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SPM 2019 Dates
The SPM 2019 dates have been finalized by the Ministry of Education. (Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia)
SPM 2019 starts on Monday 14th October 2019 to Thursday 28 October 2019 overall. The exam may begin or end earlier for some students depending on the papers they are sitting for.
Previously in 2018, the SPM examinations was from 13 November to 13 December 2018. The SPM exams in 2019 has been brought forward to in view of the weather conditions so that the exams will not be disrupted in the states with heavy rain at this time of the year.
SPM 2019 Calendar
The SPM 2019 Calendar has also been finalized. The schedule is different for students from different streams and also depending on the elective subjects they are sitting for. When you look at the calendar, it is not easy to see the actual schedule, so we are analyzing how a typical schedule may look like for a science stream student for example. The arts stream students may select different subjects so we will not be doing an analysis for that. You can refer to the summary of papers students typically sit for at the end of this post.
Below is how the SPM 2019 Calendar may look for a Science stream student who also sits for Chinese paper.
Wednesday 16 October 2019
Bahasa Cina 1 (1 hour 45 minutes) - Morning
Bahasa Cina 2 (2 hours 15 minutes) - Afternoon
19 days break...
Tuesday 5 November 2019
Bahasa Melayu 1 (2 hours 15 minutes) - Morning
Bahasa Melayu 2 (2 hours 30 minutes) - Afternoon
Wednesday 6 November 2019
Bahasa Inggeris 1 (1 hour 45 minutes) - Morning
Bahasa Inggeris 2 (2 hours 15 minutes) - Afternoon
Thursday 7 November 2019
Mathematics 1 (1 hour 15 minutes) - Morning
Mathematics 2 (2 hours 30 minutes) - Afternoon
5 days break....
Wednesday 13 November 2019
Pendidikan Moral 1 (2 hours 30 minutes) - Morning
Thursday 14 November 2019
Additional Mathematics 1 (2 hours) - Morning
Additional Mathematics 2 (2 hours 30 minutes) - Afternoon
3 days break....
Monday 18 November 2019
Sejarah 1 (1 hour) - Morning
Sejarah 2 (2 hours 30 minutes) - Morning
Tuesday 19 November 2019
Sejarah 3 (3 hours) - Afternoon
1 day break.....
Thursday 21 November 2019
Chemistry 1 (1 hour 15 minutes) - Morning
Chemistry 2 (2 hours 30 minutes) - Morning
Chemistry 3 (1 hour 30 minutes) - Afternoon
3 days break....
Monday 25 November 2019
Biology 1 (1 hour 15 minutes) - Morning
Biology 2 (2 hours 30 minutes) - Morning
Biology 3 (1 hour 30 minutes) - Afternoon
1 day break.....
Wednesday 27 November 2019
Physics 1 (1 hour 15 minutes) - Morning
Physics 2 (2 hours 30 minutes) - Morning
Physics 3 (1 hour 30 minutes) - Afternoon
Here's a summary of some of the popular papers students typically sit for. There are many other papers not included in this summary. Please refer to the full schedule here for the full SPM 2019 calendar.
14 October - English for Science Technology 1 & 2
15 October - Pendidikan Seni Visual 1
16 October - Bahasa Arab, Bahasa Cina, Bahasa Tamil Papers 1 & 2
17 October - Geografi 1 & 2, Literature in English, Kesusasteraan Melayu, Kesusasteraan Cina, Kesusasteraan Tamil
5 November - Bahasa Melayu 1 & 2
6 November - Bahasa Inggeris 1 & 2
7 November - Mathematics 1 & 2
13 November - Moral 1
14 November - Additional Mathematics 1 & 2
18 November - Sejarah 1 & 2
19 November - Pendidikan Seni Visual Halus 2, Sejarah 3
20 November - Sains Komputer 1
21 November - Additional Science 1, 2 & 3, Chemistry 1, 2 & 3
25 November - Biology 1, 2 & 3, Perniagaan 1 & 2
26 November - Ekonomi 1 & 2
27 November - Science 1 & 2, Physics 1, 2 & 3
28 November - Prinsip Perakaunan 1 & 2
The exam starts on 5 November and ends on 27 November for a Science stream student who is not sitting for the Chinese paper. That's about 3 weeks and a total of 41 hours and 45 minutes of testing period for the whole exam. The Science subjects have long hours of 5 hours 15 minutes of testing periods per day.
The full calendar can be downloaded here from the Lembaga Peperiksaan website.
Good Luck to all SPM 2019 students.
What do you think of the SPM 2019 exam schedule?
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