PRESS RELEASE Ministry of Education

9 February 2007

RESULTS OF THE 2006 SINGAPORE-CAMBRIDGE GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (ORDINARY LEVEL) EXAMINATION

1 The Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level Examination is conducted jointly by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board and the Ministry of Education.

2 There were 38,593 school candidates in the 2006 examination. Of these, 38,550 or 99.9% have been awarded certificates. In the 2005 examination, there were 37,400 school candidates or 99.9% who were awarded certificates. An information sheet on schools and students with good performance is at ANNEX A.

3 The results of the 2006 and 2005 examinations for school candidates are as follows:

1 or more GCE 3 or more GCE 5 or more GCE Year No. Sat ‘O’ Level Passes ‘O’ Level Passes ‘O’ Level Passes No. % No. % No. %

2006 38,593 38,550 99.9 36,710 95.1 31,490 81.6

2005 37,427 37,400 99.9 35,646 95.2 30,212 80.7

4 A total of 2,746 private candidates sat for the 2006 examination. Of these, 2,387 or 86.9% have been awarded certificates.

5 School candidates have been issued their results by their respective schools on 9 February 2007. Private candidates will be informed of their results by post. Private candidates may also access their results through the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board internet website at ‘http://www.seab.gov.sg’ from 2.30 p.m. on 9 February 2007. ______

Ministry of Education 9 February 2007

1 ANNEX A

INFORMATION SHEET

2006 SINGAPORE-CAMBRIDGE GCE ORDINARY LEVEL EXAMINATION

I TOP STUDENTS

Note: The following results refer to the GCE ‘O’ Level examination taken in 2006 at one sitting.

Top Secondary 4 Students (arranged alphabetically by school, then by name of student)

Name / Gender Grades Mother Tongue School 1 Cai Sang / F 9 A1s Higher Chinese Anderson Sec Sch 蔡桑 2 Tim Wei Lun / M 9 A1s Higher Chinese Anderson Sec Sch 邓伟伦 3 Yan Ming / M 9 A1s Higher Chinese Anglo-Chinese Sch 严明 (Independent) 4 Chester Lian Ee Paul / M 9 A1s Higher Chinese Catholic High Sch 连亦博 5 Chew Yi Cong / M 9 A1s Chinese Catholic High Sch 周宜聪 6 Cheung Yui Kuen / F 9 A1s Higher Chinese CHIJ St. Nicholas 张睿涓 Girls' Sch 7 Koh Yue Quan Farrica / F 9 A1s Higher Chinese CHIJ St. Nicholas 许越荃 Girls' Sch 8 Tan Lei Ping / F 9 A1s Higher Chinese CHIJ St. Nicholas 陈丽彬 Girls' Sch 9 Zhou Tian Tian / F 9 A1s Higher Chinese CHIJ St. Nicholas 周恬恬 Girls' Sch 10 Lim Xuxin / F 9 A1s Higher Malay Crescent Girls' Sch 林素杏 11 Foo Wei Ting / F 9 A1s Higher Chinese Dunman High Sch 符玮婷 12 Wang Shuhan / F 9 A1s Higher Chinese Dunman High Sch 王淑菡 13 Mi Xiao / M 9 A1s Higher Chinese Maris Stella High 米潇 Sch 14 Zhang Qiao / M 9 A1s Higher Chinese Maris Stella High 张乔 Sch 15 Chu Minhui Melissa / F 9 A1s Chinese Methodist Girls' Sch 朱敏慧 (Sec)

2 Name / Gender Grades Mother Tongue School 16 Kelly Kwan Ruixin / F 9 A1s Chinese Methodist Girls' Sch 关瑞欣 (Sec) 17 Mun Weilin / F 9 A1s Chinese Methodist Girls' Sch 文玮琳 (Sec) 18 Quek Shumin Judith / F 9 A1s Higher Chinese Methodist Girls' Sch 郭淑敏 (Sec) 19 Audrey Han Yan Yi / F 9 A1s Chinese Paya Lebar 韩衍仪 Methodist Girls' Sch (Sec) 20 Li Nannan / F 9 A1s Higher Chinese River Valley High 李楠楠 Sch 21 Yoon Min Kyeong / F 9 A1s Japanese Singapore Chinese Girls' Sch 22 Augustine Chay Yew Yoong 9 A1s Higher Malay St. Joseph's / M Institution 23 Shao Shiyu / F 9 A1s Higher Chinese Tanjong Katong 邵师玉 Girls' Sch 24 Foo Shi Hin Glenn / M 9 A1s Chinese Xinmin Sec Sch 符之轩 25 Ru Mohan / M 9 A1s Higher Chinese Xinmin Sec Sch 茹默涵

