Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)
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Imp75\" post_id=\"2097719\" time=\"1676457193\" user_id=\"2358:
In the name of diversity, ACSJ should also go co-ed and relocate to another developing new town like Punggol. One goes to the North-West and the other goes to the North-East! Then there is nothing to argue about. Or else biased treatment.
Will traditions and things stay the same when it becomes co-ed? Will ACS not give up boys only sports like rugby and offer a homogenous sports like basketball or VB so that girls can join. Will there be a recalibration of activities or cca in view of finite resources? Will these recalibration cause some of these traditions to disappear?
And if it’s in the name of diversity why doesn’t ACSJ offer co-ed too?
Like St Nic and Cath High, want to move, whole cohort move together, there is no St Nic1 or St Nic2 or Cath High1 or Cath High2. I can understand why ACSP alumni can feel 心里不平衡. -
Read someone suggested to open to both alumni…I think good idea also since the current two schools not too far away. Don’t completely cut off one side.
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floppy\" post_id=\"2097728\" time=\"1676467302\" user_id=\"97579:
I searched from Google - St. Nicholas Girls' School was relocated from Victoria Street to Ang Mo Kio New Campus in 1985. Gan Eng Seng School was a boy school for 102 years before it became a coeducational school in 1987.
I find this ACSP move totally incomprehensible and unacceptable.
No schools in Singapore have moved from one location to another. No schools in Singapore have turned from single gender to co-ed. why must ACSP be the first one to lead by example?
Is it because ACSP is being seen as an elite school? Why can’t other elite schools move instead? If MOE would like a GEP centre in the west / northwest, they should appoint First Tengah Primary School as a GEP centre instead of asking the Board of Governor of an existing school to move. -
bbbay\" post_id=\"2097720\" time=\"1676459455\" user_id=\"175278:
The only reason I can see here for selecting ACSP over ACSJ is that because of Gifted Education. Really?! Statistically, if we assume that pupils liking ACS and getting into GE are equally distributed across SG, then more pupils will be just disadvantaged because of this move. Pupils who prefer ACS will not go and pupils living in the west who might not like to go there will be posted there. And we are talking about just 1% of cohort here. What and where is the benefit? And basically ACSP cannot even offer GEP between 2030 and 2033 unless it’s offered by ACSP BR and later moved to ACSJ. What is the possibility that MOE will even continue with GEP in ACSP after 3 years hiatus. Personally I am least bothered with the move. Good or bad only time will tell. But I cannot comprehend the logic behind selecting ACSP over ACSJ. Moving ACSJ directly seems to me a more logical and less disruptive solution.
Many questions have their answers in the official announcement already:
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/acs-is-not-an-exclusive-school-and-would-open-more-schools-if-it-could-says-board-chairman -
Relocation of schools is a very common phenomenon in Singapore. Many examples have been listed by many KsP here. Let’s try to embrace changes…, there are many advantages.
One of the positive impact, is having a GEP school in the west side of Singapore. We have St Hilda’s & Tao Nan in the east and most of the other centers are in The Central area. The westies are cheering the move!
There will be more vacancy for girls and boys who would like to be part of the acs family, be in a mission school and alumnus are free to join the OBA to gain admission to any of the acs schools. We are one big family and we serve the community.
There are females in the ACS/OBA family too. I know many girls who went on to ACJC and a few who were part of the OBA exco years ago. Imagine yourself having to ferry your young daughters and sons to 2 different locations every single school day. Now you can send both of them to a one single school. I count my blessings. -
Momof2childs\" post_id=\"2097733\" time=\"1676471490\" user_id=\"106468:
Many of the Board members/ EXCO were from ACSJ. GEP appeals to many parents.
