Hundreds sign up for tuition centre mock exams costing up to S$130, after scrapping of all mid-year school exams

[tinker_bell]

ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2111167\" time=\"1687181370\" user_id=\"3:

But I thought all schools no more midterms, right? Then where got such papers?

@chiefkiasu just download those pre 2021 mid year exam papers from https://www.sgtestpaper.com/

[tinker_bell]

whitecorp\" post_id=\"2111006\" time=\"1686984682\" user_id=\"45648:

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/hundreds-sign-mock-exam-tuition-centre-scrapping-mid-year-school-exams-2194586

Really is 抱薪救火.

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[ChiefKiasu]

tinker_bell\" post_id=\"2111173\" time=\"1687184511\" user_id=\"194652:

@chiefkiasu just download those pre 2021 mid year exam papers from https://www.sgtestpaper.com/

Orh... you mean old ones ah. OK.

[sembgal]

ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2111167\" time=\"1687181370\" user_id=\"3:

But I thought all schools no more midterms, right? Then where got such papers?

Some schools renamed it to “Timed Practice” for mid-year exam.. Results will not be recorded in report book. First, no more CAs. Schools renamed it to WA.

Some schools still do full paper assessments for this midyear.

I personally feel there is no need to pay $130 for outsider to let my child do mock test papers. I can print out exam paper and let child do the same thing at home and spend $130 on something else.

[sembgal]

tinker_bell\" post_id=\"2111175\" time=\"1687185353\" user_id=\"194652:

Really is 抱薪救火.

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IRAS going to investigate ? Charge so much and imagine hundreds sign up and profits end up in the pockets.

[sharonkhoo]

sembgal\" post_id=\"2111281\" time=\"1687335154\" user_id=\"5559:

IRAS going to investigate ? Charge so much and imagine hundreds sign up and profits end up in the pockets.

There's nothing wrong in charging for a service as long as they make clear what they are providing and provide what they promise to. If parents want to pay someone else to administer the tests under timed conditions and grade the papers, it's their choice. Some parents don't know where to get papers, or how to mark them, or can't impose timed exam conditions etc.

[tinker_bell]

sembgal\" post_id=\"2111281\" time=\"1687335154\" user_id=\"5559:

IRAS going to investigate ? Charge so much and imagine hundreds sign up and profits end up in the pockets.

What can iras do?

How did moe scrapping mid year exams to reduce stress become a heng ong huat income opportunity for all the tuition centers? World is topsy turvy now.

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[tinker_bell]

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2111286\" time=\"1687335979\" user_id=\"28674:

There's nothing wrong in charging for a service as long as they make clear what they are providing and provide what they promise to. If parents want to pay someone else to administer the tests under timed conditions and grade the papers, it's their choice. Some parents don't know where to get papers, or how to mark them, or can't impose timed exam conditions etc.

In the parents chatgroups, got parents band together to hire ex school teachers to administer timed psle exams at their condo function room during june holidays. Each day got different subject. The exams are marked and the ex school teacher will go through the errors.

Each subject mock exam is $100.

[sembgal]

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/p6-and-sec-4-students-flock-to-tuition-centres-for-mock-exams-after-scrapping-of-school-midterms


The smart way is to use Taylor Swift tickets to motivate the children towards completing mock exam paper at home under timed condition. Calculate the money save in your pockets by not engaging in paid mock exam practice and your children will cooperate with you by doing their papers diligently. The self-motivated ones will mark and analyse mistakes on their own and go for consultations with subject teachers in school.

[sharonkhoo]

sembgal\" post_id=\"2111429\" time=\"1687538188\" user_id=\"5559:

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/p6-and-sec-4-students-flock-to-tuition-centres-for-mock-exams-after-scrapping-of-school-midterms

The smart way is to use Taylor Swift tickets to motivate the children towards completing mock exam paper at home under timed condition. Calculate the money save in your pockets by not engaging in paid mock exam practice and your children will cooperate with you by doing their papers diligently. The self-motivated ones will mark and analyse mistakes on their own and go for consultations with subject teachers in school.

Good idea, but maybe should be some other \"prize\"! Taylor Swift tickets are not easy to get, so parents may find they can't fulfill the promise. (I have a daughter in process of buying tickets, and it seems more like a lottery than a purchase!)