2024年4月3日，教育部長陳振聲回答阿裕尼集選區嚴燕松有關中學母語考試的問題。
以下內容為新加坡眼根據國會英文資料翻譯整理：
2027年起中學會考母語筆試變一次，統一當年9月舉行
嚴燕松（阿裕尼集選區）提問教育部長：
教育部是否評估過實行「新加坡—劍橋中學教育證書」（SEC）母語一次筆試會導致學生在以下方面產生額外的心理壓力和負擔？
（a）只有一次機會通過母語考試，而不是以前的兩次機會；
（b）母語考試與其他科目考試一起進行，而之前可以在年中完成母語考試後專注於其他科目考試。
陳振聲：在過去五年中，超過95%的學生通過年中考試達到了進入新加坡初級學院（JC）或勵仁高級中學（MI）的最低母語要求，即O-Level母語至少取得D7。參加第二次考試後成績有所提高的學生只占參加O-Level母語考試的群體的不到2%，並且只對不到2%的學生的中學後錄取結果產生了變化。
在全面科目編班制下，學生可以靈活地以不同層次學習母語。他們可以根據G1或G2母語成績達到進入新加坡初級學院或勵仁高級中學的最低母語要求，而不僅僅是G3或高級母語。未達到母語要求的學生仍可以被有條件臨時錄取到新加坡初級學院或勵仁高級中學。
新加坡—劍橋中學教育證書考試中母語筆試安排在9月份，學校反饋學生將有更多的母語學習時間。學生特別讚賞將母語和英語筆試與其他科目的考試間隔約一個月安排的做法。
以下是英文質詢內容：
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Education whether the Ministry has assessed if instituting one written Secondary Education Certificate (SEC) examination sitting for Mother Tongue Language (MTL) subjects will result in additional psychological stress and pressure on students arising from (i) having only one chance to pass MTL examinations instead of two previously and (ii) sitting for the MTL examination together with other subject examinations when they could previously focus on the latter after clearing the former in the middle of the year.
Mr Chan Chun Sing: In the last five years, more than 95% of students have met the minimum MTL requirement – that is, at least D7 for O-Level Mother Tongue Language (MTL) – for admission to Junior Colleges (JC) or Millennia Institute (MI) with the mid-year sitting. Any grade improvement for those who took the second sitting only changed the post-Secondary posting outcomes for less than 2% of the cohort who took the O-Level MTL examinations.
Under Full Subject-based Banding, students have greater flexibility to learn MTL at different subject-levels. They can meet the minimum MTL requirement for entry into JC or MI based on their results in G1 or G2 MTL, beyond just G3 or Higher MTL. Students who do not meet the MTL requirement can continue to be granted provisional admission to JC or MI.
With the MTL sitting in September under the SEC examination, schools have given feedback that students will benefit from more curriculum time for MTL learning. Students, in particular, appreciated the spacing out of their examination load with the written papers for MTL and EL scheduled approximately one month ahead of other subjects.
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