All About Primary Schools' Balloting History
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janet88:
Agree. Affiliation is my #1 criteria as I don't want to stress myself over PSLE.josiren13:
Better to go for CHIJ (with affiliation).
even though nobody knows how affiliation will work when the new AL grading begins, having a safety net reduces the stress at PSLE.
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galaxyraider:
Agree. Affiliation is my #1 criteria as I don't want to stress myself over PSLE.janet88:
[quote=\"josiren13\"]Better to go for CHIJ (with affiliation).
even though nobody knows how affiliation will work when the new AL grading begins, having a safety net reduces the stress at PSLE.[/quote]I suspect moving forward, the affiliation safety buffer will also be slowly dismantled - resulting in stress despite the affiliation.
As it is, affiliated secondary schools have to set aside 20% of their places for non-affiliated students from 2019. This will no longer be a case of, if you meet the affiliated school COP, you will be accepted. According to the http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/affiliated-schools-reserve-20-places-non-affiliated-students-2019-moe, 19 to 21 of the affiliated schools (out of the 27 schools with affiliation) already admit more than 20 per cent of non-affiliated students each year. Therefore, this change will have some impact and students with affiliation also cannot take it easy during PSLE.
The only advantage for affiliated students could be that you are now competing with your school mates / affiliated school mates for 80% of the seats. -
thank you so much for all ur inputs!
wish me good luck! -
[quote="galaxyraider"]
my daughter belongs to the lucky batch using T score. she is also lucky her psle science exam is the last batch using 2008 syllabus ie 60% MCQ / 40% OE.
my worry last year was whether she could make it back to the affiliated secondary. her form teacher worked very hard with her and i am truly appreciative.
competing with her school mates for a place is definitely less stressful than competing with the rest of the schools. -
janet88:
80% reserved for affliates is still ... very high.
my daughter belongs to the lucky batch using T score. she is also lucky her psle science exam is the last batch using 2008 syllabus ie 60% MCQ / 40% OE.
my worry last year was whether she could make it back to the affiliated secondary. her form teacher worked very hard with her and i am truly appreciative.
competing with her school mates for a place is definitely less stressful than competing with the rest of the schools.
Initially, thought under the new PSLE AL scheme implementation : the %tage for the
Affliated primary school students, will be much lower than 80% -
If the school is going to do balloting for phase 2c, what would be the likely date or day for them to do the balloting?
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fabian:
If the school is going to do balloting for phase 2c, what would be the likely date or day for them to do the balloting?
2nd August (wed).
Some school will conduct it in the morning, some afternoon. -
galaxyraider:
Agree. Affiliation is my #1 criteria as I don't want to stress myself over PSLE.
This, I don't quite understand. If we get into a school based on affiliation instead of merit, we will end up competing with those who did make it based on merit. So we end up as small fish in a big pond. IMO, affiliation is probably the last criteria I would use when selecting schools. The first criteria is the principal's experience and leadership style. He/she is the one that will make things happen. -
@floppy: which other schools in punggol you prefer other than punggol green pri sch? Needed a second or third choice in case ballot out.
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ChiefKiasu:
That's where our preference differs. I don't believe in this small fish and big pond thing, as it only affects those who only want to focus on academic achievement. I focus more on holistic aspect of it and I do believe that most of the children start to grow in secondary school. I don't believe in pressuring them academically in primary school as they will end up getting burned out. Hence, to get into an affiliated secondary school is still a better bet rather than trying to compete in a good primary school and end up with a lousy secondary school which won't help them maximize their potential.galaxyraider:
Agree. Affiliation is my #1 criteria as I don't want to stress myself over PSLE.
This, I don't quite understand. If we get into a school based on affiliation instead of merit, we will end up competing with those who did make it based on merit. So we end up as small fish in a big pond. IMO, affiliation is probably the last criteria I would use when selecting schools. The first criteria is the principal's experience and leadership style. He/she is the one that will make things happen.
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