2019 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2007)

[lee_yl]

phtthp:

For schools like ACS (Barker) Secondary, which take in almost 100% of his Affliated students, come PSLE 2019 kick off -
From 2019 P6 old boys, some from ACS Junior, some from ACS primary : won't be able to go back to their Affliated ACS (Barker) Secondary.
20% of them cannot go back to O level Express.
Another 20% also cannot go back to Normal course.
They have to go to other Secondary schools, to study.
Their seats will be given up, released to External students, coming in from outside primary schools.

For a start, 20% may appear a small percentage. Over the years, going forward into the future, if 20% one day were to increase to a higher percentage, think old boys from ACS won't be happy.

ACS International?

Many children, whom I know, from renowned primary schools, are not willing to go to neighborhood secondary schools. Most of them end up in International schools.

OT: A few of dd1's classmates, who are doing well (should be able to score above 250), are already planning to join International schools after their PSLE.

[jetsetter]

Nebbermind:

phtthp:

For a start, 20% may appear a small percentage. Over the years, going forward into the future, if 20% one day were to increase to a higher percentage, think old boys from ACS won't be happy.

Why not happy?

These boys who are going to benefit from this new requirement will someday become Old Boys themselves...so theoretically, the family grows and there should be more happy old boys....no?

Yah lor...the best is yet to be.

Injecting new blood's for their own good. Otherwise their cohort standard may remain low forever.

I only pity those borderline NA / NT brethren who hv to exit the fraternity. Not all can afford ACS Intl. The ousted may have to go to a secular neighbourhood school.

[Nebbermind]

jetsetter:

Yah lor...the best is yet to be.

Injecting new blood's for their own good. Otherwise their cohort standard may remain low forever.

I only pity those borderline NA / NT brethren who hv to exit the fraternity. Not all can afford ACS Intl. The ousted may have to go to a secular neighbourhood school.

I believe they have been taking in kids from outside for the last few years...so those who will be on the bordeline may not be that many.

[janet88]

those from CHIJ will be hit hard. for express stream, 200 is cut off point for affiliated primary as students will other schools need 243 to enter. if the NA cut off point is also raised, the girls from IJ primary will not be able to enter own secondary school too. heng ah! i escaped.

[phtthp]

Yes, 43 points difference is a lot, a big margin, between internal Affliated students vs. Outside external P6 students, trying to come in Sec 1.


Let’s wait for Principal of CHIJ Toa Payoh primary, as well as wait for Principal(s) of other schools within the CHIJ family, to announce & to brief parents & the affected students : what is the impact, to the internal Affliation Cut-off-point going to be, for 2019 ?

This reservation of 20% seats, for External Non-Affliated P6 students to enter Sec 1, into each Affliated Secondary school in Sg, will be implemented in 2019, two years down the road, from now (2017). Not so fast

[Nebbermind]

phtthp:

Yes, 43 points difference is a lot, a big margin, between internal Affliated students vs. Outside external P6 students, trying to come in.


Let's wait for Principal of CHIJ Toa Payoh primary, as well as wait for Principal(s) of other schools within the CHIJ family, to announce & to brief parents & the affected students : what is the impact, to the internal Affliation Cut-off-point going to be, for 2019 ?

The huge difference is basically due to the limit seats available after catering to affiliation.

[phtthp]

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[Imp75]

a relative from SCGPS went to ACS Int’l, I couldn’t really understand why…can someone enlighten?

[Nebbermind]

jetsetter:

I only pity those borderline NA / NT brethren who hv to exit the fraternity. Not all can afford ACS Intl. The ousted may have to go to a secular neighbourhood school.

That is not something new.

[jetsetter]

Nebbermind:

jetsetter:

I only pity those borderline NA / NT brethren who hv to exit the fraternity. Not all can afford ACS Intl. The ousted may have to go to a secular neighbourhood school.

That is not something new.

ok. But if they can meet the affiliation COP, they can stay, like janet's dd.