20 Students in Arakan Pass Matriculation Exam with Distinction

Sittwe: 20 high school students in Arakan State passed the 2009 - 2010 matriculation exam held in March with distinction, or Gold Marks.

The exam results were announced by the Burma Examination Board on 13 June, 2010, with 20 students noted as passing the test with distinction.

Six each students are from State High School No. 2 and 4 in the capital Sittwe, and six students are from High School No. 1 and High School No. 2 in Thandwe in southern Arakan. Two of the students are from the towns of Ponna Kyunt and Kyauk Taw.

In Burma, students planning to matriculate study six subjects - Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, English, and Biology or Economics. In each subject, the exam includes questions totaling 100 points. If a student can achieve a score of over 80% in all six subjects, they are given a mark of distinction.

According to a student source, 25 students in Arakan received marks of distinction in five subjects.

In the 2008 - 2009 school year, there were 20 students in the state that passed the matriculation exam with distinction.

In Burma's educational system, students who pass the matriculation exam with Gold Marks can enter professional colleges or universities, such as for technology or medicine, excluding the military college.

Although the number of students who passed the exam with distinction increased, the total number of students who passed the exam decreased this year.

Narinjara

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