PETALING JAYA: Smiles, tears and screams were palpable at many secondary schools across the nation when the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia( SPM) 2021 candidates received their results slips. These candidates were the first cohort to sit for the Standard-Based Curriculum for Secondary Schools( KSSM) and had no past year examination papers for reference as the format had evolved. Besides that, this cohort underwent nearly two years of home-based teaching and learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Durgas