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Putra Jaya: A total of 443,883 candidates will sit for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) written examination from Nov 6 to Dec 4, the Education Ministry said Tuesday.It said in a statement that the candidates would sit for the examination at 3,363 centres throughout the country, and that 35,341 invigilators had been selected to conduct the examination.

Of the 443,883 candidates, 87 per cent are from government schools, government-aided schools and government-aided religious schools, 1.9 per cent from schools under agencies besides the Education Ministry, 1.9 per cent from state religious secondary schools, 0.4 per cent from people's religious secondary schools, 3.4 per cent from private schools registered with the Education Ministry and 5.4 per cent, private candidates.

"The Examinations Syndicate reminds all candidates to refer to the examination time-table for information on the examination times as well as the directives to be adhered to during the examination.

"The time-table can be downloaded from the Examinations Syndicate website at lp.moe.gov.my," it said.

The ministry said the candidates are reminded to bring along their identity card to the examination centres.– Bernama