1st MUET CEFR Batch at SMK Majakir, Papar

Well, finally the long wait is over. My first batch of Majakirians have jumped all the hoops and made it to the finishing line with big wide smiles. 

I am happy to report that the new CEFR aligned MUET marking seems to be very fair and more accurate then the previous ones, and I do like the fact that there are no more heartbreaking Band 1s and 2s. 

Here's the current benchmark... hopefully, next batch will do better. 

We got 

6 Band 4.5 (6.5%)

41 Band 4.0 (44%)

33 Band 3.5 (35.5%)

12 Band 3.0 (13%)

1 Band 2.5 (1%)

If you plot this, the chart is indeed the expected Bell curve. Congrats to all! 

I told the kids, don't worry about the Band 5 & 5+, that's native speaker proficiency... and it also gives room for the juniors to better this 1st try results. I actually have 1 student in the junior group who is definitely B5 material.. hopefully it will materialise as he really is that good! 

Special thanks to colleagues Sunita and Aishah, ex-colleague Fairuz.. and the support of all Pre-U teachers and students at Majakir. We can do it! 

Anyway.. hv also been doing a series of talks.. but this one stands out.. my first YOUTUBE LIVE streaming 3hr session. Those of you who would like to listen to my tips and tricks, do watch the session. So thankful to PPD Sipitang for setting up the whole session and doing all the techie stuff. Wishing all students and teachers a fruitful year ahead!