From 2021, all P5 and P6 students will receive their results in the Achievement Level format.
SINGAPORE: Primary 5 students next year will be the first cohort to receive their exam results based on the new Primary School Leaving Examination scoring system that will be implemented from 2021, the Ministry of Education said on Thursday .AdvertisementIn the following years, all P5 and P6 students will receive their results in that format, moving away from the T-score system which will be scrapped in 2021.
At the PSLE, students’ AL score for each of the four subjects – English, mother tongue language, mathematics and science – will be added up to form a total score of between 4 and 32, which will decide which secondary school they will be posted to.A PSLE score of 20 or better will qualify students for the Express stream in secondary school.SECONDARY SCHOOL CUT-OFF POINTS
“Students and parents may choose schools based on a consideration of factors such as the distinctive programmes offered by the school, the school’s ethos and culture, or home-school distance,” an MOE spokesperson said.The ministry also unveiled details on how pupils who take subjects at the foundation level will be scored. They will be graded AL A , B and C .
MOE said that it hopes that the reforms in education – including the phasing out of streaming in secondary schools – taken together will “lower the temperature” when it comes to concern over which stream or level a student goes to in secondary school. Going to a lower one is “not the end of the world”, it added.
“The new system will reduce fine differentiation with its wider bands, and recognise students abilities and performance without the reference or comparison to peers and this will lead to students feeling less pressure as the student can focus on their own learning outcomes,” Mr Farizal said.
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