Press Releases
Performance by Ethnic Group 1998-2007
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.
The following performance charts are attached:
- 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 (1998 - 2007)1.
- One chart on the percentage of a primary one (P1) cohort admitted to post-secondary institutions2.
Performance in PSLE (Charts A1–A5)
Performance by Overall Measure
PSLE candidates continued to perform well, with an overall percentage pass rate of above 95%. See Chart A1 (164kb .pdf).
Performance by Subject
The overall proportion of merged stream students who scored A*-C in English Language and Mother Tongue Language continued to be high, above 95%, while the proportion who scored A*-C in Mathematics and Science remained above 80% and 90% respectively. Please see the following charts:
Performance in GCE ‘O’ Level (Chart B1–B5)
Performance by Overall Measure
The proportion of GCE ‘O’ level students with at least 3 ‘O’ level passes remained at about 95% while the proportion with at least 5 ‘O’ level passes remained above 80%. Please see the following charts:
Performance by Subject
The overall pass rates for English Language have remained high, at above 85%, while pass rates in Mother Tongue Language and Mathematics have remained comparable with the previous years (above 95% and 85% respectively). Please see the following charts:
Performance in GCE ‘A’ Level (Charts C1–C3)
Performance by Overall Measure
For the first cohort of candidates who took the examinations under the revised ‘A’ level curriculum in 2007, the percentage who obtained at least 3 ‘H2’ passes and passed General Paper or Knowledge and Inquiry was above 85%. While the revised ‘A’ level curriculum is not directly comparable with the previous ‘A’ level curriculum, the percentage who obtained at least 3 ‘H2’ passes and pass in General Paper or Knowledge and Inquiry was similar to the proportion who obtained passes in at least 3 ‘A’ level subjects and General Paper in previous years. See Chart C1 (156kb .pdf).
Performance by Subject
The overall pass rates in General Paper (GP) and Mother Tongue Language continued to be high, at above 90%. Please see the following charts:
Percentage of P1 Cohort Admitted to Post-Secondary Institutions (Chart D)
The percentage of a P1 cohort admitted to post-secondary institutions3, including private educational organisations, remained high, at above 90%. See Chart D (140kb .pdf).
Footnotes:
- The percentages in these charts are based on school candidates who sat for the respective examinations. ↵
- The percentages are based on students who were enrolled in P1 ten years ago. ↵
- Junior colleges, Centralised Institute, Polytechnics, ITE, LASALLE College of the Arts, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and other private educational organisations. ↵