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# Fewer failing O levels, why?
- URL: https://www.examiner.media/chart-3/
- Published: 2025-09-12T10:52:13.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-12T17:24:43.000Z
- Author: The Examiner
- Tags: maintag-Chart, Week-01-2025, chart

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/56/2b/562b4f8e-9dd1-43bb-a213-bc1615650661/content/images/2025/09/Fewer-students-failing-O-level-maths-1-2.png)

Source: Department of Exams

Failing maths means failing O Levels, and numeracy is essential for economic and political participation. So its encouraging that fewer students fail O Levels. Are students smarter, teachers better or exams easier?

Data and workings [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Fl9HipYdLN5vfp-v4ajtcJcrahnGllYPK64AHHxT3A0/edit?usp=sharing&ref=examiner.media).