THE two top students in the 2007 GCE O level examination are from Methodist Girls' and Singapore Chinese Girls' schools, with each scoring 9A1s and an A2.

They are Kim Chan Xinhui of MGS and Perlyn Ler Jia Ning of SCGS.

Seventeen top Chinese students obtained 9 A1s, according to the O level results out on Thursday.

MGS also produced the top Malay student - Nurul Azizah Johari, who scored 8A1s and an A2.

There were 10 top Indian students, five of whom obtained 8A1s and an A2, and five with 8A1s.

The top Secondary 4 Eurasian student is Olivia Elizabeth Conceicao, from Xinmin Secondary School, with 7A1s and two A2s.

Leading the board for Secondary 5 students is Beetsma Dina Husna Zamily, of Swiss Cottage Secondary School, who scored 6A1s and an A2.

Altogether, 48 secondary schools have students scoring 7A1s or more.

Of the 38,450 students who sat for 2007 O-level exam, 99.9 per cent or 38,402, have been awarded certificates.

Among them, 3,516 or 30.2 per cent of the 2007 Secondary 4 Normal (Academic) students sat for one or two subjects in the O-level examination. Of these, 91.7 per cent passed.

Selected Sec 4 N(A) students may now offer up to 2 O-Level subjects out of the full range of O-Level subjects.

Of the 3,029 private candidates who sat for the examination, 2,697 or 89 per cent have been awarded certificates.

School candidates were issued their results by their respective schools from 2pm today.

Private candidates will be informed of their results by post. They can also access their results through the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board website at http://www.seab.gov.sg.

The O level exams is conducted jointly by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board and the Ministry of Education.

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