KUCHING: Year Six pupils recorded encouraging improvements in the 2026 Sarawak Year Six Dual Language Programme Assessment (UP-DLPSS 6), with 70.14 per cent of the 29,126 candidates passing all three subjects assessed.
The achievement represents an increase of 11.18 percentage points compared to last year, reflecting positive progress in pupils’ mastery of subjects through the implementation of the Dual Language Programme (DLP) in Sarawak.
Minister for Education, Innovation and Talent Development Datuk Sri Roland Sagah Wee Inn said the improvement was also accompanied by a significant increase in the number of pupils obtaining Grade A in all three subjects.
“The number of pupils who obtained Grade A in all three subjects increased almost fourfold, from 176 last year to 683 this year,” he said.
He said this during a press conference announcing the UP-DLPSS 6 2026 results at the Waterfront hotel today.
This year’s assessment involved 29,126 pupils from 1,045 primary schools across Sarawak, with the overall average score increasing to 44.97 per cent compared to 41.20 per cent in 2025.
“By subject, Science recorded the highest pass rate at 93.19 per cent, an increase of 8.48 percentage points compared to last year.
“Mathematics recorded the largest improvement in its pass rate, rising by 13.72 percentage points to 74.76 per cent,”he said.
However, the pass rate for English declined by 5.65 percentage points to 85.34 per cent compared to 90.99 per cent the previous year.
In this regard, Roland said his ministry would work with the Sarawak State Education Department (JPNS) to identify schools with lower English language performance and formulate appropriate intervention measures.
He said schools in rural areas and Category One remote areas generally continued to record lower performance compared to schools in urban areas and Category Two and Three remote areas.
“As such, additional intervention efforts would be focused on schools requiring support to ensure that educational achievement gaps could be narrowed.
“To further strengthen pupils’ learning proficiency, the ministry also plans to provide UP-DLPSS 6 learning modules to all schools implementing DLP for Year Six pupils beginning in 2027,”he said.
Meanwhile, the online marking system introduced this year has enabled more detailed analysis of pupils’ performance.
He added that the system also helps identify questions and learning concepts that pupils find difficult to master, enabling teachers to plan more targeted teaching and learning interventions.
