Iban Girl scores 6A in Chinese School

MIRI: Chinese composition is considered one of the most difficult UPSR subjects but an Iban pupil from SJK Chung Hua Lutong has scored an impressive ‘A’ in the subject, which has left even her teachers speechless.

Marilenancy Johnny scored an A, putting many Chinese students to shame, as she defied the odds in the toughest UPSR subject where the questions were particularly difficult this year.

Her classmate in Class 6B, Marini Wilson was another big surprise, scoring 4A’s that blew her and her entire school away as her previous results proved to be a wrong barometer.

Her teacher Wong Ding Niew was moved to tears as her student hugged her asking, “I can’t believe it. How did I do it, teacher?”

“I have never, never, in my wildest dream expected Marilenancy to score an A in Chinese composition because even Chinese students find it very hard to score an A, and I have to bring Marini out of hiding as she could not believe the news when she was first informed by her classmates,” the teary teacher said.

The other Iban pupils who obtained excellent results were Oliviana Richard Cherryline Alban Romeo (5A’s) and Leonardas Emai Jackson who scored 4A’s.

There was improvement in the passing rate of the school led by headmistress Angelina Lee Ik Ching with the full support of her teachers, where pupils were given tuition in school daily. She said the results would not be possible without the hard work, dedication and sacrifices of the teachers in guiding and pushing their pupils consistently, and she looked forward to continuing the momentum.

The school has been in the doldrums in performance where half of the pupil population is native, and the Chinese language has always proven to be the stumbling block for the school to excel.

Under the renewed style and methods of teaching and preparation for the public examinations injected by Lee, both students and teachers reaped the rewards of the right formula and their hard work as evidenced in the results this year.

Although the improved passing rate is still below the target set by the school, the teachers are already looking forward to next year to move up to the next level.

The school has one 7A’s achiever, 6A’s (1), 5A’s (6) and 4A’s (7).

The top performers are encouraged to continue to work hard and not get carried away in secondary schools, while those with less impressive results to work harder.

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