All four madrasahs that offered the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) for their students in 2015 have attained scores higher than the Madrasah PSLE benchmark set by the Ministry of Education*, reports the Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (Muis), the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore.
Madrasah Alsagoff Al-Arabiah, Madrasah Irsyad Zuhri Al-Islamiah, Madrasah AlMaarif Al-Islamiah and Madrasah Wak Tanjong Al-Islamiah also passed the 2014 benchmark within the 2014 to 2016 three-year assessment period, enabling all four religious schools to enroll Primary 1 students for the 2018-2020 session.
Out of the 280 Singaporean Primary 6 students who sat for the PSLE this year, 275 students (or 98.2%) are assessed suitable to proceed to secondary school. Muis will continue to extend its PSLE Assistance Package to all four full-time madrasahs whose students will be taking the PSLE in the coming year, the council said.
*Under the Compulsory Education Act, a madrasah’s average PSLE aggregate score must meet the PSLE benchmark to continue admitting Primary 1 students exempted from national schooling. The PSLE benchmark is pegged at the average PSLE aggregate score of Malay pupils in the six lowest-performing national primary schools who take four standard-level subjects. To be able to take in Primary 1 students, the madrasah must meet the PSLE benchmark at least twice in every three-year period.