More P1s admitted to post-secondary institutions

SINGAPORE — The percentage of each Primary 1 cohort admitted to post-secondary education institutions has improved steadily over the last decade, increasing from 88 per cent in 2003 to above 95 per cent last year, according to the Ministry of Education (MOE) today (Nov 5).

At the GCE A-Level, the overall percentage of students with at least three A/H2 passes and a pass in General Paper or Knowledge and Inquiry has improved over the last decade years, from 87 per cent in 2003 to 91 per cent last year.

The MOE said the percentage of GCE A-Level students who passed General Paper or Knowledge and Inquiry has also increased from 92 per cent in 2003 to 94 per cent last year.

As for the GCE O-Level examinations, the MOE said the overall percentage of students with at least three O-Level passes has remained stable over the last 10 years.

The percentage of O-Level students who passed English Language has increased over the last decade from 84 per cent in 2003 to 88 per cent last year.

Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results have remained stable over the last decade.

The MOE said this is in terms of overall percentage of passes and the proportion of PSLE students who scored A* to C in each subject.

The MOE said it releases data annually on the 10-year trend of the performance of students.

It said year-to-year fluctuations are to be expected as each batch of students is different, so it is more meaningful to focus longer terms trends over a decade. CHANNEL NEWSASIA