8 Junior Colleges are Merging? Rumors or Reality?

[MotherHen]

https://www.gov.sg/news/content/more-schools-to-merge-in-2019-jcs-included

[phtthp]

Imagine u stay in tampines, studying at meridian JC.


Now all merge into Anderson Jc, so those staying in tampines have to travel down to Anderson Jc, far

[superkiasudad]

MotherHen:

https://www.gov.sg/news/content/more-schools-to-merge-in-2019-jcs-included

Thank you. So it's confirmed then. When will the changes take effect?

[Funz]

:? What you talking about?


Serangoon JC merge with Anderson JC, using Anderson Premise.

Meridian and Tampines JC using Meridian premise lah.

[ammonite]

phtthp:

Imagine u stay in tampines, studying at meridian JC.


Now all merge into Anderson Jc, so those staying in tampines have to travel down to Anderson Jc, far

8 JCs merge to 4, not 8 to 1.

[phtthp]

I see

[phtthp]

superkiasudad:

MotherHen:

https://www.gov.sg/news/content/more-schools-to-merge-in-2019-jcs-included

Thank you. So it's confirmed then. When will the changes take effect?

They said take effect in Year 2019, so 2 more years fr now

[jetsetter]

Never say after merger, got downsize or not. If there’s downsizing, intake will drop…


More O level grads to be channelled to polytechnics is it huh? Just a shift of the bell curve, your B3 becomes B4.

[floppy]

jetsetter:

Never say after merger, got downsize or not. If there's downsizing, intake will drop...


More O level grads to be channelled to polytechnics is it huh? Just a shift of the bell curve, your B3 becomes B4.

Says no teachers or staff will be retrenched. I assume cohort size will also increase slightly (?).

I think more O level grads (and better quality ones) moving towards polytechnics (mainly by choice) have been happening for a number of years already. The COP of the polytechnic courses have been dropping gradually and the number of courses offered by our polytechnics have also increased.