Top PSLE t-Score 2013

[HappyBlueBear]

Bukit View Primary

262

[KSP]

'Wisdom of the masses or just plain kiasu?'


By Linette Heng
The New Paper
Friday, Nov 29, 2013

SINGAPORE - Curious about the top PSLE scorer this year?

Unofficial sources at parenting website Kiasuparents say it is a Raffles Girls' Primary School pupil who scored 275.

On the Kiasuparents parenting forum, a thread titled Top PSLE t-Score 2013, which was started last Friday when the results were released, has spawned nearly 280 posts.

This year, the Ministry of Education (MOE) decided not to publish the highest and lowest PSLE scores, but this has not stopped people from speculating.

A stay-at-home mother going by the username of Glorymum on the website decided to start the thread to help parents select schools for their children.

\"I felt that it is imperative for those involved in this exercise to know their child's standing in the nation so that they will be able to know whether or not their child is able to enter their dream school,\" she told The New Paper.

Website founder William Toh calls the information \"wisdom of the masses\".

\"It is not our intent to sabotage MOE's effort. Rather we are a platform for parents to share their experiences and make choices based on this info.\"

MOE also provides information on the T-score ranges of the previous cohort of PSLE pupils posted to each secondary school as a guide to help parents make their decision.

Mr Toh emphasised that top scores reported on Kiasuparents may not be accurate because of the sample size. It all depends on the parents who decide to share the information and there is no information on the top score of every school.

Glorymum, who does not have a child in Primary 6, admitted that collating the top scores was not easy.

\"There were a number of parents who were unwilling to reveal the top scores as they fear that their identity may no longer remain anonymous,\" she said. She collated all the top scores herself.

Parents would share information by sending her a private message or posting on the thread. If the information supplied by a source did not contradict with another one, the score would be updated on the forum.

Parents' decision

The Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Education, Mr Lim Biow Chuan, said that it is ultimately the parents' decision if they choose to place unnecessary emphasis on PSLE scores.

\"The feedback was that the PSLE is stressful and the Government is trying to make it less stressful by not announcing the top scorer and top score.\"

While he acknowledged that examinations are important, Mr Lim said the PSLE score should just be used as a gauge of whether a child can fit into a school academically.

Nonetheless, Kiasuparent's Mr Toh thinks that the collation of the top scores is \"harmless\".

\"It is human nature. The more you don't want people to know, the more they will try to find out.\"

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[icy_mama]

glorymum,


northoaks and west spring are new schools starting only in 2014.

http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/primary-one-registration/new-relocating-merging-schools/

[icy_mama]

westwood

punggol view
punggol green
palm view
sengkang green
springdale
riverside

all new primary schools started only this year, 2013

http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/files/2012/annex-a-p1-registration.pdf

[icy_mama]

frontier started only in 2012

[ngl2010]

icy_mama, you are so diligent :salute:

[icy_mama]

ngl2010:

icy_mama, you are so diligent :salute:

too much time in my hands.

[GLORYmum]

Hey Icy,


Thanks alot for the help! i will update accordingly.

Have a lovely weekend.

Cheers!

[GLORYmum]

Hihi,


Do you know the top scores of these schools?

Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)
Balestier Hill Primary
Bedok West Primary
Bendemeer Primary
Blangah Rise Primary
Canossa Convent Primary
Cedar Primary
CHIJ (Kellock)
CHIJ Our Lady of the Nativity
CHIJ Our Lady Queen of Peace
Chongzheng Primary
Clementi Primary
Corporation Primary
Da Qiao Primary
Damai Primary
East Coast Primary
East Spring Primary
East View Primary
Farrer Park Primary
Fernvale Primary
First Toa Payoh Primary
Fuchun Primary
Greendale Primary
Greenridge Primary
Greenwood Primary
Griffiths Primary
Guangyang Primary
Holy Innocents’ Primary
Hong Kah Primary
Huamin Primary
Jiemin Primary
Jing Shan Primary
Junyuan Primary
Jurong West Primary
Lakeside Primary
Lianhua Primary
Loyang Primary
MacPherson Primary
Marymount Convent
Mayflower Primary
Meridien Primary
Naval Base Primary
New Town Primary
North Spring Primary
Opera Estate Primary
Park View Primary
Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’
Qiaonan Primary
Si Ling Primary
St Andrew’s Junior
St Anthony’s Canossian Primary
St Anthony’s Primary
St Gabriel’s Primary
St Joseph’s Institution Junior
St Margaret’s Primary
Tampines North Primary
Teck Ghee Primary
Teck Whye Primary
Telok Kurau Primary
West View Primary
Xinghua Primary
Xingnan Primary
Xinmin Primary
Xishan Primary
Yio Chu Kang Primary
Yuhua Primary
Zhenghua Primary

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ACS (Junior) Top Score: 269 without HMT