Calculating Overall Marks

Dear all,

Thank you parents for your feedback and queries about the calculation of the students' final marks and the breakdown of their scores. Here is a detailed explanation of how the breakdown is done to tabulate the overall mark in the report book.

CA1: Not counted for overall marks.

SA1: Worth 30%

CA2: 28.6% of the marks for the subject will be calculated.
SA2: 71.4% of the marks for the subjects will be calculated.
These 28.6% of CA2 will then be added to the 71.4% of SA2 to get an overall mark for 'Combined Semester 2'

This combined overall mark for Semester 2 is worth 70% and this mark will then be added to the 30% of the first semester (SA1) in order to arrive at the overall score.

Let me state an example:

In the subject of English, Student A scores 50 for SA1, 60 for CA2 and 40 for SA2.

SA1: 30% x 50 = 15 

CA2: 28.6% x 60 = 17.16
SA2: 71.4% x 40 = 28.56

Second Combined: 
17.16 + 28.56 = 45.72
70% x 45.72 = 32.004

Overall: 32.004 + 15 = 47.004 (Rounding up, it will be tabulated as 47 for the Overall marks)

Hope this helps you in understanding how the scores are being arrived at. Do take time to explain to your children too and help them set targets for next year. :)

Thank You,
Sincerely,
Mr Nelson Ong