2019 P1 Registration Exercise for 2020 In-take

[Davischew]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1927461\" time=\"1565248357\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1927461 time=1565248357 user_id=53606]

kiasu396\" post_id=\"1927455\" time=\"1565247143\" user_id=\"180435:

Spelling error? Are u referring to Ahmad Ibrahim Primary? It is quite near to Yishun MRT, looks convenient indeed. You live in Sengkang, if you’re willing to travel there by train, I don’t see why not apply there.

I think she only cited as an example. Unpopular schools are just unpopular for too many reasons. You take your own pick.

[yenyenpark]

kiasu396\" post_id=\"1927455\" time=\"1565247143\" user_id=\"180435:

I notice that some of the schools have more than 100 seats left. Just why are the kiasur singporeans not interested in these schoosl? These schools are not located in Pulau Ubin or some other distant location. Why then noone likes these schools? Some of these schools like Anwar Abraham school have been around for 20+ years as well.
Please help me understand.
Kiasu Melanie

people like to queue and ballot.. same like queueing up for your favorite food stall.. why you queue, and not patronize the stalls near the corners no queue at all...lol

the answer is because we have a the choice to choose.. when you can choose, obviously majority will aim for more popular school etc..

[floppy]

kiasu396\" post_id=\"1927455\" time=\"1565247143\" user_id=\"180435:

I notice that some of the schools have more than 100 seats left. Just why are the kiasur singporeans not interested in these schoosl? These schools are not located in Pulau Ubin or some other distant location. Why then noone likes these schools? Some of these schools like Anwar Abraham school have been around for 20+ years as well.
Please help me understand.
Kiasu Melanie

It’s not that no one likes these schools. It’s just that people prefer other schools for a variety of reasons.

Every school, a good school.
BUT
Not every school, an equal school.

[sparkling]

If a school with more than 100 places left start grooming out AL4s, that school will suddenly become popular.

[Hendon]

sparkling\" post_id=\"1927472\" time=\"1565250474\" user_id=\"21001:

If a school with more than 100 places left start grooming out AL4s, that school will suddenly become popular.

That’s a mouthful how about A4s

[Davischew]

sparkling\" post_id=\"1927472\" time=\"1565250474\" user_id=\"21001:

If a school with more than 100 places left start grooming out AL4s, that school will suddenly become popular.

Agree! Maybe those schools can look at how we scout T-Tennis players here

[Dino]

sparkling\" post_id=\"1927472\" time=\"1565250474\" user_id=\"21001:

If a school with more than 100 places left start grooming out AL4s, that school will suddenly become popular.

It depends on luck sometimes. Rulang is one example. It becomes ultra super hot after a top scorer emerged from there x years ago. So does that tuition / enrichment centre that girl attended. Even though there is a chance that the top scorer student is an outliner for many years to come, it doesn't matter. A perception has been formed. Everyone will want their kids to go there if they can, hoping that their own kids turns out to be the best as well.

[kiasu396]

Dino\" post_id=\"1927479\" time=\"1565251044\" user_id=\"6726:

sparkling\" post_id=\"1927472\" time=\"1565250474\" user_id=\"21001:

If a school with more than 100 places left start grooming out AL4s, that school will suddenly become popular.

It depends on luck sometimes. Rulang is one example. It becomes ultra super hot after a top scorer emerged from there x years ago. So does that tuition / enrichment centre that girl attended. Even though there is a chance that the top scorer student is an outliner for many years to come, it doesn't matter. A perception has been formed. Everyone will want their kids to go there if they can, hoping that their own kids turns out to be the best as well.

Now that toppers are no longer being announced, and PSLE itself is being done away with, how will such perceptions be formed?

[floppy]

kiasu396\" post_id=\"1927484\" time=\"1565251910\" user_id=\"180435:

Dino\" post_id=\"1927479\" time=\"1565251044\" user_id=\"6726:

[quote=sparkling post_id=1927472 time=1565250474 user_id=21001]If a school with more than 100 places left start grooming out AL4s, that school will suddenly become popular.

It depends on luck sometimes. Rulang is one example. It becomes ultra super hot after a top scorer emerged from there x years ago. So does that tuition / enrichment centre that girl attended. Even though there is a chance that the top scorer student is an outliner for many years to come, it doesn't matter. A perception has been formed. Everyone will want their kids to go there if they can, hoping that their own kids turns out to be the best as well.

Now that toppers are no longer being announced, and PSLE itself is being done away with, how will such perceptions be formed?[/quote]PSLE hasn’t been ‘done away with’. It’s still there, albeit with a different scoring system. Therefore, it’s not impossible to form a perception by ‘ranking’ schools based on their number of AL4 scorers, AL6 scorers, AL8 scorers etc if such numbers are available.

And if such numbers are available, without a doubt you will hear about it.

[zac's mum]

I remember the schools used to have this KPI called “value-addedness” (which in correct English should be “added value” actually). That (to me) was a better indicator at the quality of teaching.


It’s easy to take a crop of smart kids (eg a high ability class) and “produce” As out of them (actually they did it, not the teacher). It’s far far harder (and more worthy of praises) to take a struggling student from a lower ability class (scoring C or D) and propel him to A. Which are the schools that do that?