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Bilingual education in Brunei: the evolution of the Brunei approach to bilingual education and the role of CfBT in promoting educational change: full report An approximation of the number of students in the ‘full’ cohort per year in the final year of secondary school is shown in Figure 20. The two dotted lines at the top of the chart give an indication of cohort size using World Bank figures of school-age population and enrolment in the final year of secondary school over time. The bar graph shows the number of entrants for the O Level English and IGCSE English as a Second Language exam over a similar period. The final line graph shows the number of students indicated to be repeating their final year of secondary school per year. This was included so as to estimate the proportion of repeaters that may be included in final-year secondary enrolment figures. We should say here that the ‘population at age 17’ figures were used as a very rough approximation to the population of young people that could potentially be enrolled in the final year of secondary school. We appreciate that the introduction of the Express programme as part of SPN21 in 2010 affects this approximation to a small degree as in addition to students in Year 11, high-performing Year 10 students can be entered for the O Level exam. One can see however that the number of entries in the O Level exam is mostly in line with the rise in entries to the final year of secondary school. This reflects the twin successes of increased participation and increased attainment levels, reflecting both rising expectations, improved quality of teaching, and strategies to increase the numbers of students achieving a high level of competency in English (measured by success at O Level or, more recently, at IGCSE). 36
Bilingual education in Brunei: the evolution of the Brunei approach to bilingual education and the role of CfBT in promoting educational change: full report 2.2.4 Other key features of the education system In the context of this report’s aims and objectives, one should be aware of other key features of Brunei’s wider education system. Figure 21: SPN21 curriculum and education levels (reproduced from SEAMEO documentation 117 ) The different levels of education Free education for young people in Brunei generally begins at pre-school level, i.e. below age five. This is followed by primary school for a period of six years and secondary school for up to five years, culminating in O Level examinations, and in the case of English, either the Cambridge O Level or IGCSE exam. In families that can afford to do so, a proportion of young people may start their education with kindergarten (or ‘pre’-pre-school) at private institutions. 117 Brunei MoE (2008) p. 5 37
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