Top Secondary 4 Malay Students

Name / Gender Grades Mother Tongue School 1 Zulaiha Said / F 8 A1s Higher Malay Tanjong Katong Girls' Sch

Top Secondary 4 Indian Students

Name /Gender Grades Mother Tongue School 1 Norshima Bte Nashi / F 8 A1s Higher Malay Bukit Panjang Govt. 2 A2s High Sch 2 U S Vevek / M 8 A1s Tamil Commonwealth Sec 1 A2 Sch 3 Soumya Bhagavatula S S / F 8 A1s Hindi Crescent Girls' Sch 1 A2 4 Nallasamy Suriya / F 8 A1s Higher Tamil Methodist Girls' Sch 1 A2 (Sec) 5 Gautam Venugopalan / M 8 A1s Hindi Victoria Sch 1 A2 6 Evelyn Thangaraj / F 8 A1s - Singapore Chinese Girls' Sch 7 Christina Suresh / F 8 A1s Tamil St. Margaret's Sec Sch

3 Name /Gender Grades Mother Tongue School 8 Roshni Mohan Nandwani / F 8 A1s Hindi Tanjong Katong Sec Sch 9 Mehul Gopal 8 A1s - Xinmin Sec Sch Mangalvedhekar / M

Top Secondary 4 Eurasian Students

Name /Gender Grades Mother Tongue School 1 Marialaura Lui Oilin / F 7 A1s Chinese Zhonghua Sec Sch 雷爱莲

Top Secondary 5 Students Note: Students obtained at least 4 A1s and with English grade B3 or better.

Name / Gender Grades Mother Tongue School 1 Lim Qian Ping Juliana / F 5 A1s Chinese CHIJ Katong 林千萍 Convent 2 Tan Yan Lin / F 4 A1s Chinese Clementi Town Sec 陈彦霖 Sch 3 Wong Yeang Cherng / F 4 A1s Chinese Hai Sing Catholic 黄仰珍 Sch 4 Chan Sheng Jun Alastair / M 4 A1s Chinese Jurong Sec Sch 陈升俊 5 Fong Yiwei / F 4 A1s Chinese Temasek Sec Sch 冯译蔚 6 Peh Ying Ting / F 4 A1s Chinese Woodgrove Sec 白韵婷 Sch

4 II SCHOOLS WITH AT LEAST 1 STUDENT SCORING 7 A1s OR MORE (in alphabetical order)

1. Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School 2. Anderson Secondary School 3. Ang Mo Kio Secondary School 4. Anglican High School 5. Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) 6. Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) 7. Bendemeer Secondary School 8. Bukit Batok Secondary School 9. Bukit Panjang Govt. High School 10. Bukit View Secondary School 11. Catholic High School 12. Cedar Girls' Secondary School 13. CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) 14. CHIJ St. Joseph's Convent 15. CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School 16. CHIJ St. Theresa's Convent 17. Chung Cheng High School (Main) 18. Clementi Town Secondary School 19. Commonwealth Secondary School 20. Coral Secondary School 21. Crescent Girls' School 22. Dunearn Secondary School 23. Dunman High School 24. Dunman Secondary School 25. Evergreen Secondary School 26. Fairfield Methodist Secondary School 27. Fuhua Secondary School 28. Geylang Methodist Secondary School 29. Hai Sing Catholic School 30. Hua Yi Secondary School 31. Jurong Secondary School 32. Kranji Secondary School 33. Macpherson Secondary School 34. Maris Stella High School 35. Methodist Girls' School (Secondary)

5 36. Montfort Secondary School 37. Nan Chiau High School 38. Nan Hua High School 39. Nanyang Girls' High School 40. Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Secondary) 41. River Valley High School 42. Singapore Chinese Girls' School 43. St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary School 44. St. Joseph's Institution 45. St. Margaret's Secondary School 46. Swiss Cottage Secondary School 47. Tanjong Katong Girls' School 48. Tanjong Katong Secondary School 49. Temasek Secondary School 50. Victoria School 51. Woodlands Ring Secondary School 52. Xinmin Secondary School 53. Yishun Town Secondary School 54. Zhonghua Secondary School

III PERFORMANCE OF SEC 4 NORMAL (ACADEMIC) STUDENTS TAKING O- LEVEL SUBJECTS

Total number of % Obtained A2 % Obtained C6 O-Level candidates / Year and better / Year and better / Year subject taken 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005

Malay 418 404 21.5 24.8 98.8 98.8

Tamil 73 49 32.9 24.5 100.0 100.0

Chinese 960 681 38.4 38.5 99.6 100.0

Mathematics 1,604 1,284 19.6 19.1 81.7 82.7

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