JOINT PRESS RELEASE BY MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SINGAPORE EXAMINATIONS AND ASSESSMENT BOARD Reference: EDUN N25-03-004 Press release no: Date: 28 Feb 2005 Embargoed until after 1500 hours, Mon 28 Feb 2005 RESULTS OF THE 2004 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 and the Ministry of Education. 2 There were 40,009 school candidates in the 2004 examination. Of these, 39,950 or 99.9% have been awarded certificates. In the 2003 examination, there were 33,333 school candidates and 99.9% were awarded certificates. An information sheet on schools and students with good performance is at ANNEX A. 3 The results of the 2004 and 2003 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. % 2004 40,009 39,950 99.9 38,025 95.0 33,069 82.7 2003 33,333 33,311 99.9 31,556 94.7 27,207 81.6 1 4 A total of 2,969 private candidates sat for the 2004 examination. Of these, 2,274 or 76.6% have been awarded certificates. 5 School candidates have been issued their results by their respective schools on 28 February 2005. 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/e-Services/e-Services/htm’ from 2.00 p.m. on 28 February 2005. ______________________________________________________________ MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SINGAPORE EXAMINATIONS AND ASSESSMENT BOARD For enquiries, please contact: Mr Matthew Ou Corporate Communications Executive Corporate Communications Division Ministry of Education Tel: 68796124 / 94308837 Miss Teo Hwee Lee Deputy Director/Exams Admin Operations Division Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board Tel: 63777709 / 97843696 2 ANNEX A INFORMATION SHEET 2004 SINGAPORE-CAMBRIDGE GCE ORDINARY LEVEL EXAMINATION I TOP STUDENTS Note: The following results refer to the GCE O-Level examination taken in 2004 at one sitting. Top Secondary 4 Chinese Students (arranged alphabetically by school, then by name of student) Name Grades Mother Tongue School 1 Pang Mei Yu 彭美毓 10 A1s Higher Chinese Dunman High Sch 2 Chuah Yuxin 蔡语馨 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Girls’ Sch (Sec) 3 Gao Yuan Sophia 高原 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Girls’ Sch (Sec) 4 Han Huiqing 韩慧清 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Girls’ Sch (Sec) 5 Kang Zi Han 江子涵 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Girls’ Sch (Sec) 6 Khoo Xin Ping Inez 邱心平 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Girls’ Sch (Sec) 7 Liang Lehui 梁乐慧 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Girls’ Sch (Sec) 8 Liu Chen 刘晨 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Girls’ Sch (Sec) 9 Sim Han Yi Yvonne 沈涵忆 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Girls’ Sch (Sec) 10 Teo Zi Wei Wendy 赵紫薇 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Girls’ Sch (Sec) 11 Wee Shu Min 黄淑敏 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Girls’ Sch (Sec) 12 Xu Ding Jiao 徐定骄 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Girls’ Sch (Sec) 13 Chia Bing Shao 谢秉劭 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Institution 14 Eric Ang Teck Chin 翁德锦 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Institution 15 Mok Zhun Rui 莫准瑞 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Institution 16 Mok Zhun Wei 莫准玮 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Institution 17 Ouyang Hongyue 欧阳宏岳 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Institution 18 Pang Jiang Yan 彭江岩 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Institution 3 19 Tan Chor Kiang 陈楚强 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Institution 20 Wee Liang Yi Justin 黄良义 10 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Institution Top Secondary 4 Malay Students Name Grades Mother Tongue School 1 Azhar B Athly 8A1s Higher Malay Bukit Panjang Govt 1A2 High Sch 2 Amanda Zain 8A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Girls’ Sch 1A2 (Sec) 3 Nur Diana Bte Zakaria 8A1s Higher Malay Raffles Girls’ Sch 2A2s (Sec) Top Secondary 4 Indian Students Name Grades Mother Tongue School 1 Sandhya G Krishnan 10 A1s Higher Tamil Raffles Girls’ Sch (Sec) 2 Tricia Chandiramani 9A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Girls’ Sch 1A2 (Sec) 3 Anshul Modi 9A1s Hindi Raffles Institution 4 Janarthanam Lokesh 9A1s Higher Tamil Raffles Institution 5 Ramana Narendran 9A1s Higher Tamil Raffles Institution Top Secondary 4 Eurasian Students Name Grades Mother Tongue School 1 Heyzer Louise 8 A1s Higher Chinese Raffles Girls’ Sch 1 B3 (Sec) 4 Top Secondary 5 Students Name Grades Mother Tongue School 1 Pervinder Kaur d/o Satwant S 5A1s Malay CHIJ Sec (Toa 1A2 Payoh) 1C5 2 Chen Caiyun Karen 陈彩云 5A1s Chinese Hai Sing Catholic 1A2 Sch 1C5 3 Choo Li Chin Lily 朱丽菁 5A1s Chinese Riverside Sec Sch 1A2 1B3 4 Zhu Rongyan 朱榕艳 5A1s Chinese Riverside Sec Sch 1A2 1C6 5 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 (Independent) 6. Bukit Panjang Government High School 7. Catholic High School 8. Cedar Girls' Secondary School 9. CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) 10. CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls' School 11. CHIJ St. Theresa’s Convent 12. Chung Cheng High School (Main) 13. Commonwealth Secondary School 14. Crescent Girls' School 15. Deyi Secondary School 16. Dunearn Secondary School 17. Dunman High School 18. Dunman Secondary School 19. Fairfield Methodist Secondary School 20. Gan Eng Seng School 21. Jurong Secondary School 22. Kranji Secondary School 23. Maris Stella High School 24. Methodist Girls' School (Secondary) 25. Nan Hua Secondary School 26. Nanyang Girls' High School 27. New Town Secondary School 28. Ngee Ann Secondary School 29. Pasir Ris Secondary School 30. Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Secondary) 31. Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) 32. Raffles Institution 33. River Valley High School 34. Riverside Secondary School 35. Singapore Chinese Girls' School 6 36. St. Andrew’s Secondary School 37. St. Anthony’s Canossian Secondary School 38. St. Joseph's Institution 39. St. Margaret's Secondary School 40. Swiss Cottage Secondary School 41. Tanjong Katong Girls' School 42. Tanjong Katong Secondary School 43. Temasek Secondary School 44. The Chinese High School 45. Victoria School 46. Xinmin Secondary School 47. Zhonghua Secondary School III PERFORMANCE OF SEC 4 NORMAL (ACADEMIC) STUDENTS TAKING O- LEVEL SUBJECTS Total number Obtained A2 Obtained C6 O-Level subject of and better and better taken candidates No. % No. % Malay 402 81 20.1 397 98.8 Tamil 57 9 15.8 54 94.7 Chinese 876 331 37.8 862 98.4 Mathematics 1,219 237 19.4 1,089 89.3 7.