UPSR
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay UPSR.
Proper noun
UPSR (Malaysia)
- (education, historical) Primary School Achievement Test: A national examination taken at the end of the final year of primary school.
- 2020 August 26, “Education Ministry: UPSR, PT3 cancelled for 2020, don't be taken in by offers of 'special exams’ online”, in The Star:
- The ministry urged parents not to be easily fooled by bogus web pages and information after an online portal was discovered to be offering Ujian Pencapaian Sekokah Rendah (UPSR) and Form 3 Assessment (PT3) “exams” to students.
- 2021 May 4, Moaz Nair, “Abolishing UPSR is a regressive policy decision”, in Free Malaysia Today:
- Taking standardised examinations like the UPSR can provide evidence that all students are learning effectively and mastering grade level expectations after six years of primary education.
- 2021 November 22, Dhesegaan Bala Krishnan, “SPM schedule to be revised, says Radzi”, in New Straits Times:
- "At the primary school level, we were the first batch to sit for UPSR under the newly-introduced Standard Based Curriculum for Primary Schools (KSSR) syllabus.
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Chinese
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay UPSR.
Proper noun
UPSR (Malaysia, informal)
- (education, historical) Primary School Achievement Test: A national examination taken at the end of the final year of primary school.
Malay
Etymology
Initialism of Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah.
Proper noun
UPSR (Malaysia)
- (education, historical) Primary School Achievement Test: A national examination taken at the end of the final year of primary school.
Descendants
- → English: UPSR
- → Chinese: UPSR