Mr Ong Kong Hong, MOE's divisional director of curriculum planning, explains the rigorous standardisation process adopted by PSLE markers at The Straits Times Smart Parenting PSLE Prep Forum.
Mr Ong Kong Hong , MOE’s divisional director of curriculum planning , and ST senior education correspondent Sandra Davie at the forum.SINGAPORE - Are answer scripts for the Primary School Leaving Examinations strictly assessed, and do markers accept solutions that may not be in the answer scheme?
He added that the answer scheme is updated as markers come across new methods or solutions presented by candidates who arrive at the correct answer.“As long as the concept is correct and you are able to explain, with or without the keywords... I will give you the marks,” Mr Ong said. He said that, in being too focused on what they want to express in their writing, they may miss what the question is asking. They then risk losing out on the intended marks for that question.
The 2023 cohort of Primary 6 pupils was the third batch to sit the PSLE under the new system, in which pupils are given an achievement level ranging from one to eight for each subject instead of grades such as A* to E.“In the standards reference system, we look at how many people meet the standards,” said Mr Ong.
Mathematics expert Yeap Ban Har , a former National Institute of Education lecturer and maths textbook author, shared how parents can better prepare their child for the mathematics paper as well as strategies to help their child ace the exam. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG This is one of five mathematical abilities Dr Yeap said pupils have to develop to ace the PSLE paper for mathematics.
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