About 91.1 per cent of the 13,936 students who took last year's GCE A-level examination achieved at least three H2 passes, with a pass in General Paper or Knowledge and Inquiry.

Their results were slightly better - by 0.5 percentage point - than the cohort which took the exams in 2012.

Students received their result slips from their schools from 2pm on Monday. Private candidates will receive their results by post, or they can also obtain their results through the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board website at http://www.seab.gov.sg from 2pm on Monday.