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MOE places the blame on "kiasu" parents. But how did this come to be in the first place? Isn't it the MOE that brought the pressure to the kids in the first place? We all know that the vacancies in the local universities is limited. And the fact that the govt allots quite a substantial number of vacancies for foreigners is partly to blame too.
To get into the university, the surest way is acing your A levels or the International Baccalaureate. That means you have to get into the JCs. It is also a fact that the top JCs produce students that have the highest chances of entering the universities.
To get into the JCs, you have do to well at secondary. With the introduction of the Integrated Programme (IP), you bypass the O levels. But to get into these IP schools, you must do well for your PSLE. Again, the "top schools" at primary level traditionally have better PSLE results too.
Can it not be concluded that the pressure to gain entry into the top JCs has been brought down for secondary schools to primary schools, after the introduction of the IP system?
So what's this claim by MOE that parents are over-pressuring their children, when MOE itself is a party contributing to the very highly tense and competitive situation in the first place?
- http://wherebearsroamfree.blogspot.com/2012/02/schoolkids-seeing-psychologists-how-did.html
To get into the university, the surest way is acing your A levels or the International Baccalaureate. That means you have to get into the JCs. It is also a fact that the top JCs produce students that have the highest chances of entering the universities.
To get into the JCs, you have do to well at secondary. With the introduction of the Integrated Programme (IP), you bypass the O levels. But to get into these IP schools, you must do well for your PSLE. Again, the "top schools" at primary level traditionally have better PSLE results too.
Can it not be concluded that the pressure to gain entry into the top JCs has been brought down for secondary schools to primary schools, after the introduction of the IP system?
So what's this claim by MOE that parents are over-pressuring their children, when MOE itself is a party contributing to the very highly tense and competitive situation in the first place?
- http://wherebearsroamfree.blogspot.com/2012/02/schoolkids-seeing-psychologists-how-did.html
