09 January 2021
About four in five Normal (Academic) stream students are eligible for promotion to Secondary 5 in 2021.
Results released last month by the Education Ministry and the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board showed that 77.7 per cent of Normal (Academic) stream students, who sat the exams in 2020, did well enough to move on to the O-levels.
About 7,240 of the 9,321 Sec 4 Normal (Academic) candidates obtained an aggregate score not exceeding 19 points in English language, mathematics and the best three subjects, and at least a Grade 5 for all subjects used in the computation of this five-subject score.
In addition, 43.2 per cent of the Normal (Academic) candidates also sat for O-level subjects this year. Their results will be released in January.