What is SPM?
The Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM), or the Malaysian Certificate of Education, is a national examination taken by all fifth-year secondary school students in Malaysia.
Equivalents:
O-Level
General Certificate of Secondary Education(GCSE)
11th grade in American's K–12 (education)
What is a compulsory pass subject?
It refers to subjects which all SPM candidates have to pass. If a student fails a compulsory pass subject, he/she is considered to have failed SPM. Students can choose to retake these subjects during the SPM Ulangan if they failed it.
Compulsory pass subjects
Bahasa Melayu(BM)
Sejarah(SJ)
What is a core/compulsory subject?
It refers a subject that must be taken by all SPM candidates. The only exceptions are Pendidikan Moral & Pendidikan Islam which depends on the students' religion and Science which is only compulsory for students in the Commerce, and Literature and Arts streams.
Core/compulsory subjects
| Code | Subject (Official name) | Subject (English name) | Examination language |
|---|
| 1103 | Bahasa Melayu | Malay language | Malay |
| 1119 | Bahasa Inggeris | English language | English |
| 1223 | Pendidikan Islam
(For all Muslim students) | Islamic Studies | Malay |
| 1225 | Pendidikan Moral
(For all Non-Muslim students) | Moral Studies (also Moral Education) | Malay |
| 1249 | Sejarah | History | Malay |
| 1449 | Mathematics | Mathematics | English and Malay |
| 1511 | Science
(For students in the Commerce, and Literature and Arts streams only) | Science | English and Malay |
