25 December 2021
Students in Singapore who sat the GCE A-level examination last year achieved the best passing rate since 2006.
93.6 per cent of the total 11,646 candidates obtained at least three H2 passes, with a pass in General Paper or Knowledge and Inquiry.
Like in 2020, students who returned to their schools on Friday to collect their results had to do so in their classrooms, instead of as a cohort in the school hall.
Those who sat the exams last year also had to cope with the sudden shift from in-person teaching to home-based learning.
Education Minister Lawrence Wong said in a Facebook post: “Whatever your results, take some time to celebrate your growth and learning. Many of you will be thinking of your next steps and the options to pursue. Speak to your parents, teachers and friends, find out more about your options, consider your strengths and what you enjoy. What’s more important is to have the mindset that learning is for life – there are no endpoints, just the lifelong process of becoming a better person who can contribute meaningfully in your own way.”