PSLE
will stay as an important benchmark of students' achievements: Heng
Swee Keat
The Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) is here to stay, said
Education Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Sunday.
"We're not about to abolish it," he said, adding that the PSLE is
an important in setting a local and international benchmark for
what 12-year-olds can achieve.
Rather, the change to use letter grades instead of precise scores,
which had been announced last year, is a way to plan for the next
stage of a student's learning journey, he said, in response to a
question posed to him at The Straits Times' inaugural Education
Forum.
By using these grades, students who do well in particular subjects
can take the same subject in secondary school at a higher level.
"It's really how we regard (the exam)," he said, whether parents
see it as a "do-or-die" high-stakes exam or one of the many
checkpoints in life.
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