A-Level results: 93.1% score at least 3 H2 passes, best results since curriculum change in 2006

A-Level results: 93.1% score at least 3 H2 passes, best results since curriculum change in 2006

The 13,582 students who sat for the examination last year bettered the previous best set by the 2014 cohort, where 91.4 per cent achieved the same standard of passes.

By Holly Matthews
Posted 04 Mar 2016 15:30 Updated 04 Mar 2016 23:32

SINGAPORE: Last year’s cohort of GCE A-Level students scored the best results since the curriculum was changed in 2006, with 93.1 per cent scoring at least three Higher 2 (H2) passes, with a pass in General Paper or Knowledge and Inquiry.

The 13,582 students who sat for the examination last year topped the previous best set by the 2014 cohort, where 91.4 per cent achieved the same standard of passes.

The A-level curriculum was revised in 2006, with the first cohort of candidates taking their examinations in 2007. The pass percentage has steadily increased since then, with 87.5 per cent of the 2007 cohort achieving a similar standard of passes.

School candidates received their results at their schools on Friday at 2.30pm. Private candidates will receive their results by post, or they can use their SingPass account to obtain their results at the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board’s website from 2.30pm on Friday.

Students can now use their A-Level results to apply to the five local universities. For the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore University of Technology and Design and Singapore Management University, the application deadline is April 1st, while the Singapore Institute of Technology closes its online application on March 18.

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Employers rank preferred business schools in Asia-Pacific

Employers rank preferred business schools in Asia-Pacific
Posted: 09 December 2011 1225 hrs

SINGAPORE: For the third year running, the INSEAD Asia Campus in Singapore has been ranked the business school which Asia-Pacific employers most prefer to recruit from.

The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad was ranked second while the Melbourne Business School at the University of Melbourne took third spot.

The NUS Business School ranked fourth.

The QS Global 200 Business Schools Report 2012, ranks 200 full-time MBA business schools by region and specialisation.

Votes from more than 12,000 employers worldwide that recruit internationally are taken into account.

Employers from Asia-Pacific accounted for nearly a quarter of the responses coming from sectors such as consulting and professional services, banking and financial services, as well as HR and recruitment.

Singapore employers named in the QS Report included the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Citigroup, Standard Chartered Bank, Accenture, Unilever and Shell.

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