KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 — The nationwide Form Three Assessment (PT3) written test began on a smooth note today.

The four-day examination kicked off with the Bahasa Melayu and Mathematics papers and to be followed by English and Science tomorrow.

Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid in his Twitter account called on all Malaysians to pray for these students and he also advised them not to be very stressed during the exam.

A total of 20,518 candidates were sitting for the examination in 105 exam centres in the city.

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In Selangor, State Education Director Mohd Salleh Mohd Kassim said 76,850 students were sitting for the examination in 327 centres.

"A total of 327 chief invigilators have been appointed by the schools to ensure the PT3 test goes on smoothly," he said.  

In Negri Sembilan, State Education Director Rusni Ab Jalil said 17,530 students were sitting for the written test at 133 exam centres statewide.

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Meanwhile, in Malacca, Education, Higher Education, Science and Technology, Green Technology and Innovation Committee chairman, Datuk Md Yunos Husin said 13,631 candidates were sitting for the exam at 85 centres throughout the state.

He said of the total, 89 candidates were students with special needs and 12,929 were from schools under the Education Ministry.

In Kelantan, the Deputy Director of Education Jaafar Ismail said 31,374 candidates from 241 secondary schools were sitting for the examination including 38 special needs candidates.

"They comprise nine students who are mentally-impaired, hearing-impaired (14), physical problems (five), other impairments (eight) and visually-impaired (two), " he said in a statement.

In Perlis, deputy director of the Perlis Education Department, Azman Ghazali said 4,075 candidates, including seven with special needs, were sitting for the PT3 in 31 examination centres.

He said these included 3,793 candidates from 28 government schools, 142 from two private schools and 140 from Maktab Rendah Sains Mara (MRSM).

In Sarawak, 204 exam centres were opened for 39,657 candidates sitting for the PT3, comprising 182 in government schools, 13 in private schools, three in MRSM, three in juvenile schools and three in private centres.

The 38,237 of the candidates were from government and government-aided schools, 1,173 from private schools, 220 from schools under government agencies other than the Education Ministry, and the rest were individual candidates as well as religious schools.

In Sabah, Education Director Datuk Maimunah Suhaibul said 41,687 candidates were sitting for the PT3 at 245 exam centres. — Bernama