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MOE caps ‘challenging questions’ in PSLE at 15% to keep difficulty level consistent; some parents call for lower cap

SINGAPORE — Singapore has kept a consistent standard of difficulty for the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) over the years, an official from the Ministry of Education (MOE) said, and this is ...
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Challenging questions in PSLE capped at 15% yearly to maintain consistent standard of difficulty: MOE

SINGAPORE: The Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) is kept at a “consistent standard of difficulty” over the years, with 15 per cent of questions classified as “challenging” each year, said the ...
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Why the percentage of pupils going from primary to secondary school has remained the same over 5 years

SINGAPORE: PSLE scores of primary school students are not “force fitted” into a bell curve by the Ministry of Education (MOE), a spokesperson said on Monday (Dec 7). The percentage of students ...