Hi ppl I had an questions. About GCE n and o level result. How do the final exam calculate result? From your past yr result semester and test by teacher? Or the final exam papers onli?
by the cambridge N and O level papers
The final results, used in applying for JC/Poly/ITE/MI/private, is entirely based on O level results. Only O level.
Of course, if you are taking N level and you are among the top N level students, you can gain admission into Polytechnic year zero. (through-train) It's called the Polytechnic Foundation Programme.
If you are a N level student, to go up to Sec 5 to take O level, you have to do well in N level. I am sure you already know this.
Whereas for the school preliminary exams, it is used primarily as a gauge for you to see how ready you are for the big national examinations. If that preliminary exam is prior to the actual O levels, it is used secondarily in Direct School Admissions into the Polytechnics and Junior Colleges, if you want to participate in Direct School Admissions.
At Westwood Secondary School (as at year 2012), we have two preliminary exams prior to the national exams. One in July immediately after June holidays, second around national day holiday. If you are interested in getting the Good Progress Award, Bursary, Edusave Merit award, etc., you may want to know that the selection from graduating students is from the first preliminary examination in July. Because the first prelim is really the school set itself. The second prelim the questions is usually take from other school prelim papers (some available for sale in the market). At least that is how it's done at WWSS (as at year 2012). It may be different at your secondary school.
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