Most of the top PSLE students from neighbourhood schools

Most of the top PSLE students from neighbourhood schools
SINGAPORE: This year’s top Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) student is Qiu Biqing from Qifa Primary School.

Qiu Biqing has an aggregate score of 290, and this is the first time the neighbourhood school has produced a top PSLE student.

The highest PSLE score ever recorded is 294 in 2007, from St Hilda’s Primary School.

Six other top PSLE students are also from neighbourhood schools. These primary schools include South View, Greenridge, Gongshang and Rulang.

The 2009 Primary 6 cohort is the first batch of pupils under Subject—based Branding who sat for the PSLE.

The branding programme was implemented from the 2008 Primary 5 cohort to give pupils the flexibility of taking a mix of subjects at Standard or Foundation levels, depending on their strengths and abilities in each subject.

97.1 per cent of pupils who sat for PSLE this year will proceed to secondary school.

Secondary One posting results will be released on Tuesday, December 22.

Channel NewsAsia - Thursday, November 26