All About GEP

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I don't know if yesterday's announcement on the indicative cut off point for various sec school programmes under the new PSLE AL scoring system will have any bearing on GEP decision. Need an average AL2 (85+) for each subject to get into IP.Given that the leverage from the strongest subject (eg Maths) to pull up weakest (eg MTL) will not be as big as before. Is it a fair assumption that our kids can cope with all 4 subjects with their giftedness?

You will still be selected for GEP even if you fail your Chinese in P3. Therefore, the standard in Chinese isn't much better than the mainstream. There will be more GEP students who will fail to make it to IP, simply because the other subjects cannot lift you up anymore.

It makes sense only if you spend the extra time saved from the GEP to work on your MTL. If your MTL cannot be saved, yet your English, Maths or Science is exceptionally above your peers, then GEP could horn your talents in these areas to help you on securing a DSA, thereby rescuing you from a weak MTL. But the recent trend seems to be that, unless you are truly exceptional, the GEP badge may work against you in DSA applications as schools now want diversity for DSA (i.e. mainstream students).

You are right and we should probably evaluate GEP on its own merit and de-coupled it from PSLE.

[skii]

Dear Entei17,


Thanks for your very informative post.

Quick question:
You have grouped the 9 gep center into 3 groups.

Is the grouping based on the schools personal relation with each other
Or
level of competitiveness
Or
what’s your matrix for the grouping?

[entei17]

skii\" post_id=\"2001814\" time=\"1604800746\" user_id=\"82603:

Dear Entai17,

Thanks for your very informative post.

Quick question:
You have grouped the 9 gep center into 3 groups.

Is the grouping based on the schools personal relation with each other
Or
level of competitiveness
Or
what’s your matrix for the grouping?

I grouped them in order of my sense of competitiveness, their external competition achievements, Chinese standard, school culture, workload and teacher-student ratio.

Maybe I do a little reordering into these groups from my sense of tougher to easier, although the difference between neighboring groups may not be markedly different, while more evident between the top and bottom groups:

Nanyang, Nan Hua
Tao Nan, Rosyth, Catholic High, RGPS and ACS;
Henry Park and St Hilda's

Henry Park and St Hilda's are the only GEP schools with 1 class of GEP (varies 18-27 students but in mixed form classes with mainstream), therefore they have the lowest student-teacher ratio, and students therefore get more attention. With a smaller GEP cohort, it is a less competitive environment, and their mainstream cohort is also less competitive.

All the rest of the GEP schools have 40-50+ GEP students. Nanyang and Nan Hua are at the other end of the spectrum, while the rest are in between.

[skii]

Thanks for the very insightful comments

(And replying on a Sunday )

Appreciated.

entei17\" post_id=\"2001850\" time=\"1604813972\" user_id=\"162440:

skii\" post_id=\"2001814\" time=\"1604800746\" user_id=\"82603:

Dear Entai17,

Thanks for your very informative post.

Quick question:
You have grouped the 9 gep center into 3 groups.

Is the grouping based on the schools personal relation with each other
Or
level of competitiveness
Or
what’s your matrix for the grouping?

I grouped them in order of my sense of competitiveness, their external competition achievements, Chinese standard, school culture, workload and teacher-student ratio.

Maybe I do a little reordering into these groups from my sense of tougher to easier, although the difference between neighboring groups may not be markedly different, while more evident between the top and bottom groups:

Nanyang, Nan Hua
Tao Nan, Rosyth, Catholic High, RGPS and ACS;
Henry Park and St Hilda's

Henry Park and St Hilda's are the only GEP schools with 1 class of GEP (varies 18-27 students but in mixed form classes with mainstream), therefore they have the lowest student-teacher ratio, and students therefore get more attention. With a smaller GEP cohort, it is a less competitive environment, and their mainstream cohort is also less competitive.

All the rest of the GEP schools have 40-50+ GEP students. Nanyang and Nan Hua are at the other end of the spectrum, while the rest are in between.

[ichigo15]

Indeed very helpful. Thank you… entei17

[waiyean]

Is it common for child already in a GEP school during P1-P3 to change to another GEP school in P4? And if we don’t select the original school as first choice, are we still guaranteed a place in it in case we don’t get our first choice?

[wind1_19]

Not common. Most students will opt to remain in same school because of familiar environment. I think they will still allocate based on your preference and the proximity. You will surely have a slot at the end of the day.

[Kittenprincess]

Any RGPS GEP parents care to share more about the school/program? What are the girls n teachers like

[Fat Potato]

Hi does anyone know the passing rate for each school…? so far what I know there are 2 being selected from Peiqun Primary… just curious to know…

[grace2011]

Thank you entei17 for your grouping and comments on GEP schools.