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    [PSLE MT] PSLE less weightage in Chinese / Mother Tongue

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    • M Offline
      mathsparks
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      ya, tree nymph, going thru a cats phase now. they’re so cute… cant have them ungrateful creatures in the house, so can only hv them as online pets…

      yr jiggling pig’s cute…u going thru a piggy phase? sorry, we’ve gone so ot.

      btw, abt the petition, did u manage to sign it? I’m against lowering the weightage too though my kids hv survived the psles.

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        dimsum
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        i signed the petition yesterday. Also no problem.

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          tree nymph
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          Mathsparks,

          I'm quite scared of cats in real life, but i find the several Cats avatar very cute, especially the one you used to win the netbook. 😎

          i like piggy, maybe cos i like muppets shows. i like ms piggy and kermit the frog. 🙂

          yes, i signed th petition, no problem. I'm also against it although my kids will be affected if they lowered the weightage. Not that my kids love the language, but i sincerely felt that the standard of the language is already so low now and if they lowered the weightage, the parents will not put in so much effort in pushing their kids to learn it and there goes the opportunity of learning something so beautiful...

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            verykiasu2010
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            HyperKiasu:
            yesterday I signed and encountered no problem. perhaps you can try other account name to sign again

            done, from another computer terminal

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              BlackAngel
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              hey fellow parents,


              Just read it from other discussion board, imagine that if our child all subjects average grade, MT ok, A should not be a problem as over 80% get A or A* each year, then now they decrease the MT weightage, our kids might lose out as there are a group of kids who are super good in their English and get the benefits out of it!

              Then when it came to applying for schools, we might lose out, because my girl belongs to the average category. Please advise! worried…

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                MdmKS
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                Am I right that the new subject banding system at P5 allow those who are week in Chinese to choose Foundation Chinese keeping the other subjects at mainstream level and eventually their PSLE T-Score will be based on only 3 subjects. If this is so, isn’t this new system already take care of those who have reasons for not being able to pick up their mother tongue up to the main standard? If this is true, is it still neccessary to implement low weightage for CL at the risk of further reduced the standard of our MT?

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                  HyperKiasu
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                  BlackAngel:
                  hey fellow parents,


                  Just read it from other discussion board, imagine that if our child all subjects average grade, MT ok, A should not be a problem as over 80% get A or A* each year, then now they decrease the MT weightage, our kids might lose out as there are a group of kids who are super good in their English and get the benefits out of it!

                  Then when it came to applying for schools, we might lose out, because my girl belongs to the average category. Please advise! worried.....
                  can understand how you feel. apart from petition, also duno what to do. just 🙏 MOE will listen to 老百姓 if we have a say...... 😐

                  Sigh...

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                    HyperKiasu
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                    MdmKS:
                    Am I right that the new subject banding system at P5 allow those who are week in Chinese to choose Foundation Chinese keeping the other subjects at mainstream level and eventually their PSLE T-Score will be based on only 3 subjects. If this is so, isn't this new system already take care of those who have reasons for not being able to pick up their mother tongue up to the main standard? If this is true, is it still neccessary to implement low weightage for CL at the risk of further reduced the standard of our MT?

                    T-Score is based on 4 subjects with 25% weightage to each of them

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                      BlackAngel
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                      i not very optimistic, you think government will hear us? i had feedback to MOe already at http://www.moe.edu.sg/feedback. if any parents think likewise like me, please chip in your voice.


                      hate it from the government neglect the silent majority like us. it benefits only a small group at the expense of large group.

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                        MdmKS
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                        HyperKiasu:
                        MdmKS:

                        Am I right that the new subject banding system at P5 allow those who are week in Chinese to choose Foundation Chinese keeping the other subjects at mainstream level and eventually their PSLE T-Score will be based on only 3 subjects. If this is so, isn't this new system already take care of those who have reasons for not being able to pick up their mother tongue up to the main standard? If this is true, is it still neccessary to implement low weightage for CL at the risk of further reduced the standard of our MT?


                        T-Score is based on 4 subjects with 25% weightage to each of them

                        In this case those who opt for Foundation Chinses will already be benefited coz it is much much easier.

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