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05803

22 Nov 2003

2003 PSLE RESULTS

1        Pupils are collecting their Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results from their respective primary schools today after 1200 hours.

PERFORMANCE OF 2003 PSLE COHORT

2         A total of 51,327 Primary 6 pupils sat for the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) this year, a decrease of 1,822 (or 3.4%) over the 2002 Primary 6 cohort. There were 45,195 pupils from the EM1 and EM2 courses and 6,132 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.

3         In all, 49,867 pupils (or 97.2%) have been assessed as suitable to proceed to secondary school. Of these students, 62.2% are eligible for the Special or Express course and 34.9% for the Normal (Academic) or Normal (Technical) course.

4         There are 1,460 pupils (or 2.8%) who are assessed to be not yet ready for secondary school in 2004 or more suited for vocational training. Of these, 1,217 will be given another year in Primary 6 to consolidate their basic language and mathematics skills. The remaining 243 who are overaged will be enrolled in basic vocational training courses.

SECONDARY ONE POSTING

5         Eligible pupils will receive their option forms to select secondary schools from their respective primary schools today. Parents are reminded to submit the completed option forms to their children's primary schools, between 22 Nov 2003 and 27 Nov 2003 from 9am to 3pm (including Saturday, but excluding Sunday and public holiday).

6         The Secondary One posting results will be released on 22 Dec 2003. Pupils are to collect their results through their primary schools on 22 Dec 2003, and report to their posted secondary schools on 23 Dec 2003.

 

 

INFORMATION SHEET ON THE 2003 PSLE RESULTS 

1.                  Top PSLE Pupils

Name / Sex

School

Samuel Lim Yong Peng / M

Nan Hua Primary School

2.                  Other Top Pupils

Name / Sex

School

Kho Zhe Wei / M

Bukit Panjang Primary School

Lee Jun Jie Jonathan / M

Tao Nan School

Olivia Ho Min Wei / F

Rosyth School

Tan Xin Yi Kellie / F

Nanyang Primary School

Lee Shih Jia Pauline / F

Guangyang Primary School

Chew Wen Chao Daniel / M

St. Hilda’s Primary School

Muhammad Haris B Iskandar / M

St. Hilda’s Primary School

Chiu Howard / M

Nanyang Primary School

Yeo Xian Wei / F

Nan Hua Primary School

3.                  Top Malay Pupils

Name / Sex

School

Muhammad Haris B Iskandar / M

St Hilda’s Primary School

Norhaliim Putera Abdul Hamid / M

St Hilda’s Primary School

Mohamed Ilham B Mohamed Salleh / M

Sembawang Primary School

Nurulhuda Bte Mohammed Arslan / F

First Toa Payoh Primary School

4.                  Top Indian Pupils 

Name / Sex

School

Jayasutha Samuthiran / F

Cedar Primary School

Vidyasagar / M

Naval Base Primary School

Devandran Arathi / F

Raffles Girls’ Primary School

S Bhuvaneswari / F

Chongzheng Primary School

Joshua Rene Jeyaraj / M

Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)


5.                  Top Eurasian Pupils

Name / Sex

School

De Souza Ivan Francis / M

Damai Primary School

Stacey Anne Fernandez / F

Rosyth School

Varella Gino Lee / M

Maris Stella High School

6.                  Top Pupils from EM3 Stream 

Name / Sex

School

Liu Xincheng / M

Lakeside Primary School

Chen Fuhui / M

Huamin Primary School

Yeo Bee Hoon / F

Radin Mas Primary School

 

7.        Schools with good performance
           (In alphabetical order)

S/N

School

1.     

Ai Tong School

2.     

CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School

3.     

Methodist Girls’ School (Primary)

4.     

Nan Hua Primary School

5.     

Nanyang Primary School

6.     

Raffles Girls’ Primary School

7.     

Rosyth School

8.     

Singapore Chinese Girls’ Primary

9.     

Tao Nan School

NB :

The following criteria are used for the identification of schools: 

(a)The percentage of pupils eligible for secondary schools must be at least or above the national average of 97.2%; 

(b)The school must have at least 80% of its pupils who are eligible for special and express course; and 

(c)The percentage of pupils eligible for N(A), Express and Special courses must  not dip by more than 2% compared to the 2002 results.

8.                  Schools with good progress in PSLE results  
            (In alphabetical order)

S/N

School

       1.    

Changkat Primary School

       2.    

CHIJ Our Lady of The Nativity

       3.    

Gongshang Primary School

       4.    

Haig Girls’ School

       5.    

Parry Primary School

       6.    

Peiying Primary School

       7.    

Punggol Primary School

       8.    

Radin Mas Primary School

       9.    

Rivervale Primary School

     10.  

St Anthony’s Primary School

     11.  

St Hilda’s Primary School

     12.  

St Michael’s School


NB :

The following criteria are used for the identification of schools:

(a) The percentage of pupils eligible for secondary schools must be at least or above the national average of 97.2%;

(b) The school must register at least 5% improvement in the percentage of pupils who qualify for Special/Express courses compared to the 2002 results;

(c) The school must register a positive improvement in the percentage of pupils eligible for N(A), Express and Special courses compared to the 2002 results; and

(d) The school must have at least 100 candidates.



 
 

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