PUTRAJAYA, April 24 -- The increasing number of students working part-time jobs, especially at night in urban areas, has been identified as a major factor contributing to the rise in candidates failing all subjects in the 2024 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination.

This was revealed during a presentation of the 2024 SPM Results Analysis by the Education Director-General Datuk Azman Adnan at the Ministry of Education (MoE) here, today as reported by Berita Harian (BH).

Additionally, lack of focus on the learning process was also cited as a contributing factor.

Records show that 1,789 candidates, or 0.5 percent of those sitting for the 2024 SPM, have failed all their subjects, including Bahasa Melayu and History, and are therefore n...