CIP hours at Secondary School

[phankao]

Augmum:

tansm2010:

CIP is a small portion of the total CCA, to achieved A1 or A2 CCA is a must specially if your present the school for any competition

that's right, max only 5 points of the total CCA

My dd who just finish sec 4 didn't do all that much CIP (have some but not much), but she still get A1 for CCA, so don't have to worry too much about CIP, right?

[desichan352]

twilight:

Depends on school though. My school only notifies us about flag day events. Other cip, we have to search ourselves. Usually people go to the library. xD

Oh...What school are you from? What else do you do for CIP besides going to the library? (cause it's kinda boring XD)

[Augmum]

ycpang:

Augmum:

[quote=\"ycpang\"]
Just check my DS' LEAPS report and realized that he has clocked 93 CIP hours . I was like :!: he is in sec 1.

wow...93 hrs for sec1 alone, there's impressive.....
wonder where he got so much time to spent and what activities did he participate ?

At the beginning of the year, we advised DS to complete his 10 hours CIP yearly requirement ASAP since the real activities hadn't started. So he took up 2 events and completed his 10 hours during term 1. Later on, he joined the council which there were many activities that gave him CIP. And his project also entitled him to some CIP. Even the sabbatical he picked also gave him CIP + those compulsory CIP organized by school, he clocked a lot more than we expected. From my last post till now, he clocked a few more hours so up-to-date he should have over 100 CIP hours.[/quote]oic....thks for sharing.
when u mention that he joined the council, isit those outside school organisations?
anyway, it's great to have finish 100 hrs for sec 1.

[Augmum]

phankao:

Augmum:

[quote=\"tansm2010\"]CIP is a small portion of the total CCA, to achieved A1 or A2 CCA is a must specially if your present the school for any competition

that's right, max only 5 points of the total CCA

My dd who just finish sec 4 didn't do all that much CIP (have some but not much), but she still get A1 for CCA, so don't have to worry too much about CIP, right?[/quote]thks for sharing....yes, in fact most pupils could obtain a A1/ A2 finally
but sometimes CIP hours, could still make a difference on the interviewers.

[phankao]

Augmum:

phankao:

[quote=\"Augmum\"]
that's right, max only 5 points of the total CCA

My dd who just finish sec 4 didn't do all that much CIP (have some but not much), but she still get A1 for CCA, so don't have to worry too much about CIP, right?

thks for sharing....yes, in fact most pupils could obtain a A1/ A2 finally
but sometimes CIP hours, could still make a difference on the interviewers.[/quote]I guess it helps that she's a student leader in her CCA?

[lolls]

how many hours of CIP points in order to get A for CCA point?

i need to know cos i want to know how many more in order to get an A
cos this is my 3rd year of secondary school>>>
thx

[popcorn_fight]

You need at least 20 CCA points to get your 2 bonus points.
You need at least 8 CCA points to get 1 bonus points.
Bonus points are only applicable to secondary students taking o-levels in SG.
It is difficult to get an A1 of 25 CCA points without leadership position(s) but I managed to do so :imcool:

In any case, I restrained myself for 4 freaking years to get my deal.
It is worth the CCA points but I never liked the place as the ppl suck balls.
This is my last year in this god-forsaken school, I never want to come into such a place again... It was... painful...to say the least.

My advice would be to do the minimum to get your points. If you are sec 3 and you estimate that you cannot hit 20 no matter what you do now till sec 4, then you should not bother trying to up your CCA points.

In October last year, I managed to view my CCA records. Hitherto, I had gotten 13 points. By doing 60+ hours of CIP hours and Silver NYAA, plus enrichment points received by events organized by my school, I managed to hit 25 points in the course of about 7 months. That is a freaking 12 points leap! Go me! :imcool:

[dovetail]

ApronMama:

lizawa:

My son told me that they have to clock 40 hours in 4 years, ie. 10 hours per year. But the school told them that in order to get scholarships, awards etc. you need 100 hours in 4 years. So they plan to do 25 hours this year.

I feel quite upset that students nowadays are \"driven\"/\"forced\" to do volunteer work just for sick of clocking enough CIP hours just to fulfill the requirement under the education system. It should be make a good learning process and experience in school thru civil education. Sincerity is more important.

I agree this CIP thing seems quite insincere on the students' part. However, this so called National Education seems to work. I volunteer from time to time for SGcares and I meet a lot of young adults who are doing volunteer work not for CIP. I think they recall the goodness they felt during their CIP days in school after they have helped the community and want to return to contribute more. I think this NE is quite successful. If there are 50000 in each level cohort and you can influence just 5000 to have a charitable heart and want to continue in community work later, that is a lot already. It doesn't matter the other 45000 bochap or chap less.

[crystalskyes]

It is easy to get A1 if you really try. :imcool:

[kenlohwh]

Augmum\" post_id=\"260042\" time=\"1284516336\" user_id=\"10731:

hi koalamummy,
CIP hours are compulsory in sec school.
Max is 5 points (contribute to the CCA grading sytem)
for 5 points , the pupils need to clock in min of 100 hrs
can refer to the following

100 or more hours - 5 points
80-99 hours - 4 points
60-79 hours - 3 points
40-59 hours - 2 points
24-39 hours - 1 point

This post has been the de facto reference on converting CIP hours to LEAPS CCA grade points. However, the post was from 2010 and it has been 13 years since. Is it still valid today?