KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 — A total of 22,608 from the 185,082 primary five pupils who sat for the Ujian Penilaian Kelas KAFA (UPKK) nationwide from September 30 to October 3 obtained an aggregate of 8As.

Director-general of Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) Datuk Othman Mustapha said the number has decreased compared with last year’s total of 24,962 students.

“This decrease is due to the increased enrolment of about 4,000 students sitting for the exam and this is not alarming,” he said during a press conference while presenting the results at his office, here, yesterday.

Othman said the overall total of 185,080 or 99.999 percent of students passed while two students scored 8Ds.

He said the three states that recorded the highest 8A aggregate are Sabah with 22.85 percent (from 5,672 students), Malacca with 20.19 percent (from 7,015 students) and Terengganu with 19.11 percent (from 17,799 students).

Meanwhile, Othman said, for this year Jakim has allocated RM5 million to finance the purchase of teaching aids for KAFA classes. — Bernama