About 65% of students from the Normal courses are assessed to be suitable to take at least one subject at a more demanding level. Under the AL scoring system, students in the N(A) and N(T) courses will continue to be able to take subjects at a more demanding level from Secondary 1 (S1), based on their AL scores for individual subjects 1. In 2018, the Ministry of Education (MOE) introduced Subject-Based Banding (SBB) in all secondary schools with N(A) and N(T) courses to provide students with greater flexibility to take various subjects at a more demanding level based on their subject-specific strengths and aptitudes.Ħ. Students who have attempted the PSLE once and would like to apply to APS or NLS can do so with a recommendation from their primary school principal.Įligibility for Subject-Based Banding (Secondary) ĥ. Alternatively, Assumption Pathway School (APS) and NorthLight School (NLS) offer customised programmes with a more experiential and hands-on learning approach, which can benefit these students. For the remaining candidates, they may choose to re-attempt the PSLE next year. 68.4% of the candidates are assessed suitable for the Express course, 18.9% for the Normal (Academic) and 11.1% for the Normal (Technical) course.Ĥ. A total of 39,119 Primary 6 candidates sat for the PSLE this year, of which 98.4% are assessed suitable for secondary school courses. The course eligibility of the 2021 Primary 6 cohort is largely comparable to that of the 2020 Primary 6 cohort under the T-score system. Performance of 2021 Primary 6 CohortĮligibility for Secondary School and Course Eligibilityģ. The new PSLE scoring system aims to reduce fine differentiation of students' examination results at a young age, recognise students' level of achievement regardless of how their peers have performed, and allow students and their parents to explore a wider range of secondary schools.
This is the first year where each PSLE subject has been scored using eight ALs. School candidates received their results in their respective primary schools from 11am onwards while those who were unwell, self-isolating due to COVID-19, or who preferred an alternative to gathering physically in school, were also able to view their results online via Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board's (SEAB) Candidates Portal at 2. Candidates who sat for the 2021 Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) under the new Achievement Level (AL) scoring system received their results today.