Many are planning to take unprecedented steps to prepare their children for the PSLE, including running mock exams in rented church halls.

Mrs Angie Maniam-Ng, who home-schools three children between the ages of four and eight, said: 'We are very happy with the good results. They show that the home-schooling system works.

Read Amelia Tan's full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.