Promotion Criteria

ACADEMIC POLICY AND FRAMEWORK

Academic assessment is a process of gathering and documenting information about students’ achievement and performance and is used for making informed decisions about student, curricular and educational policies. It involves giving and using feedback to enable students to improve their learning and meet their academic goals.

GRADING SYSTEM

A good grasp of the grading system and promotion criteria helps you to set your short-term and long-term goals, i.e. gaining the necessary standard entry into a Junior College / Centralised Institute / Polytechnic / Institute of Technical Education of your preferred choice. Goals must be achievable and evaluated regularly.

GCE O-LEVEL

Marks	Grade	Aggregate Point
75 – 100	A1	1
70 – 74	A2	2
65 – 69	B3	3
60 – 64	B4	4
55 – 59	C5	5
50 – 54	C6	6
45 – 49	D7	7
40 – 44	E8	8
39 and below	F9	9

GCE N-LEVEL (FOR NORMAL ACADEMIC COURSE)

Marks	Grade	Aggregate Point
75 – 100	1	1
70 – 74	2	2
65 – 69	3	3
60 – 64	4	4
50 – 59	5	5
0 – 49	U	6

GCE N-LEVEL (FOR NORMAL TECHNICAL COURSE)

Marks	Grade
75 – 100	A
70 – 74	B
60 – 69	C
50 – 59	D
0 – 49	U

GRADING OF NON-EXAMINABLE SUBJECTS
Grades	Descriptors
A	Has very good knowledge and skills in the subject.
B	Has good knowledge and skills in the subject.
C	Has adequate knowledge and skills in the subject.
D	Has some knowledge and skills in the subject.

ACADEMIC PROMOTION CRITERIA

The following are the guidelines for promotion of pupils in the various streams. Please note that this promotion criteria applies to students admitted to Secondary One before 2023. *Students may be offered lateral transfer to a more academically demanding course they are assessed to be able to cope with the rigour of the more demanding course (especially in English Language and Mathematics), and have obtained a minimum of 70% in the overall percentage of all subject combined.