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Preparing for Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE)
Pupils sit for the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE), a national examination, after 6 compulsory years of primary education in Singapore. The PSLE assesses students' attainment of the learning outcomes of different subjects – English, Mathematics, Science and Mother Tongue. This assessment also facilitates the transition into the next phase of their education journey – secondary education.
The PSLE exam formats and syllabus are summarised below:
| English (0001) |
| Paper |
Component |
Item Type |
Marks |
Weightage |
| 1 |
Writing
(Situational & continuous writing) |
Open-ended |
55 |
27.5% |
| 2 |
Language Use & Comprehension
(Grammar, Vocabulary, Editing, Synthesis & Transformation, and Comprehension) |
MCQ & Open-ended |
95 |
47.5% |
| 3 |
Listening Comprehension |
MCQ |
20 |
10% |
| 4 |
Oral Communication
(Reading aloud & Stimulus-based Conversation) |
Open-ended |
30 |
15% |
| Total |
|
|
200 |
100% |
| Mathematics (0008) |
| Paper |
Component |
Item Type |
No. of Questions |
No. of Marks per Question |
Weighting |
Duration |
| 1 |
Booklet A |
MCQ |
10, 5 |
1, 2 |
20% |
50 min
|
| Booklet B |
Short answer |
10, 5 |
1, 2 |
20% |
| 2 |
- |
Short answer |
5 |
2 |
10% |
1h 40min |
Structured /
Long-answer |
13 |
3, 4, 5 |
50% |
| Total |
48 |
- |
100% |
2h 30 min |
| Science (0009) |
|
| Booklet |
Item Type |
No. of Questions |
No. of Marks per Question |
Marks |
Duration |
| A |
MCQ |
28 |
2 |
56 |
1h 45 min |
| B |
Open-ended |
12 - 13 |
2 - 5 |
44 |
| Chinese (0005) |
| Paper |
Component |
Item Type |
No. of Questions |
Marks |
Weighting |
| 1 |
作文
(命题作文 / 看图作文) |
开放式 |
2 选 1 |
40 |
20% |
| 2 |
语文理解与运用
A (语文应用 , 短文填空, 阅读理解一)
B (完成对话, 阅读理解二) |
多项选择
开放式 |
15, 5, 5
4, 11 |
90 |
45% |
| 3 |
口试与听力
(朗读篇章, 会话)
听力 |
朗读, 对话
听力理解 |
1, 1
10 |
50
20
|
25%
10% |
| Total |
|
|
|
200 |
100% |
A more detailed outline of the exam formats and syllabus can be found at Singapore Examinations Assessment Board.