematics (M) 58.3 per cent.
KKHS principal Ng Kim Huat said he was satisfied with the results and hoped that the students sitting for STPM this year would perform even better and make the school proud. He also thanked the teachers for their contributions and hard work in educating the students.
Meanwhile, vice principal for Form Six, Goh Boon Swee, said 35 of the 77 students had retaken the examination for the third semester and their results were not released yet. He believed the school’s GPA would be even higher once the results of the 35 students were announced.
