Up to 60% of B40 students to get offer from fully residential schools

PUTRAJAYA: The student intake to the fully residential schools (SBP) starting from 2019 admission will provide more opportunities for children from the B40 family with anticipated offers of up to 60 per cent from the group.

The Ministry of Education (MOE) in a statement yesterday said starting next year, they decided to restore the SBP spirit in facilitating the potential students from B40 group, in line with the new government policy to help the underprivileged to receive quality education facilities.

“Hence, the intake will provide more opportunities for children from B40 family from the rural and poor urban areas as well as the children of the uniformed service members.

“MOE is committed to ensuring that students from the B40 group are given the best possible opportunity to receive a more orderly education in a conducive environment such as those offered in SBP,” the statement said.

However, the ministry added the selection process to enter Form 1 (2019) will also take into account several other factors such as the applicant's SBP selection, its enrolment capacity, the applicant's gender and locality. The statement mentioned for the 2019 intake, MOE had received 77,487 applications for SBP and out of the total, 21,841 had been identified to meet the basic qualifying requirements.

It added, among the requirement were a Malaysian citizen, obtaining the minimum level of achievement in the Primary School Achievement Test (UPSR), achieved the tolerance level (of 65 per cent) in SBP admission test (UKSBP) and achieved the merit in Physical Activity, Sports and Co-Curriculum Assessment and Psychometric Assessment.