Press Releases
Performance by Ethnic Group 1999-2008
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 (1999–2008)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 per cent. See Chart A1 (16kb .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 per cent, while the proportion who scored A*–C in Mathematics and Science remained above 80 per cent and 90 per cent respectively. See Charts A2–A5 (40kb .pdf).
Performance in GCE ‘O‘ Level (Charts B1–B5)
Performance by Overall Measure
The proportion of GCE ‘O’ level students with at least 3 ‘O’ level passes remained close to 95 per cent while the proportion with at least 5 ‘O’ level passes remained above 80 per cent. See Charts B1 and B2 (28kb .pdf).
Performance by Subject
The overall pass rates for English Language have remained high, at above 85 per cent, while pass rates in Mother Tongue Language and Mathematics have remained comparable with the previous years (above 95 per cent and 85 per cent respectively).See Charts B3–B5 (36kb .pdf).
Performance in GCE ‘A’ Level (Charts C1–C3)
Performance by Overall Measure
The proportion of GCE ‘A’ level students who obtained at least 3 ‘H2’ passes and passed General Paper or Knowledge and Inquiry continued to be above 85 per cent. See Chart C1 (16kb .pdf).
Performance by Subject
The overall pass rates in General Paper (GP) or Knowledge and Inquiry and Mother Tongue Language continued to be high, at above 90 per cent. See Charts C2 and C3 (28kb .pdf).
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, has continued to rise, and is now above 90 per cent. See Chart D (16kb .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. ↩