Secondary Schools Grade and Scoring System in Singapore

The students in Singapore after completing the PSLE join the secondary schools. Secondary schools in Singapore runs either on the funds provided by the government or are operated independently. The different streams of secondary education are Special, Express and Normal. The students place themselves in different streams on the basis of the marks obtained. The grading system in the secondary schools resembles the pattern followed at the Singapore-Cambridge GCE "O" level examination. Our site focussingapore offers detailed information about Grade and Scoring System in Secondary Schools.

Most of the secondary schools in Singapore follow the grading pattern of the Singapore-Cambridge GCE "O" level examination. The highest achievable grade is A1 while F9 is considered to be the lowest one. Given below are the other forms of grading in Singapore secondary schools.

A1/A2 (Distinction)
B3/B4 (Merit)
C5/C6 (Pass)
D7 (Sub-Pass)
E8/F9 (Fail)

The overall academic performance of a student in Singapore is determined through several points scoring system. This also determines the type of post-secondary institution a students wants to apply for. The scoring system is somewhat like L1R5, L1B5 and L1R4. Each grade in the scoring system includes a point value. The grading system in Singapore states the lesser the points obtained the score tends to get better. Lets look into the L1R5 scoring system, here L1 is the first language of the student and R5 comprises of the 5 other relevant subjects. In this system 6 points is considered to be the best score for one to sit for the entrance examination conducted by a junior college. Other than this several schools in Singapore uses the Mean Subject Grade (MSG) for the scoring purposes. Schools Running the Integrated Programme (IP) are free to go for the Grade Point Assessment (GPA) scoring system.