The only reason I can see here for selecting ACSP over ACSJ is that because of Gifted Education. Really?! Statistically, if we assume that pupils liking ACS and getting into GE are equally distributed across SG, then more pupils will be just disadvantaged because of this move. Pupils who prefer ACS will not go and pupils living in the west who might not like to go there will be posted there. And we are talking about just 1% of cohort here. What and where is the benefit? And basically ACSP cannot even offer GEP between 2030 and 2033 unless it’s offered by ACSP BR and later moved to ACSJ. What is the possibility that MOE will even continue with GEP in ACSP after 3 years hiatus. Personally I am least bothered with the move. Good or bad only time will tell. But I cannot comprehend the logic behind selecting ACSP over ACSJ. Moving ACSJ directly seems to me a more logical and less disruptive solution. -
Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2097734\" time=\"1676472083\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2097734 time=1676472083 user_id=58173]
For existing alumni I don’t think the option of boys and girls same Sch is appealing. For most they can afford to stay near barker road and scgs pri is just next door. No problem getting both Ah boy and Ah girl enrolled in both schools. If GEP doesn’t go to ACS T, will it then become a poorer cousin to ACSJ in time to
Relocation of schools is a very common phenomenon in Singapore. Many examples have been listed by many KsP here. Let’s try to embrace changes.., there are many advantages.
One of the positive impact, is having a GEP school in the west side of Singapore. We have St Hilda’s & Tao Nan in the east and most of the other centers are in The Central area. The westies are cheering the move!
There will be more vacancy for girls and boys who would like to be part of the acs family, be in a mission school and alumnus are free to join the OBA to gain admission to any of the acs schools. We are one big family and we serve the community.
There are females in the ACS/OBA family too. I know many girls who went on to ACJC and a few who were part of the OBA exco years ago. Imagine yourself having to ferry your young daughters and sons to 2 different locations every single school day. Now you can send both of them to a one single school. I count my blessings.[/quote]
Come (I am assuming alumni of either ACSP or ACSJ can enrol freely into either Sch and will
Continue to enrol into ACSJ). -
phtthp\" post_id=\"2097726\" time=\"1676466082\" user_id=\"35251:
When Fairfield and Geylang MGS's went co-ed, the reactions were similar, just less news-worthy. Over time, people get used to it. Most people probably don't realise now that those schools used to be MGS's - and now there are 2 MGS and 2 ex-MGS (the \"G\", of course, had to be removed from the names of the co-ed schools). People will get used to the idea that ACPS isn't boys-only.
Don't know why.
Although
( Fairfield Methodist, Geylang Methodist) primary schools are already co-ed, we can accept this.
But this thing about ACS turning co-ed,
i find it very hard and it pains me and also very SAD, forced to accept
because
for so many past decades,
ACS is always linked to boys / young men teenagers mentality. It just doesn't gel that huh, now ACS inside also got girls ? Even though I have no kid studying in ACS before, but to me, ACS represent the emblem of very strong BROTHERHOOD and men Leadership.
Just like, in the same way ...
we always associate (MGS + Paya Lebar PLMGS), with girls only.
There are pros and cons to both single-sex and co-ed schools. And there are certainly benefits to parents for having schools where siblings of different genders can go to - easier logistics! Perhaps another option is to have twinned schools where a boys' and a girls' school are co-located, and perhaps share facilities and some classes and CCAs. I recall some schools in the UK (this was in the '70s when I was very young) when boys would exit one side and girls the other, but I don't know how things were arranged inside the building!
Also to add - when the 2nd, 3rd and 4th MGS's were started, they were also spread out to the more distant parts of Singapore. When ACS began at Barker Road, Bukit Timah was the edge of the \"jungle\"! ACS is just continuing in that time-honoured tradition by moving further out. Perhaps they could start a 3rd school, but since there are already 2 primary schools, it seems reasonable that one moves. -
What is the practical advantage of a single gender over a co-ed primary school in modern time?
My understanding is, single gender schools were all started from the last century when society was more conservative. I cant think of any post independence schools that are single gender. Are there any? This point is touch on in the official announcement -
When there is a lady president in our country, isn’t it weird that some people still openly oppose the admission of girls into a school?
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