Assessing Learning Achievement Nationwide

Public examinations are the means of assessment. Pupils and students sit mid-year and end-of-year exams, and they also sit national and international level examinations. At the end of the primary level, pupils sit the Primary Certificate Examination (PCE) which is conducted nationwide. This examination is for entry into the lower secondary level.

As already mentioned, the Junior Secondary Assessment Examination (PMB) awaits students at the end of the three-year lower secondary level to assess their achievement and to determine to a certain extent their suitability for the various possible channels.

To ensure that the quality of education and students’ achievement in the country are at least on a par with the international level, the Ministry of Education has established links with the Cambridge Board of Examinations for the upper secondary and the pre-university levels.

Results of the Brunei-Cambridge A-level examinations