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    Three girls top GCE O-level exams

    By Xavier Lur | Yahoo! Newsroom – Tue, Jan 10, 2012

    Three female students topped the 2011 Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education ordinary level (GCE O-level) examinations, results on Monday showed.

    Lim Min from Crescent Girls’ School and Zhong Yingyi and Chai Yung Ci from CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School scored 10 A1s in the exams (11 A1s inclusive of mother tongue language).

    One of the school's top scorers, Zhong Yingyi, 17, told Yahoo! Singapore that she had not expected to score 10 A1s. The Singapore citizen, who was born in Hunan, China, aspires to enter Raffles Institution (JC) and hopes to become a diplomat. She attributed her success to the school's consistent efforts and teachers' dedication.

    The other top scorer from CHIJ St. Nicholas, Chai Yung Ci, 16, was also surprised to have received such good results. "I did not score well for my prelims -- B3 for English and C5 for Combined Humanities -- and it came to me as a shock that I actually scored 10 A1s," said the Malaysian, who is currently on MOE's scholarship programme.

    This is the fourth consecutive year CHIJ St. Nicholas has produced a top performer in the O Levels. This year is the first time over the four years it has produced two top scorers.

    "CHIJ St. Nicholas has done comparably well this time. Although our average L1R5 fell by 0.3 points, but two of our students have made it to the national top scorers," its principal Tan Wai Lan said in an interview with Yahoo! Singapore.

    She also noted the strong performance of direct school admission (DSA) students. "In fact, three of our DSA students have done exceptionally well, scoring an average of 13 points for their L1R5 despite coming in with a PSLE aggregate of just 199," she added.

    A total of 36,955 school candidates sat the 2011 GCE O-Level examination and 30,281 or 81.9 per cent received 5 or more O-Level passes, MOE said in a statement.

    It also noted that a total of 48 Secondary schools had students scoring 7 A1s or more.

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    • Irfaan
      Irfaan  •  4 months ago
      I've read A1s, does it mean that there are different types of As ? A1,A2,A3.. ?
      B3, C5?
      • s
        s 4 months ago
        In decreasing order, the grades used for the O-levels are A1, A2, B3, B4, C5, C6, D7, E8, F9
    • Yili
      Yili  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      Students with 10 A1s will still be top scorers even if RI and RGS still in the race. It is small minded to denigrate the acheivement of these girls. Congrats to them !!
    • Joel Low
      Joel Low  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      Why is the MOE giving scholarship to Malaysian? Not enough Singaporean to give? I know many average families struggle to pay for education expenses every month, how come MOE can help others rather than their own citizens? Failed!!!! MOE get 10 F9!!!
      • A Yahoo! User 4 months ago
        they are giving scholarships to foreigners because singapore is filled with dumb people like you who cannot find it in their brains to comprehend the need for attracting more talented individuals here to compensate all the local talents migrating
      • tan
        tan 4 months ago
        Singaporeans are very stupid.Do you know why the government has to spend so much money on foreign talent?It is because singaporeans are lazy.Period.If we would not study hard,why should we deserve a scholarship?What is Singapore's most precious resource?Manpower.Without manpower,we would have been like just any other poor country.You guys go on bitching about scholarship for malaysians and PRCs.Can we Singaporeans get 11A1?If not then don't talk.They have sacrificed time spent with their family just for a better education.Their Scholarships were well deserved.Kudos to the three girls!
      • Tsuruga
        Tsuruga 4 months ago
        "Can we Singaporeans get 11A1....." we are not the same kind as you.
    • Bird Dog
      Bird Dog  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      Good lor.The next 2 years they go to JC & then U. The poor boys will still be in NS watching the girls bypass them & go forward. These poor sods slog in the jungle wondering what the future holds for them.By the time they ROD the girls are so way ahead. Poor buggers!
      • Manoj J
        Manoj J 4 months ago
        true! then they will replace us with foreign grads while we serve the nation.
        But if we dun defend our own homeland, who will?
      • Kent . TSW
        Kent . TSW 4 months ago
        The poor boys will still be in NS watching the girls bypass them & go forward. These poor sods slog in the jungle wondering what the future holds for them.By the time they ROD the girls are so way ahead. Poor buggers!

