PETALING JAYA: The Education Ministry wants to ease parents’ worry that pupils can only collect their Primary School Assessment Report (PPSR), which contains reports for sports, physical and curricular activities, as well as classroom and psychometric assessments together with their UPSR results next Thursday.

“The delay this time was due to the exam being held almost two weeks later than the exam in 2017.

“This is because there were several public holidays at the end of August and in September,” said the ministry in a statement yesterday.

The ministry said the delay has caused the exam scripts to be marked late, adding that the Examinations Syndicate must also ensure the precise release of the results.

The ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that Year Six pupils will be able to collect their results from 10am from their respective schools on Thursday.

Special needs pupils will also be able to collect the Primary School Alternative Assessment on the same day.

Education director-general Datuk Dr Amin Senin had said pupils can also obtain their results via the Short Messaging System (SMS) by sending MySMS to 15888.

“This system will be activated from 10am on Nov 29 to 6pm on Dec 8.

“Relatives can also obtain the results if the pupils are unable to do so,” he said.

They can log onto the Examinations Syndicate portal at lp.moe.gov.my. to check their results.

A total of 440,743 pupils registered for the UPSR, which was held on Sept 20, 24, 25, 26 and 27.