2021 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2009)

[SpongyBobs]

Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=\"2052716\" time=\"1640148168\" user_id=\"195250:[quote=\"Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=2052716 time=1640148168 user_id=195250]
It is good that your DS can take it well, not success in your first or second choice doesn't mean the end of the day. Lot of my colleagues who studied in normal neighbourhood schools before have achieved excellent exam results in O level / polytechnic and went to universities. Just want to say \"加油\" to your DS and you should be proud of him.[/quote]

Thank you for the encouraging words!

[ConfirmedNotGifted]

Timmy21\" post_id=\"2052692\" time=\"1640145735\" user_id=\"122721:

Understandable for u to be upset becos u didnt get wat u want.
But if IP track is the most important factor, u could have put in DHS, TJC, RV in the 3rd-5th choices.
MOE cannot satisfy everyone for sure.

Distance is important. The child cannot be going round the whole island twice a day.
So the question again, to MOE, is why a girl with AL8 goes to IP, and another with similar score goes to O level in the same school, as in the case for SCGS?
We are Singaporeans.

For clarification, we are happy with the posting, but the posting criteria and results do not make sense, to us as parents and to the children.

MOE cannot satisfy everyone for sure. -> Disagree. They need to come out with a policy which makes sense to students and parents.

[Strongmom]

SpongyBobs\" post_id=\"2052719\" time=\"1640148747\" user_id=\"196018:

Thank you for the encouraging words!

SpongyBobs
But if ACSI is your son dream school, so u n your boy want to consider appeal?

I saw someone posted COP is AL7

[SpongyBobs]

Strongmom\" post_id=\"2052723\" time=\"1640149156\" user_id=\"196036:

SpongyBobs
But if ACSI is your son dream school, so u n your boy want to consider appeal?

I saw someone posted COP is AL7

Well, I (parent) thought of appealing for HCI, but DS and mommy are happy with RVHS.

[MerlionInGermany]

ConfirmedNotGifted\" post_id=\"2052722\" time=\"1640149044\" user_id=\"75065:

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So the question again, to MOE, is why a girl with AL8 goes to IP, and another with similar score goes to O level in the same school, as in the case for SCGS?
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I am not moe but i can try to explain that moe does not decide who goes where. There is no criteria. Somehow a girl who has AL8 chose to go to scgs o level and another girl with AL8 chose to go to scgs ip.

If for some strange reason, nobody with AL10 and below opted for RI, like maybe it moved to Pulau Ubin and then no one with AL 10 and below wanted to go there, and there are 10 places in RI, then an AL 11 opted for it, and 8 AL12 opted for it, and 3 AL 13 opted for it, then the cut off for the school would be AL13 and that is solely set by the students.

[CCK2008]

SpongyBobs\" post_id=\"2052701\" time=\"1640147080\" user_id=\"196018:

Well.. DS took it quite well. He said that a lot of his friends (whatsapp group) also posted to RVHS, even his best buddy.

But back to the system. MOE shifted from T-score to AL-system with the emphasis not to chase the last 1 score. This AL posting exercise (AL6 balloted out of RGS or RI) kind of telling us that, to be safe, kids now have to chase 5-points..

Going into RI or RGS is AL6, only those who cannot get in with AL6 complains in this forum, many got in will keep quiet.

[brownbear99]

ConfirmedNotGifted\" post_id=\"2052722\" time=\"1640149044\" user_id=\"75065:

Distance is important. The child cannot be going round the whole island twice a day.
So the question again, to MOE, is why a girl with AL8 goes to IP, and another with similar score goes to O level in the same school, as in the case for SCGS?
We are Singaporeans.

For clarification, we are happy with the posting, but the posting criteria and results do not make sense, to us as parents and to the children.

MOE cannot satisfy everyone for sure. -> Disagree. They need to come out with a policy which makes sense to students and parents.

\"Why a girl goes to IP and another with similar score goes to O level in the same school\" - it boils down to preference isn't it? Some parents/kids may want a particular school regardless IP or O levels, so their choice selection is maybe SCGS IP first choice and SCGS O Levels 2nd choice, and anyway at Sec 2, there is still another chance to apply into the IP in the same school or another school with IP.

[wb2007sg.015593yahoo.015593com]

IMHO, one of the reasons for having AL is to reduce comparisons between parents/children and other parents/children. Computer balloting may not be random process and T scores and decimals may still be kept confidentially by authorities. Meaning within all the AL7, they will know which child had a strong AL7 (ie 7.0001) and weak AL7 (ie 7.99999). This will determine the true COP ? So, ballot is not a computer tikam process.

[ChiefKiasu]

[email protected]\" post_id=\"2052737\" time=\"1640150509\" user_id=\"66146:

IMHO, one of the reasons for having AL is to reduce comparisons between parents/children and other parents/children. Computer balloting may not be random process and T scores and decimals may still be kept confidentially by authorities. Meaning within all the AL7, they will know which child had a strong AL7 (ie 7.0001) and weak AL7 (ie 7.99999). This will determine the true COP ? So, ballot is not a computer tikam process.

Balloting is not balloting? If so, why they still call it a ballot? :?

[alg]

Still prefer T-score.