        To make it an equal footing , gals should also be subject to military training. so as not to cause a huge gap between males & females.......
    • BB See
      BB See  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      Congrats to the girls. But we need to have more holistic education. What is the point of everyone getting distinction but the country is flooded with crooks. So many set backs, failures and cheating. Education is to make people better not just to run after money. My concern is we have stellar results on paper but poor in values. Does it help if we have top brains but everything goes wrong?
      • Kent . TSW
        Kent . TSW 4 months ago
        well said , moral values at hit a low , etiquette & manners also at a low....
    • Red Cloud
      Red Cloud  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      My advice to those students who r not academically inclined is that do not be discouraged. Talents differ ; all is well n wisely put. Said the squirrel to the mountain "If I cannot carry forests on my back, neither can u crack a nut".
      I have many mediocre friends who are more successful n wealthier than me. Some r even illiterate unimpressive n cannot speak proper English or Mandarin.
      I took my O level in 1957 when there were only 2000+ candidates sitting for the examination. In those days many students would fail in the English paper.
      High academic can be a disadvantage because it can inhibit your ability to take risks.
      • marko
        marko 4 months ago
        then go ITE then...an upgrade version of VITB...and now its ITE and your friends in secondary schools look down on you if you go there...and that why they are sucessful and wealither than you..and you still cant be like them..also..sad huh?...but buy more toto and hit the big one and you can laugh them soon!..like me :)..
    • Samurai
      Samurai  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      Good girls make us proud
    • Lor-naldo
      Lor-naldo  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      Girls on top. Love it.
    • Jeffri
      Jeffri  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      Congratulations boys and girls ... Move on and keep looking ahead for positives aura ..
    • Robert
      Robert  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      As the top scorers have invented the apples or scored their Nobel Prizes, then they truly succeed. For now they should try to be like ordinary citizens be humble and not allow their scores to go to the head. Do not look down on lesser humans who have scored only three A1.
    • Chuang
      Chuang  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      Congrats to the top scorers! Hopefully all of them will choose to stay in Singapore. Zhong Yingyi can be our future ambassdor to China.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      our nation very soon will spilt into 3 parts.. local born, PR & New Citizen.. 2/3 make up of foreigners.. Best living standard will goes to them.. local will become as native as like Australia
      Aboriginal Origins.
    • Vote the arrogant party o ...
      Vote the arrogant party o ...  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      Do u know that we have the integrated program? The best brains in sg do not take part in the local O levels exam. Generally, only the top performers are eligible to be part of the IP programme, due to the limited amount of schools which have the funds to implement it, as it is currently regarded as experimental. the brightest pupils at secondary schools in Singapore to bypass the "O" levels and take the "A" levels, International Baccalaureate or an equivalent examination directly at the age of 18 after six years of secondary education..

      Have u heard of any foreigners topping our A levels for the last few years?
    • limes
      limes  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      Singaporean relegate to 2nd class citizen.
      Condemn by our gahment to sweep the floor & clean the table of foreigner.
      We are local maid to foreigner

      Please trash the papaya in the next election
      Vote for mango
    • SK
      SK  •  Shanghai, China  •  4 months ago
      Only those who are not working hard enough will comment or is concerned if the top scholars are from China or Malaysia or Taiwan. I am a 60 years true blue Singaporean. My parents, like the parents of many who write comments on Yahoo , came from DongGuan, China. I am proud of my Chinese origin , but I am prouder to be a Singaporean for the past 60 years and many years more to come. Do all of your have problems with that.
    • Love SG
      Love SG  •  Manila, Philippines  •  4 months ago
      No wonder Singaporean hate foreigners. Instead of proving them Sin are cleverer than them. They just know how to complain that the education system putting resources to breed foreign top scholars??Look like a sour loser. Prove that your kids can beat them in studies too instead of crying here.
    • Remo
      Remo  •  Thanjavur, India  •  4 months ago
      Wow Great That is...
    • angrySGcitizen
      angrySGcitizen  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      "I did not score well for my prelims -- B3 for English and C5 for Combined Humanities -- and it came to me as a shock that I actually scored 10 A1s,"

      I smell something fishy for someone on MOE's scholarship programme.
    • Paul K
      Paul K  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      Judging from their names, I think these girls are China-born who are either Malaysians or PRs in Singapore. I taught in China for a short time. Students from China are known to study 18 to 20 hours everyday. Not many Singapore students will do that. They deserved the honour.
    • Pingpong Ng
      Pingpong Ng  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      singapore really screw up this time, why top scorer is a PRC and not local? i tho we have to groom our own local singaporean, sigh, use our rice feed other country ppl. No wonder our minister so rich as they can feed other country ppl instead of local ppl. singapore really screw up....
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