FAQ: What you should know about the PSLE scoring system and cut-off points for secondary schools

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Education on Tuesday released the range of scores for entry to nearly 140 secondary schools, under a new scoring system that takes effect this year.

MOE first stimulated each student’s individual subject score in terms of the Achievement Level based on their raw subject scores. The Achievement Level scores were then added to form a student’s total PSLE score.Using these simulated PSLE scores and the school choices of the 2020 batch, MOE simulated the students’ posting outcomes based on the new Secondary 1 posting system and the tie-breakers in order of citizenship, choice order of schools and computerised balloting.

The indicative cut-off point is the score of the last student admitted into the school of the previous cohort, and actual cut-off points may vary from year to year. A: The indicative PSLE score range of a school shows the score of the first and last student admitted into that school and course in the previous year via the Secondary 1 posting exercise. The score of the last student is the indicative cut-off point of that school.

“This means that students would have a range of school options at each PSLE score and could also consider schools with cut-off points that do not correspond exactly to their PSLE scores,” MOE said in a factsheet. Q: Why do several schools have the same indicative cut-off point? How should parents and students choose a secondary school when the indicative cut-off points for many schools are the same?

Encouraging parents to find out more about the schools using MOE’s platforms like the PSLE-FSBB microsite and SchoolFinder programme, the Education Ministry also stressed that the choice order of schools will be a tie-breaker under the new posting system. Q: Will there be an increased likelihood of balloting since there are fewer possible PSLE scores and more schools at every score?

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