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

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Someone said that only those kids with influential parent from elite branded school will be able to do this. Those neighborhood school no chance. What kind of lesson is the minister trying to teach here.

While some may think, kids in neighbourhood schools are more creative and savvy when comes to things matter more to them like TS concert. Many are bright and street smart. You will be surprised.
Some parents think our M is quite witty and savvy and trendy too.. Lol

[ChiefKiasu]

I'm just surprised as I have always thought Taylor Swift is for old folks like me Never knew she will be so impactful for kids these days.

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Quite some years ago two Hollywood celebrities visited a neighbourhood sec sch. The only sch got this privilege. This sch was previously awarded for its contribution and program for the environment.

So this challenge is not too crazy. The fornat is not new actually.

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ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2111506\" time=\"1687674367\" user_id=\"3:

I'm just surprised as I have always thought Taylor Swift is for old folks like me Never knew she will be so impactful for kids these days.

Taylor swift is more for the younger ones.

I thought old folks like us grew up listening to mariah carey.

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tinker_bell\" post_id=\"2111537\" time=\"1687710053\" user_id=\"194652:

Taylor swift is more for the younger ones.

I thought old folks like us grew up listening to mariah carey.

Define \"younger\". Late or early Gen Z? Post 2005 Gen Z are more like Gen Alpha. Dun think many Taylor Swift fans there.

And no lah. Old folks like us grew up listening to Michael Jackson, Bee Gees and Abba. Old folks like us are as old as, if not older than, Mariah Carey. :siam:

[phtthp]

Ayah.


Just ask MOE to put back the mid year exam, and the whole problem is solved. All these nonsense private tutor / centre charging ridiculous exhorbitant $ 130, per mock paper, to disappear.

Since MOE is the one that started the problem by removing mid year exam, then for goodness sake, put it back lah ! SInce it is already so obvious that so many parents badly want the mid year exam to be back, for their kids.

Don’t anyhow wreck or rock the boat, inside the MOE examination setting system, when it had been stablized for so many past decades (century), in terms of having mid year exam.

At the very most, just put back the mid year exam, mark the papers as per normal, return the marked scripts back to the class of students, to see where they have gone wrong. But don’t enter the marks into the Report card.

Why ?

Because
all the parents & their children are keen to know : where their children stand, in terms of mid year exam ? So, let them take their mid year exam as.usual, just don’t record their marks into Report card, that’s all.

[ChiefKiasu]

phtthp\" post_id=\"2111586\" time=\"1687763844\" user_id=\"35251:

Ayah.

Just ask MOE to put back the mid year exam, and the whole problem is solved. All these nonsense private tutor / centre charging ridiculous exhorbitant $ 130, per mock paper, to disappear.

Since MOE is the one that started the problem by removing mid year exam, then for goodness sake, put it back lah ! SInce it is already so obvious that so many parents badly want the mid year exam to be back, for their kids.

Don't anyhow wreck or rock the boat, inside the MOE examination setting system, when it had been stablized for so many past decades (century), in terms of having mid year exam.

At the very most, just put back the mid year exam, mark the papers as per normal, return the marked scripts back to the class of students, to see where they have gone wrong. But don't enter the marks into the Report card.

Why ?

Because
all the parents & their children are keen to know : where their children stand, in terms of mid year exam ? So, let them take their mid year exam as.usual, just don't record their marks into Report card, that's all.

I agree. I guess most people treat midyear exams as a early-warning alarm, to let them know if their kids need tuition or to buck up. If the intent of removing the midyear exams is adjust the system so that everything is weighted on the end of the year final exam, then MOE should address the situation by decreeing that ALL schools have mock midyear exams; just that the marks will not be counted in the finals. This should be done in ALL schools, and not just SOME schools. This will put the concerns of many parents to rest.

Otherwise, there will be complaints that the Singapore education system is getting too elitist, in that those people that can afford to pay for these mock papers will have a edge over everyone else.

[MrsKiasu]

The objective of no mid year exam is to reduce stress? Pls dont make national exam so difficult then :razz:

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ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2111597\" time=\"1687771054\" user_id=\"3:

I agree. I guess most people treat midyear exams as a early-warning alarm, to let them know if their kids need tuition or to buck up. If the intent of removing the midyear exams is adjust the system so that everything is weighted on the end of the year final exam, then MOE should address the situation by decreeing that ALL schools have mock midyear exams; just that the marks will not be counted in the finals. This should be done in ALL schools, and not just SOME schools. This will put the concerns of many parents to rest.

Otherwise, there will be complaints that the Singapore education system is getting too elitist, in that those people that can afford to pay for these mock papers will have a edge over everyone else.

Whut? Aiya, all P6 exams are mock exams lah. What is there to 'weight'? I don't think the EOY final results count towards PSLE results.

:siam:

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MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2111606\" time=\"1687773875\" user_id=\"43981:

The objective of no mid year exam is to reduce stress? Pls dont make national exam so difficult then :razz:

Kiasu is as Kiasu does. If national exam not so difficult, Kiasu will get Kiasu over need to ballot because everyone has AL4.