All About GEP

[phtthp]

Joy of Learning 111:

GEP teachers seem to be specially selected and trained. See:


http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/program ... -teachers/

hey, the link you provide, is a ... broken link

[metz2]

Joy of Learning 111:

GEP teachers seem to be specially selected and trained. See:


http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/program ... -teachers/

This presumably would translate into higher salary. I cannot find statistics in the public domain, though.

I pressume the GEP teachers are at least degree holders. One gep teacher I knew was teaching in a neighbourhood secondary school before teaching gep in a primary school. But are these GEP teachers getting more paid because they went through the GEP teaching course? No answer to that.

Some GEP teachers are tasked to teach mainstream classes too.

[Nebbermind]

Could it be this?

http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/programmes/gifted-education-programme/faq/gep-teachers/

[Nebbermind]

metz2:

I pressume the GEP teachers are at least degree holders. One gep teacher I knew was teaching in a secondary school before teaching gep in a primary school. But are these GEP teachers getting more paid because they went through the GEP teaching course? No answer to that.

Some GEP teachers are tasked to teach mainstream classes too.

Heard there are also MS teachers tasked to teach GEP too...maybe at P4 level....not sure.

[Joy of Learning 111]

Nebbermind:

And to re-distribute 1% to 100 kids instead of one, each with get 0.01% more. OK, the issue is not 0.01% but why should someone get 1% more, right?

It comes down to a value judgement. It does not really seem right to think of children in some sort of cost benefit analysis, although I appreciate that there are finite resources. I prefer to see those who are struggling given disproportionate extra help simply because it feels like the right thing to do. However, I do appreciate that others will come to different value judgements, and that is fine.

[Joy of Learning 111]

Nebbermind:

Could it be this?

http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/programmes/gifted-education-programme/faq/gep-teachers/

Yes, that's it. Sorry for the broken link.

[Nebbermind]

Joy of Learning 111:

It comes down to a value judgement. It does not really seem right to think of children in some sort of cost benefit analysis, although I appreciate that there are finite resources. I prefer to see those who are struggling given disproportionate extra help simply because it feels like the right thing to do. However, I do appreciate that others will come to different value judgements, and that is fine.

I, too, wish more can be done to those really disadvantaged kids who are not doing well due to the situation they are in.

[1010happy]

may I know whether children should join GEP and why :?:

[HVR]

Personally I think if your child qualify for GEP, then why not? I am skeptical about the effectiveness of the prep program for GEP but let’s say your child qualify for GEP without any prep program, the more you should let he or she undergo the GEP program. My reason is simple and straightforward. I think the ability and potential of each child is different. That is why not everyone can achieve the same results in any given examination. Some will score better than the rest no matter how. The GEP program will stretch the potential of the students based on their potential, which the mainstream program may not be able to provide.


I know this is a sensitive subject because no one can accept ‘branding’ or suggestion that one is inferior than others, that Geppers are better than mainstreamers. I think we should just view them as ‘different’ and therefore, they need different programs. In any case, there is no guarantee that once you entered GEP, your success in life is assured. We just simply cannot have a one system/program fit all kind of approach because the potentials of the students are not the same.

[hquek]

From the start, parents and kids have always been told by teachers that GEP kids are different, not better. And this how i believe my two kids are (1 ge, 1 ms). Anyone who think gep kids are better just setting themselves up for a fall nia. Life is longer than the next two and a half.