Your Many Options After SPM
Upon successful completion of 11 years of free education (6 years of primary and 5 years of secondary education), further study opportunities available in Malaysia to SPM-level school-leavers are abundant. They include:
Pre-university/Post-secondary Programmes
Form 6/STPM; Matriculation Programme of Ministry of Education Malaysia
(Form 6 is available at Government post-secondary schools and some private college while the Matriculation programme is available at the Ministry’s Matriculation Colleges and some MARA colleges )
The U.K. ‘A’ levels Programme; Australian and Canadian Pre-University Programmes; (available at private colleges)
Pre-University or University Foundation Programmes (available at IPTS)
Tertiary Education or Skill Qualification
Diploma/Integrated Programmes at Public universities;
Certificate/Diploma Programmes at Community Colleges or Polytechnics;
Skill Qualification at Skill Training Institutions (offered by Government agencies and Ministries as well as private sector other than Education Ministries/MARA);
Diploma in Teaching at Teacher Training Colleges;
Industry Apprenticeship schemes;
Certificate/Diploma/HND/External Examination Bodies qualification programmes at private colleges and private universities.
As most of the exam candidates are still waiting for their SPM results to be officially released in March, I would like to share with you the four typical ways to get into local public universities. Getting into local public universities is tougher nowadays especially the oldest University of Malaya. The critical courses such as medicine, dentistry and such would require a maximum of Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.00 while Arts courses needed 3.50.
The four typicalways to get into local public universities are:
SPM > STPM / Form 6 > Degree at public universities
SPM > Malaysia Matriculation > Degree at public universities
SPM > Diploma at public universities > Degree at public universities
SPM > Polytechnic > Degree at public universities