Should schools do away with ranking?

[verykiasu2010]

rankings of school is inevitable


even if / when bodies like MOE or ST do not do it, other unofficial bodies like kiasuparents.com will also rank them…you can’t run away from realities

[rains]

MOE has not ranked primary schools. Parents are the ones who rank them by comparing them against one another. Parents are the ones who need to stop comparing schools.


Parents should avoid registering their kids at schools that require balloting to get in.

Information about the school is only available through the parents whose kids are in the school. So parents are the ones who need to seal their mouths about the schools their kids are in.

Do you see it now? It’s us - the very clever parents who did all these things.

[tankee]

Information about schools are published on MOE website.

[verykiasu2010]

parents will not rank the schools after their kids are out of the system


even if they don’t rank them verbally, they still rank them in their head and compare them by saying "we are not comparing, xxx school is more preferred…"

be real, some are better than others, by any and many measures

almost every body rank them

the schools rank themselves too. when you visit their open house, they show you stats on how they perform compared with national average, and who form the national average ?

comparisons and competitions are inevitable, as certain as having eaten, visiting the toilet is a sure thing, just a matter of time

got input means got output

got sunrise means got sunset

let us not be hypocrites

[pupilview]

Maybe it is time we do away with alumni and church/clan association.All schools should allow students to take up mother-tongue of their choice.No such thing as only Chinese language offered as is the case in some schools.

[verykiasu2010]

pupilview:

Maybe it is time we do away with alumni and church/clan association.All schools should allow students to take up mother-tongue of their choice.No such thing as only Chinese language offered as is the case in some schools.

fyi - those schools with only Chinese language are founded as chinese schools by the Chinese clans association like Hokkien Huay Kuan and other philanthropist. hence they are the government-aided school (not fully government schools). these philanthropists or their nominees still still on the board of directors of the schools.

don't despise the alumni - they make strong contribution to their alma mater especially those very established schools - without them, the schools will not be what they are today - and you enjoy the fruit of their contribution

[Trapwithin]

Singapore is generally very metrics driven.

We like measurement, the ability the differentiate and compare.

When we buy gadgets, houses, cars, etc . .we compare.
So it would be tough to do away with the Ranking considering Primary school education is probably one of the most important thing that affects our children’s lives.

[verykiasu2010]

Trapwithin:

Singapore is generally very metrics driven.

We like measurement, the ability the differentiate and compare.

When we buy gadgets, houses, cars, etc . .we compare.
So it would be tough to do away with the Ranking considering Primary school education is probably one of the most important thing that affects our children's lives.

all these rankings are quite universal in many cities around the world - schools, universities, etc etc...it is not unique to singapore

please get used to it

[Trapwithin]

verykiasu2010:

Trapwithin:

Singapore is generally very metrics driven.

We like measurement, the ability the differentiate and compare.

When we buy gadgets, houses, cars, etc . .we compare.
So it would be tough to do away with the Ranking considering Primary school education is probably one of the most important thing that affects our children's lives.

all these rankings are quite universal in many cities around the world - schools, universities, etc etc...it is not unique to singapore

please get used to it

Very true indeed