Parents must play part in transforming education system
It had been a long wait but in July this year, the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced significant changes to the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) scoring system. Under the new PSLE system, pupils will [...]
Beyond N levels: More applying for poly entry programmes
Schemes that provide alternative routes for N-level students to gain entry to polytechnic - instead of moving on to Secondary 5 to sit the O levels - have been attracting more applications since they were [...]
Bigger aptitude-based intakes
Tertiary institutions can now admit more students based on non-academic talent such as art and sports. This year saw the expansion of aptitude-based admissions for five polytechnics and three local universities - National University of [...]
Singapore education system over the years
1960s: Survival-driven phase As Singapore went through decolonisation, it quickly expanded the education programme. Primary and secondary schools were built, and enrolment in secondary schools almost doubled from 1965 to 1970. The basic curriculum was [...]
Dip in cut-off scores for some popular schools
It was marginally easier to get into some popular secondary schools this year, with the minimum entry requirements easing by one to two points. For instance, at both Raffles Institution and Hwa Chong Institution, the [...]
N-level results: More students qualify for Secondary 5 compared to last year
More students who took the N-level exams this year qualified to go to Secondary 5. Of the 12,305 students from the Normal (Academic) course who collected their results on Monday (Dec 19), 75.2 per cent [...]