JOINT PRESS RELEASE Ministry of Education

18 December 2007

Results of the 2007 Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education (Normal Level) Examination

1. The Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Normal Level (GCE N-Level) Examination is conducted jointly by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate and the Ministry of Education (MOE).

2. 18,108 students in the Secondary 4 Normal Course sat for the 2007 GCE N- Level Examination in September/October this year. Of these, 11,653 students were from the Normal (Academic) [N(A)] course and 6,455 students were from the Normal (Technical) [N(T)] course. Details of students and schools that performed well in the N-Level Examination are available at Annex A.

3. Starting from this year, to provide greater flexibility and customisation in the N(A) course, MOE has provided for selected N(A) students to bypass the N-Level Examination and progress directly to Secondary 5 Normal Course (Sec 5N) to take the GCE Ordinary Level (O-Level) Examination. This first batch of students, who were selected at the end of Sec 3N(A) last year based on their school-based performance, numbered around 1,200.

4. This year, 11,568 (99.3%) students from the N(A) course and 6,307 (97.7%) students from the N(T) course will be awarded the N-Level certificate. The N-Level certificate is awarded to a candidate who obtains a passing grade of Grade 5 or better in at least one subject.

5. In addition, 110 N(T) students offered one or two N(A) subjects and 60 (54.5%) of them have obtained at least a Grade 5 or better in their N-Level Examination.1

Progression to Sec 5N

6. Students in the N(A) course who obtain an aggregate not exceeding 10 points in their three best subjects and a Grade 5 or better in English Language (EL) (Syllabus A) will be promoted to the Sec 5N in 2008. 8,447 students (72.5%) are eligible for promotion this year.

1 Since 2006, N(T) students may offer up to 2 N(A) subjects, from the full range of N(A) subjects.

7. This year, 3,197 N(A) students sat for 1-2 subjects in the O-Level Examination2. These students are also eligible to proceed to Sec 5N if they obtain an aggregate not exceeding 10 points in their three best subjects and a Grade 5 or better in EL (Syllabus A) using their combined GCE N-Level and their school’s O- Level preliminary examination results.

Admission to Higher NITEC courses at ITE

8. From this year, N(A) students who obtain an aggregate of 19 points or less for EL, Mathematics and three other subjects, with at least a Grade 4 in EL and Mathematics, will have an additional option of enrolling in a new curriculum track allowing for direct entry to Higher Nitec courses at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE). These include courses from the Engineering, Infocomm Technology, Applied & Health Sciences and Business3 clusters. With this option, eligible students can start their Higher Nitec studies a year earlier, without having to sit for the O-Level Examination. The Higher Nitec courses that students are eligible for will be indicated on the personalised ITE application form that all Normal Course students will receive when they collect their results. Eligible students may apply through the ITE website (www.ite.edu.sg) during the Joint Intake Exercise in December.

Progression of N(T) students

9. All N(T) course students who have completed their secondary education in 2007 can apply to further their studies at ITE. Schools may also allow Sec 4N(T) students to be laterally transferred to Sec 4N(A) if the students obtained a mean grade of 2 or better for all N(T) subjects in the same sitting.

Release of results

10. School candidates have been issued with their results slips by their respective schools from 2:00 pm today. Private candidates will be informed of their results by post. Private candidates may also access their results through the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board website at http://www.seab.gov.sg from 2:00 pm today.

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2 Since 2004, selected N(A) students may offer up to two O-Level subjects. The range of O-Level subjects that they may offer has been expanded since 2006. 3 To be eligible for courses in the Business Cluster, students must get at least a Grade 3 in EL.

ANNEX A

INFORMATION SHEET ON THE 2007 SINGAPORE-CAMBRIDGE GCE (NORMAL LEVEL) EXAMINATION

The data provided is based on the performance of the students in the 2007 GCE N- Level Examination.

I NORMAL (ACADEMIC) COURSE

The aggregate is calculated using the grades for English Language (Syllabus A) and best five subjects.

A TOP STUDENT

Name / Gender School Aggregate Toh Li Ping 卓丽萍 / F Mayflower Sec 6

B OTHER TOP CHINESE STUDENTS (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF SCHOOLS)

Name / Gender School Aggregate

Wong Huimin Joanne 黄慧敏 / F Admiralty Sec 7

Liu Guoquan Raymond 刘国权 / M Dunman Sec 7 Teing Qi Hao 张其豪 / M Hougang Sec 7

C TOP MALAY STUDENT

Name / Gender School Aggregate

Nur Rafiqa Bte Razib / F Compassvale Sec 8

D TOP INDIAN STUDENT

Name / Gender School Aggregate Rahmah Solihah Bte Ahmad Zabur / F Fajar Sec 7

II NORMAL (TECHNICAL) COURSE

The aggregate is calculated using the grades for English Language (Syllabus T), Maths (Syllabus T) and Best Subject (other than EL & Maths).

A TOP STUDENT

Name / Gender School Aggregate Sim Wei Xin Selwyn Ebenezer 沈伟新 / M Pasir Ris Sec 3

B OTHER TOP STUDENTS (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF SCHOOLS)

Name / Gender School Race Aggregate Cheau Nor Ailin / F Bendemeer Sec Chinese 4 Aisyah Azman / F Riverside Sec Malay 4 Timothy Francis Lim Zhi Liang 林志亮 / M St. Patrick’s Sch Chinese 4 Yeo Guang Yao Lincoln 杨广耀 / M Temasek Sec Chinese 4

III LIST OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH AT LEAST ONE NORMAL (ACADEMIC) STUDENT WITH 5 Grade 1s OR MORE (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF SCHOOLS)

1 ADMIRALTY SECONDARY SCHOOL 2 CHIJ KATONG CONVENT 3 DUNMAN SECONDARY SCHOOL 4 EVERGREEN SECONDARY SCHOOL 5 FAJAR SECONDARY SCHOOL 6 GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL 7 HAI SING CATHOLIC SCHOOL 8 HOUGANG SECONDARY SCHOOL 9 MACPHERSON SECONDARY SCHOOL 10 MAYFLOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL 11 ST. MARGARET'S SECONDARY SCHOOL 12 ST. PATRICK’S SCHOOL 13 ZHENGHUA SECONDARY SCHOOL

IV LIST OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH AT LEAST ONE NORMAL (TECHNICAL) STUDENT WITH 4 Grade 1s OR MORE (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF SCHOOLS)

1 BENDEMEER SECONDARY SCHOOL 2 CHUA CHU KANG SECONDARY SCHOOL 3 CLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY SCHOOL 4 DUNMAN SECONDARY SCHOOL 5 GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL 6 HAI SING CATHOLIC SCHOOL 7 JUNYUAN SECONDARY SCHOOL 8 PASIR RIS CREST SECONDARY SCHOOL 9 PASIR RIS SECONDARY SCHOOL 10 RIVERSIDE SECONDARY SCHOOL 11 TEMASEK SECONDARY SCHOOL