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The Ministry of Education releases data on
the performance of the major ethnic groups annually. The objective is to
provide feedback to the communities on how their children fared in the
national examinations. |
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The following performance charts are attached:
a. Three sets of charts showing the performance of the
various ethnic groups in the PSLE, GCE ‘O’ and ‘A’ Level Examinations
for the past ten years (1997 – 2006)1.
b. One chart on the percentage of a primary one (P1)
cohort admitted to post-secondary institutions2. |
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PERFORMANCE IN PSLE (CHARTS A1 – A5) |
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Performance by Overall Measure |
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The overall proportion of students who
passed the PSLE remained above 95%. See Chart A1. |
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Performance by Subject |
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The overall proportion of merged stream students who
scored A*-C3 in English Language and Mother Tongue Language continued to
be high, above 95%, while those in Mathematics and Science remained
above 80% and 90% respectively. See Charts A2-A5. |
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PERFORMANCE IN GCE 'O' LEVEL (CHARTS B1 –
B5) |
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Performance by Overall Measure |
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The overall proportion of GCE ‘O’ level
students with at least 3 ‘O’ level passes remained above 95%. The
proportion of students with at least 5 ‘O’ level passes also remained
high, at above 80%. See Charts B1 and B2. |
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Performance by Subject |
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There have been steady improvements in the
overall pass rates for English Language, exceeding 85%, while pass rates
in Mother Tongue Language and Mathematics have seen improvements from
the previous year (above 95% and 85% respectively). See Charts B3 – B5. |
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PERFORMANCE IN GCE 'A' LEVEL (CHARTS C1 –
C3) |
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Performance by Overall Measure |
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The overall percentage of GCE ‘A’ level
students who obtained at least 2 ‘A’ and 2 ‘AO’ level passes including
General Paper remained above 90%. See Chart C1. |
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Performance by Subject |
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The overall pass rates in General Paper and
Mother Tongue Language continued to be high, at above 90%. See Charts C2
and C3. |
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PERCENTAGE OF P1 COHORT ADMITTED TO
POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS (CHART D) |
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The percentage of a P1 cohort admitted to
post-secondary institutions 4 , including private educational
organisations, remained high, at above 90%. See Chart D. |
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
14 December 2007 |
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1 The percentages in these charts are based on school
candidates who sat for the respective examinations.
2 The percentages are based on students who were
enrolled in P1 ten years ago.
3 These grades are chosen so that the results can be
compared to those in the past. Prior to 1993, the pass grades at PSLE
were A* - C.
4 Junior colleges, Centralised Institute, Polytechnics,
ITE, LASALLE College of the Arts, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA)
and other private educational organisations. |
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Source:
www.moe.gov.sg Press Release 14
Dec 2007 |
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Related Article: |
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Education: Performance by ethnic group 1996–2005 |
Education: Performance by ethnic
group 1997 - 2006
