Channel NewsAsia Singapore

Commentary: Why are these PSLE maths questions so hard?

SINGAPORE: This year’s Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) mathematics papers have been at the centre of controversy over the past few days. Parents have reportedly claimed their children have ...
Asia One

Tough PSLE maths exam questions from over the years to challenge your child... or yourself

Discussions over tough PSLE maths questions are undoubtedly an annual affair. Apart from leaving some, if not many students deflated for not being able to tackle the questions, it has also led to ...
TODAYonline

PSLE math paper: Are tough questions necessary? Or should parents stop complaining?

Last week, some parents said students were left in tears after they took a difficult Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) mathematics paper. One mother was so upset she wrote a Facebook post to ...
TODAYonline

MOE caps ‘challenging questions’ in PSLE at 15% to keep difficulty level consistent; some parents call for lower cap

SINGAPORE — Singapore has kept a consistent standard of difficulty for the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) over the years, an official from the Ministry of Education (MOE) said, and this is ...
Hindustan Times

Brain Teaser: Can you solve this maths question from Singapore’s PSLE?

A maths question asked in Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) in Singapore a few years back is again doing the rounds on social media. It is leaving people exclaiming, ‘What in the world is this ...
Asia One

Challenging questions in PSLE capped at 15% each year, 'making up about 15 marks of the paper': MOE director-general

SINGAPORE - 15 per cent of Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) questions are classified as "challenging" each year, and the national exam is kept at a consistent standard of difficulty across ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore

Challenging questions in PSLE capped at 15% yearly to maintain consistent standard of difficulty: MOE

SINGAPORE: The Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) is kept at a “consistent standard of difficulty” over the years, with 15 per cent of questions classified as “challenging” each year, said the ...
Marketing Interactive

Brands score a point for creative solutions to PSLE math problem

Singapore's Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE) made headlines on news and social media once again as both parents and students raised their concerns over a Math problem that was deemed too ...
The Straits Times

15% of questions in PSLE classified as challenging each year

Fifteen per cent of Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) questions are classified as "challenging" each year, and the national exam is kept at a consistent standard of difficulty across the years ...
The Straits Times

askST: How to prepare my child for PSLE

posed several questions on the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE), from how the papers are marked to the best exam strategies. Here are some of their questions and the answers from Mr Ong Kong ...