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FAC 2017 (32) - BUILDING AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DRAWING

Option A

116. FAC heard that in Unit 1, 95 per cent of candidates who wrote the examination in 2017
achieved acceptable grades, Grades I – V. Performance on Paper 01, the Multiple Choice, was
good with 97 per cent of candidates earning acceptable Grades I – V. Performance on Paper
02, the Structured Paper, improved compared with 2016. Candidate performance on Paper
03, the School-Based Assessment, was good with 95 per cent of candidates achieving
acceptable grades. In terms of performance on modules, performance on all modules,
Module 1, Geometry 1; Module 2, Geometry 2 and Module 3, Engineering Drawing, was good.

117. Ninety-three per cent of candidates who wrote the Unit 2 examination achieved
acceptable grades. Performance on Paper 01, the Multiple Choice, was good with 96 per cent
of candidates earning acceptable Grades I – V while performance on Paper 02, the Structured
Paper, was weak. Candidate performance on Paper 03, the School-Based Assessment, was
good. In terms of performance on modules, candidate performance on all modules, Module
1, Mechanics of Machines; Module 2, Engineering Materials and Process and Module 3,
Engineering Design Elements, was good.

Option B

118. FAC heard that in Unit 1, 90 per cent of candidates who wrote the examination
achieved acceptable grades, Grades I–V. Performance on Paper 01, the Multiple Choice, was
good with 97 per cent of candidates achieving Grades I–V. Performance on Paper 02, the
Structured Paper, continues to be weak, while performance on Paper 03, the School-Based
Assessment, was good. In terms of performance on modules, performance on Module 1,
Geometry 1; Module 2, Geometry 2 and Module 3, Building Drawing was satisfactory.

119. In Unit 2, 91 per cent of the candidates who wrote the examination achieved
acceptable grades. Performance on Paper 01, the Multiple Choice, was good with 97 per cent
of candidates earning acceptable grades while performance on Paper 02, the Structured
Paper, continues to be weak. Candidate performance on Paper 03, the School-Based
Assessment, was good. In terms of performance on modules, performance on Module 1,
Structural Drawings, Module 2, Building Materials and Processes and Module 3, Management
and Design was fair.

FAC 2017 (35) - COMMUNICATION STUDIES

120. FAC heard that overall, the performance on the 2017 examination was consistent with
2016 as approximately 98 per cent of the candidates achieved Grades I-V in both years.
However, the performance on the Modules varied. While there was an increase in the
percentage of candidates achieving Grades A–C on Module 1, Gathering and Processing
Information and Module 2, Language and Community, that on Module 3, Speaking and
Writing, remained consistent with 2016. The percentage of candidates achieving Grades A–C
on Module 1 increased from 39 to 79 per cent, that on Module 2 from 69 to 71 per cent and
that on Module 3 remained consistent at 83 per cent.

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