7 school of SG50 closing shop no more new students

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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/7-schools-not-posted-any/2371696.html?cid=fbsg

No Sec 1 student intake for 7 schools next year
The seven schools are: Balestier Hill Secondary School, Henderson Secondary School, MacPherson Secondary School, North View Secondary School, Pioneer Secondary School, Siglap Secondary School and Si Ling Secondary School.

Posted 23 Dec 2015 12:39 Updated 23 Dec 2015 16:57

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SINGAPORE: Seven secondary schools were not posted any Secondary 1 students for 2016 after the 2015 Secondary One Posting Exercise, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said in a media statement on Wednesday (Dec 23).

The seven schools are: Balestier Hill Secondary School, Henderson Secondary School, MacPherson Secondary School, North View Secondary School, Pioneer Secondary School, Siglap Secondary School and Si Ling Secondary School.

MOE said this is due to falling cohort sizes, which resulted in fewer students being posted to some secondary schools. The schools are said to not have sufficient demand in their area to open classes.

The Education Ministry added that it is looking into the possibility of merging a number of schools with a low enrolment with another school, so schools will be able to provide a wide range of educational programmes and co-curricular activities for their students. More details will be provided in early 2016, MOE said.

About 38,600 students were posted to secondary schools based on merit and their choice in the 2015 posting exercise. Students will begin classes on Jan 4, 2016, MOE said.

- CNA/dl

 

[JohnTan]

I showed the schools mentioned to my kids. They confirmed what I originally suspected; these schools are garbage. Few rational parents would want their kids to enroll in such schools. These schools would probably be closed in a few years time when their final batch of student graduates! Good riddance!

 

[johnny333]

These schools have probably been replaced by new international schools that don't accept Sporeans.

Spore girls better start worrying because they may be called to do NS to make up the falling male numbers.

 

[Ambulance]

I showed the schools mentioned to my kids. They confirmed what I originally suspected; these schools are garbage. Few rational parents would want their kids to enroll in such schools. These schools would probably be closed in a few years time when their final batch of student graduates! Good riddance!

halo waffles prostitution siang ho ki ta long zong geong sun tung si boh

 

[Poomer]

Think too many police case... Close down all the paikia school

 

[xebay11]

I showed the schools mentioned to my kids. They confirmed what I originally suspected; these schools are garbage. Few rational parents would want their kids to enroll in such schools. These schools would probably be closed in a few years time when their final batch of student graduates! Good riddance!

And which elite school were you from? Anyway talent normally skips a generation, your kids will be fine.

 

[jw5]

This is a great idea. If Spore girls don't do NS, I worry. :p

Spore girls better start worrying because they may be called to do NS to make up the falling male numbers.

 

[greedy and cunning]

I showed the schools mentioned to my kids. They confirmed what I originally suspected; these schools are garbage. Few rational parents would want their kids to enroll in such schools. These schools would probably be closed in a few years time when their final batch of student graduates! Good riddance!

all the neighbourhood schools are the same
they are owned by gorberment ,
all teachers are from NIE

so why do you said these are garbage ?
these schools have building structure problems ?
all the schools' teachers are FT , without NIE cert ?

good radiance your cheebye

 

[yahoo55]

Looks like retrenchments are coming to MOE, 7 very overpaid principals will lose their jobs.

Principals and many of the "superscale" civil servants in MOE are seriously overpaid, but the most ridiculously overpaid are the jiak liao bee PAP ministers and parliamentary secretaries in MOE. And what's even more ridiculous is that PAP now have 2 jiak liao bee ministers of education getting millions dollar pay from taxpayers. MOE is a bloated bureaucracy, PAP bringing in more of their people to leech on public money.

 

[JohnTan]

all the neighbourhood schools are the same
they are owned by gorberment ,
all teachers are from NIE

so why do you said these are garbage ?
these schools have building structure problems ?
all the schools' teachers are FT , without NIE cert ?

good radiance your cheebye

Be it choosing a school for your kid, fresh grad choosing which company to join, which football club to support, ah being choosing which big boss to follow, the mentality is similar. We all want to follow a leader who can deliver results, give lots of money/benefits, allow us to improve. Even when people follow a leader who is currently not doing well, they are all banking on his potential for exponential growth in the near future.

This is what I am guessing about the 7 garbage schools that couldn't attract enough new secondary school students:

Their O-level and N-level students must have done poorly for many years in a row. Disgruntled parents spread the word, and other parents are loathe to enroll their kids in schools where the teachers can't produce good results for whatever reasons.

Most of their existing students are of low quality who can't make it to better schools, or are too lazy to travel a bit further from their neighbourhood. Many of their students probably have serious disciplinary issues or attitude problems, and overall affect the morale of existing students and teachers alike. A vicious cycle kicks in where a mediocre school only attracts the lowest tier of students which in turn affects employee morale and in turn, leads to an annual guarantee of shitty results. I wouldn't be surprise if employee turnover rates in those garbage schools is above the national average.

During my younger days, I was an employee in crappy business organizations. I have seen how vicious cycles like that start, which led to an exodus of capable staff, and those who remained to the very end were usually the lowest quality staff who didn't have the professional mobility or lacked the balls to move on. I too moved on, and learnt from ex-colleagues that those organizations eventually collapsed. The same is now happening to schools. You don't see schools like Raffles Institution or Hwa Chong having this sort of problems. So, the issue is not so much with declining birthrates but the overall low quality of the school and all that it stands for. It is that bad that parents refuse to send their kids to those schools.

 

[greedy and cunning]

no lah.

how well student do depends very much on the individual.
with silly naive parents and having to work during the day
these parent neither have the intelligence nor the time to guide their children.

thats why children whose parent are doctor , accountant , lawyer , engineer etc
always do better.
if the parent also have the power
it is definitely an added advantage.

 

[po2wq]

... MOE said this is due to falling cohort sizes ...

obviously moe is sleeping on ze job ... dey shud get ft's 2 cum in 2 take up dose places ... moe's head shud b chopped! ...

 

[Hans168]

after a few years got to re open again due to onstream of children from f trashes coming of age
then it will be NO more vacancy

 

[JohnTan]

no lah.

how well student do depends very much on the individual.
with silly naive parents and having to work during the day
these parent neither have the intelligence nor the time to guide their children.

thats why children whose parent are doctor , accountant , lawyer , engineer etc
always do better.
if the parent also have the power
it is definitely an added advantage.

If that is true, then why are the majority of the kids from rubbish neighbhourhood schools doing poorly? Vast majority of the students in elite schools like RI go to university, become doctors, lawyers and successful people in life. Can't say the same for the students from the crappy neighbhourhood schools. Parents also know. That's why so many of them are volunteering to do grassroots work in the primary schools in order to better the chances of their kids entering a really good school.