What kind of Singapore Education System !!!

[steadyman1]

It goes like this...

The Ministry of Education aims to help our students to discover their own talents, to make the best of these talents and realise their full potential, and to develop a passion for learning that lasts through life......

Refinements to Primary School Streaming
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6. MOE will do away with the distinction between EM1 and EM2 streams, so as to provide schools the flexibility to organise their classes in ways that add the best educational value.


7. The approach of customising a pupil’s education according to his ability is fundamentally sound and will remain. There will be no change at the primary-level to the Gifted Education Programme, which provides different curriculum and teaching methods for exceptionally bright pupils. EM3 will also remain a distinct course of study, focusing on foundational knowledge. Our less academically inclined pupils benefit from being taught separately, using a different curriculum and teaching approach.


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Helping to discover talents at the age of 9! How truth is truth??
Sentencing a 9 yrs old child permantly!!!

They should rethink and abolish all this crap. Treat every kids equal. Let them breath and joy childhood.


Was chatting during lunch and get to know a 10 years old suicide. In his will, he stated due to study stress..

See how pity is this. A young life just ended because of the stupid system.
All this system are crap crap carp..
Like what we see now. Rich get richer and poor get poorer.

One hand say help the worker with a 1 time bonus to get over the inflation. On the other hand say firm should not increase wage to due to inflation. Obviously, they had their increment twice since last April and this year Jan. So aren't they get further away from the ground (ren ming). Was that the aim back in the 1960s when the committee was formed and the people has been supported?? Think twice.... Sigh....

 

[zhihau]

what about the late bloomers?

 

[Wang Ye]

In other words some minister's kid failed to qualify for normal stream

 

[SammyHulk]

Imo, since we cannot change the education system, all the more we must take up our responsibility and educate our children that their educations don't just stop in school. There is more than just school. We must instill our children a positive mindset that as long as they are willing to work towards their goals, they will eventually reach them. The past is no equal to the future. It will be the choices they make along the way.

 

[SammyHulk]

Gifted Education Programme an important part of Singapore system

<cite class="auth">Channel NewsAsia - Tuesday, July 15</cite>

SINGAPORE : Education Minister Ng Eng Hen on Monday said the Gifted Education Programme (GEP) retains an important place in the Singapore education system.
Even mainstream students are benefiting from a similar curriculum, as more schools develop programmes for their best and brightest students.The GEP was introduced more than 20 years ago to cater to the intellectually gifted students in Singapore.
At Da Qiao Primary School, students identified as ’high ability learners’ are given different worksheets in class. These ’high ability learners’ are students who did not make it past GEP tests, but who display a strong academic ability.
So for example, in an English lesson on plays, while their classmates get quite a bit of guidance, the questions posed to ’high ability learners’ are much more open—ended.
Da Qiao Primary said these students have responded well to the extra stimulus. They are more articulate, confident, and are better problem—solvers.
Their exposure to poetry and class debates also lets them handle schoolwork better — they have consistently remained in the top one per cent of their cohort.
The students also go for extra classes in creative writing and independent research.
Lois Tan, English Level Head, Da Qiao Primary School, said: "These opportunities, these pupils — be it in English or Math — are given an extra push, extra stretch. That would definitely benefit them. If not, if they’re just in the mainstream, that would be quite a pity."
Da Qiao Primary is not the only school that targets ’high ability learners’. It is one of six primary schools in its cluster to do so.
Its pilot programme was launched in 2007.
While these programmes are jointly developed with the Gifted Education branch of the Ministry of Education (MOE), the ministry said they are considered ’school initiatives’.
Dr Ng said: "We need to develop every child — those with special needs, those talented in sports or the arts, and those who are intellectually gifted. We should accept the inherent differences in our children’s abilities."
Dr Ng was speaking at the opening of the 10th Asia—Pacific Conference on Giftedness. The four—day event, jointly organised by the MOE and the National Institute of Education, brings together 1,600 educators from Singapore and around the world.
This is the first time the biennial event is being held in Singapore. — CNA/ms

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[steadyman1]

In other words some minister's kid failed to qualify for normal stream

Possible and they the blessing of their own system.. hahahaha

 

[steadyman1]

Imo, since we cannot change the education system, all the more we must take up our responsibility and educate our children that their educations don't just stop in school. There is more than just school. We must instill our children a positive mindset that as long as they are willing to work towards their goals, they will eventually reach them. The past is no equal to the future. It will be the choices they make along the way.

Since these kids will be in school most of the time, it will be different to cultivate the positive mentally or restraining to the wrong mindset. That is why children in foreign country tend to do well in University. Study smart..

 

[SammyHulk]

Since these kids will be in school most of the time, it will be different to cultivate the positive mentally or restraining to the wrong mindset. That is why children in foreign country tend to do well in University. Study smart..

Different yes (i hope it's not a typo error if u actually mean 'difficult') but still achievable if we as parents are willing to do so. It is not only about doing well in university (whether local or aboard), it is about developing a person as a whole in terms of intellect and character as well.

 

[suteerak1099]

Imo, since we cannot change the education system, all the more we must take up our responsibility and educate our children that their educations don't just stop in school. There is more than just school. We must instill our children a positive mindset that as long as they are willing to work towards their goals, they will eventually reach them. The past is no equal to the future. It will be the choices they make along the way.

the school is just a building, teachers r just facilitators... education is to be pursued by means of 1's own diligence. a kid can attend the highest rated school, or in a class where the teachers go the extra mile to teach... bt if the heart is at the playground... nothing else matters.

flip side, 1 could be so poor as to not afford the luxury of attending the best schools, be in a class where the teacher does the bare minimum to impart the syllabus... n if the student is a keen learner, self revision & inquisitive
learning (regardless of environment) would still produce positive results.

bt ive observed that education system in sg has become too mechanical, while the kids r deprived of their childhood these days.

 

[steadyman1]

flip side, 1 could be so poor as to not afford the luxury of attending the best schools, be in a class where the teacher does the bare minimum to impart the syllabus... n if the student is a keen learner, self revision & inquisitive
learning (regardless of environment) would still produce positive results.

bt ive observed that education system in sg has become too mechanical, while the kids r deprived of their childhood these days.

The flip side is only low in percentage or maybe 1 of 1000.

Very true that the system is mechnical or put it this way like a manufacturing firm. Failure rate are cap no more 5% so don't merit. sigh...

 

[KouChiu]

The flip side is only low in percentage or maybe 1 of 1000.

Very true that the system is mechnical or put it this way like a manufacturing firm. Failure rate are cap no more 5% so don't merit. sigh...

Isn't the education system design to keep the working class.... working?
The rich afford better education and continue to 'rule' over.
Yet the education system gives the poor/lower class an glimpse of hope!

... go figure
2cents only.

 

[steadyman1]

Isn't the education system design to keep the working class.... working?
The rich afford better education and continue to 'rule' over.
Yet the education system gives the poor/lower class an glimpse of hope!

... go figure
2cents only.

Yes when you obtain your at least an O' level. And with $$ you can further your education.
What I'm addressing is children. Those in primary school. They are sentence to EM stream. Pity those who falls in the previous range of EM3. Where can they go??

 

[Adidas]

bro steady,
they still can go far,it is just that the route is a lot longer.
the present system will just chuck out those "consider" very bright students who will only care about the marks and grades.
that is why,so many graduates.
they do not have the creativity and do not know how to think.