DSA 2024

[koudayao27]

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The idea and intention of DSA was never fair in the 1st place when admission is pegged at academic merit for the general masses. How do you assess fairness when a school cop is for example 6 and the hurdle for DSA is not more than 20 for the same school. Unless the whole masses can be convinced that 1 unit of whatever talent used to DSA has the same value as 1 unit of academic excellence. Since not everyone will be convinced, this fairness debate will forever exist.

Cannot agree more

[bbbay]

To take it further: if parents from impoverished country read this forum. They wil start complaining it’s not fair. “All you Singaporean parent get to choose how to get your kids into good schools; PSLE or DSA. Through sports, tuition, leaderships. All of us here in impovished countries can’t even get our kids into a school, even if we work hard, or we think we are smart. because we cannot afford it.”

[lucid]

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To take it further: if parents from impoverished country read this forum. They wil start complaining it’s not fair. “All you Singaporean parent get to choose how to get your kids into good schools; PSLE or DSA. Through sports, tuition, leaderships. All of us here in impovished countries can’t even get our kids into a school, even if we work hard, or we think we are smart. because we cannot afford it.”

Well, it doesn’t stop here. Tietary levels- Oxbridge, Ivy and MIT etc. Why NUS and not SIT ?
There is home advantage for all students and within that, debate is fierce on how to increase access to the less resourced - meaning they accept there is unequal access to opportunities. For international students, message is clear that you don’t come if you have not settled your funding sources.

For SG, it is still more equitable with Govt funding and scholarships but increasingly, less for the bright who don’t make the mark as brightest - going towards Korea, Japan etc in access aspects.
Those who whine just have not accepted this country has moved beyond developing third world young infant country where all start at same base line.

[Thelittleninjas]

Ronaldo, HM Son all not born rich but look where there are now, hehe. Yes rich will always have their advantage but we should live life, let our children enjoy their youth, play the sports they love or excel at what they do best. Some of them realise their potential in school, some much later in life.


Please know the strength of your child and what they like best. Looking forward to exciting updates for DSA 2024, especially the open houses and other sharing.

[bbbay]

Thelittleninjas\" post_id=\"2128707\" time=\"1707384109\" user_id=\"159559:

Ronaldo, HM Son all not born rich but look where there are now, hehe. Yes rich will always have their advantage but we should live life, let our children enjoy their youth, play the sports they love or excel at what they do best. Some of them realise their potential in school, some much later in life.

Please know the strength of your child and what they like best. Looking forward to exciting updates for DSA 2024, especially the open houses and other sharing.

If I may, to add on:

The approach, some call it by the name “self- actualisation”.

Young students’ characters will change with times. All of us will change with times too. Nothing stays the same. It is true most students do not have rich parents to build them stadium. It is also true most students will have a very decent life in singpore after going thru local education system , down the path that best suit their aptitudes.

So to me it’s ok to pursue their current dreams, as long as it does not cost them “an arm or leg”.

[bbbay]

For those keen to know which are the most popular DSA domains offered by the most sought after schools - the 16 IP schools. These data are updated as of 2023-10-29


Only consider DSA domains offer for the IP track:
https://postimg.cc/hQQgk6sb


Consider DSA domains offer for both the IP and O level (where available) tracks:
https://postimg.cc/V57Pgffy

[rachelyee88]

May I know which school provide Chinese dance Dsa ? Any more insight on this?

[bbbay]

rachelyee88\" post_id=\"2129321\" time=\"1708257946\" user_id=\"31777:

May I know which school provide Chinese dance Dsa ? Any more insight on this?

these are the schools with chinese dance DSA, as of April 2023.


https://postimg.cc/VrHLf7pZ

you may go to this online workbook to find out more:

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/sg.parent/viz/SingaporeSecondarySchoolSearchDSA/Search

or you may search in MOE's school finder:

https://www.moe.gov.sg/schoolfinder

[macchiato]

Hi parents, I tried searching in this forum for Visual Arts DSA / AEP, not much. I am interested to let my son try for VS DSA Aesthetics. Saw their IG, pretty interesting to have an inner view: https://www.instagram.com/vsaep?igsh=NjJleXF6ejVneHlu -


Anyone can shed more light on the school experience?

[Thelittleninjas]

@macchiato probably can look out for open house should be around mar-apr :rahrah: