Date: 27 Nov 99

1999 PSLE RESULTS

1. A total of 45,420 Primary 6 pupils sat for the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) this year. This comprised 37,441 pupils from the EM1 and EM2 courses and 7,979 pupils from the EM3 course. As in past examinations, pupils in the EM1 and EM2 courses sat for English, Mathematics, Science and Mother Tongue; pupils in the EM3 course sat for Foundation English, Foundation Mathematics and Basic Mother Tongue.

    

2. In all, 43,697 pupils (or 96.2%) have been assessed as suitable to proceed to secondary school. Of these students, 60.9% are eligible for the Special or Express course and 39.1% for the Normal (Academic) or Normal (Technical) course.

    

3. There are 1,723 pupils (or 3.8 %) who are assessed to be not yet ready for the secondary school in 2000 or more suited for vocational training. Of these, 1,404 will be given another year in Primary 6 to consolidate their basic language and mathematics skills. The remaining 319, who are overaged, will be enrolled in basic vocational training courses.
   

INFORMATION SHEET ON THE 1999 PSLE RESULTS

1. Top PSLE pupil

Name                                 School                              Aggregate Score

Lee Syn Yi                          Nanyang Primary                          285

Yusrina Bte Yusoff               Temasek Primary                          285

2. Other Top Pupils

(In alphabetical order)

Name                                                             School

Choong Jia En Tiffany                                 Methodist Girls´ School (Primary)

Chua Min Jia                                             Nanyang Primary School

Haripriya Santhanam                                  CHIJ (Bukit Timah)

Lim Wei Ming Keith                                     St. Anthony´s Primary School

Lye Pin Quan                                            Maris Stella High School

Ng Sheng Rong                                         Nanyang Primary School

Nur Raihana Bte Md Razali                           St Hilda´s Primary School

Tan Li Yu                                                 Yu Neng Primary School

Tan Teck Tee                                           St Michael´s School

Tan Yong Xi                                             Chongfu Primary School

Zhou Yin                                                 Nanyang Primary School

(Total : 11 pupils)

3. Top Pupils from EM3 Stream

(In alphabetical order)

Name                                                          School

Hajar Rabbi´ah Bte Latip                          Dazhong Primary School

Siti Nursianti Bte Abdul Rahma                  Juying Primary School

Soh Sze Thing                                       Holy Innocents´ Primary School

Wu Qiuling                                            Mee Toh School

4. Top Malay Pupils

(In alphabetical order)

Name                                                                  School

Diana Bte Othman                                       Temasek Primary School

Julian Azfar B Muhammad´Adil                        Yu Neng Primarv School

Muhammad Fairuz B Abdul Rahman                  Bukit View Primary School

Nur Raihana Bte Md Razali                             St Hilda´s Primary School

Nuraini Bte Supaat                                       Damai Primary School

Siti Shafia Bte Yang Razali                             CHIJ (Katong) Primary

Yusrina Bte Yusoff                                       Temasek Primary School

5. Top Indian Pupils

(In alphabetical order)

Name                                                          School

Ankit Jain                                               Henry Park Primary School

Deepu Nair                                              Si Ling Primary School

Haripriya Santhanam                                 CHIJ (Bukit Timah)

Kundadak Ganesh Kudva                            Rosyth School

Manu Chhabra                                         Raffles Girls’ Primary School

6. Top Eurasian Pupil

Name                                                             School

Lian Anne Su Yin                                      Clementi Town Primary School

7. Examples of schools with good performance

(In alphabetical order)

Ai Tong School

CHIJ St Nicholas Girls´ School

Methodist Girls´ School (Primary)

Nan Hua Primary School

Nanyang Primary School

Pei Chun Public School

Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School

Raffles Girls Primary School

Rosyth School

Singapore Chinese Girls’ Primary

Swiss Cottage Primary School

Tao Nan School

(Total = 12 schools)

8. Examples of schools with good progress in PSLE results

(In alphabetical order)

Canossa Convent Primary School

CHIJ (Ponggol)

Hong Wen School

Jurong Primary School

Keming Primary School

Marymount Convent School

Methodist Girls´ School (Primary)

St Anthony´s Primary School

St. Stephen´s School

Zhangde Primary School

(Total = 10 schools)