St. Joseph's Institution

[SS66]

Oh, then my DS will need to do Chinese in year 5/6 since he is not doing HMT.

sigh..so IB still need to MOE MTL policy ...he thot can escape Chinese
Tks emoh !

[bb_ mom]

Is it true that even if DS is exempted from MT, SJI still requires student to study MT?

[emoh]

bb_ mom:

Is it true that even if DS is exempted from MT, SJI still requires student to study MT?

Don't think so for Year 1 to Year 4.

But Year 5 and 6 the student would still need to do a IB Group 2 Subject which could be a foreign language at the beginners level in this case if the child had been exempted from MTL in Secondary School.

[bb_ mom]

So if pursuing 4-year program, there’s no need to take up MT again, right?

[emoh]

bb_ mom:

So if pursuing 4-year program, there's no need to take up MT again, right?

Provided the student got exemption from MTL from MOE. Anyway I think those with no MTL would only have problems getting into SAP schools where everyone would need to offer Chinese.

Otherwise all other schools should be the same, the exemption from Primary school should carry on into Secondary School.

[bb_ mom]

Thanks!

[NotEducatedMan]

When comes to upper secondary level… Average how many subjects the student will have to take (no HMTL)? Min. 7 or 8?

[emoh]

NotEducatedMan:

When comes to upper secondary level.. Average how many subjects the student will have to take (no HMTL)? Min. 7 or 8?

Most would do around 7 to 8 subjects for O Levels with or without MTL.

[sangyu]

The student can choose 6, 7 or 8 subjects.

[sangyu]

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