Laptops replace pen and paper as Singapore shifts towards electronic examinations


To date, 60 GCE examination papers are now in electronic mode, and conducted in different modes such as e-oral and computer-based practical. - ST PHOTO: GIN TAY

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Traditional pen-and-paper exams are gradually making way for electronic examinations, or examinations that are delivered through an online system.

In Singapore, e-exams for national examinations such as the General Certificate of Education (GCE) were first introduced in 2013 for selected Mother Tongue Language papers.

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