DSA 2017
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When they say 20% of the spots in affiliated schools must be reserved for non-affiliated primary schools, does this mean that currently, almost all the secondary students enter by affiliation?
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darwinkoh:
My understanding is that removal of GAT applies to all (refer to his speech in link below). As for DSA Academic, all schools can continue if they want but it has to be subject specific domain.
Sorry if I am wrong... but I thought the new ruling dun apply to IP schools. i.e. IP schools still can continue with their DSA academic, GAT if they want to....coast:
Except for Maths, there aren't a lot of subject-specific competitions (nationwide). The students going for these competitions are usually sent by schools and not all schools participate in them. IP schools have their own assessment (internal tests, HAST/GAT, interviews, ...). MOE has said no to GAT for the new system (note that NUSH and HCI already not using GAT, RI gave some mainstream students GAT exemption last year). So I think schools will likely conduct subject tests to identify the subject-specific talent.
https://www.moe.gov.sg/news/speeches/moe-fy-2017-committee-of-supply-debate-speech-by-minister-of-education-schools-ng-chee-meng -
justMommy:
When they say 20% of the spots in affiliated schools must be reserved for non-affiliated primary schools, does this mean that currently, almost all the secondary students enter by affiliation?
From Straits Times,
\"There are currently 27 secondary schools here that are affiliated to primary schools with links to religious and clan associations. Most of them already have students from non-affiliated schools making up at least 20 per cent of the student population.
However, six to eight schools each year have non-affiliated students making up less than 20 per cent of the population, based on recent years' data, according to the MOE.\" -
Those 6 to 8 schools are likely to be those with low or no COP for their affiliates.
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mn_1704:
mn_1704 I fully agree with the last 2 paragraphs of your post. :hugs: :celebrate:
My conclusion - only able to comment with the experience of my DS. Let nature takes its course. If the child is able to get into GEP with his or her own ability (without all the extra classes and enrichment), then it will be great for the child. The child will be exposed to a totally different aspect of learning and knowledge inquiry.
If the child is able to thrive in a non-GEP school, than so be it. Parents can do more to encourage, facilitate and support the child to explore his non-academic interests, passion and knowledge exploration. I believe as parents, we just do our best to support our children in their learning journey, be it in GEP or non-Gep. I always believe that Parents are always and will always be the main educators and partners of our DCs learning journey.
As parents, we have a responsibility to help our DCs discover their strengths and interests (academic and non-academic) and be their cheerleader.
Take a leaf from Colin and May Schooling. It's their unwavering support for their son to pursue competitive swimming that Singapore now has an Olympic Swimming Champion. It must have been arduous journey in Singapore because it is the road less travelled. -
BlueBells:
61.\tWe will start refining the DSA selection from this year, to better achieve the objectives of DSA. Schools will focus on identifying students with specific talents and move away from recognising strong general academic abilities. As Mr Edwin Tong and some parents have rightly pointed out, students with strong general academic abilities would already be able to qualify for the school with their PSLE results.Is general academic ability the same as general ability?
Removal of former will mean DSA via academic route is out? What about GAT since it tests the student's capacity for learning in general regardless of any specific skill in a certain subject or topic. These two are different?
I agree that DSA via academic route should be out; but am quite divided over if GAT should be out too.
62.\tAs part of this refinement, schools will discontinue the use of general academic ability tests in DSA selection by 2018. These tests are used by some schools as a standardised assessment of applicants’ general reasoning and problem-solving skills. While they allow for a comparison of students’ abilities, they also inadvertently put undue focus on general academic abilities, rather than identifying specific strengths.
63.\tSchools will continue to focus on identifying sporting talent, artistic talent, or academic talent in specific domains, for instance, languages, Maths or Science. Schools can conduct their selection via a range of assessment tools including interviews, trials, auditions and subject tests. They will also consider the applicant’s overall portfolio and achievements.
BB: Academic route is not out. Subject-specific domains still exist. GENERAL Academic Ability route will be discontinued. So will the standardised GAT. -
Once the standardised GAT is out, the vendor no business
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floppy:
Those 6 to 8 schools are likely to be those with low or no COP for their affiliates.
Agree. So most probably have to increase COP or other criteria until the new PSLE banding system takes place. -
coast:
Or increase 1 more class (or class size) if the school has the resources to support.floppy:
Those 6 to 8 schools are likely to be those with low or no COP for their affiliates.
Agree. So most probably have to increase COP or other criteria until the new PSLE banding system takes place. -
How to appease the powerful old boy’s association ah if their offsprings cannot continue in their alma maters?
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