National Junior College (Junior High)

[PowerPuff Mum]

helloeveryone:

hello, i'm a student here at njc... after seeing the forum i realised that the parents have many questions regarding njc and its system. Well, i'm willing to answer them as long as i'm able to. Feel free to email me at [email protected]

basically, i dsa-ed into the school and i'm the pioneer batch. i will be one of those involved in next year's orientation so a 'hi' to all 2011 jh1 students!

Thanks for your willingness to share and contribute to this forum.

[helloeveryone]

anyways… regarding the cohort in 2009 :

ratio of boys to girls: 1:4 (about 6-8 boys in a class)
in 2010
ratio of boys to girls: about 2:9 (this years cohort if i’m not wrong 6 boys in a class of 25)

[phankao]

PowerPuff Mum:

DSA students failing tests cos they are not hardworking enough...

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Got DSA students failing, meh? I know some of the top students in Acc.Math are DSA students whose psle scores are like 10+ points below the COP. But they are managing fantastically in NJC. And there are other DSA students who are doing very well too in other areas. Better in fact than some of the students who got in with 260+ psle (non-DSA) cases. I doubt DSA students are not \"hardworking enough\". There seems to be attributes that NJC has identified to give DSA offers to these students.

[PowerPuff Mum]

phankao:

PowerPuff Mum:

DSA students failing tests cos they are not hardworking enough...

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Got DSA students failing, meh? I know some of the top students in Acc.Math are DSA students whose psle scores are like 10+ points below the COP. But they are managing fantastically in NJC. And there are other DSA students who are doing very well too in other areas. Better in fact than some of the students who got in with 260+ psle (non-DSA) cases. I doubt DSA students are not \"hardworking enough\". There seems to be attributes that NJC has identified to give DSA offers to these students.

I am sure NJC will not offer places to any undeserving students. In the first place, the selection was rigorous and only limited places were available for DSA. surely they will pick the best of the lot. In any case, most times students who were offered DSA are able to meet or exceed COP anyway.

I am not sure of how genuine that comment was.

[phankao]

PowerPuff Mum:

In any case, most times students who were offered DSA are able to meet or exceed COP anyway. .

Most times only. Not always though. You'll be surprised that quite a number of DSA students get psle scores below COP, and it can be quite way below COP, often bc they are poor in languages (esp mother tongue).

[helloeveryone]

phankao:

PowerPuff Mum:

In any case, most times students who were offered DSA are able to meet or exceed COP anyway. .

Most times only. Not always though. You'll be surprised that quite a number of DSA students get psle scores below COP, and it can be quite way below COP, often bc they are poor in languages (esp mother tongue).

it gets worst when NJ needs HMT.

[BeCheerful]

phankao:

PowerPuff Mum:

In any case, most times students who were offered DSA are able to meet or exceed COP anyway. .

Most times only. Not always though. You'll be surprised that quite a number of DSA students get psle scores below COP, and it can be quite way below COP, often bc they are poor in languages (esp mother tongue).

Pardon me....is your DS1 one of those?

[phankao]

BeCheerful:

phankao:

[quote=\"PowerPuff Mum\"] In any case, most times students who were offered DSA are able to meet or exceed COP anyway. .

Most times only. Not always though. You'll be surprised that quite a number of DSA students get psle scores below COP, and it can be quite way below COP, often bc they are poor in languages (esp mother tongue).

Pardon me....is your DS1 one of those?[/quote]haha - not exactly, but yes MT was always my ds' poorest subject. I am amazed at some of those from his DSA camp. Their psle scores were considerably poorer but their names are often in the top students' list! My ds is doing fairly ok with HMT.

[jtoh]

phankao:

BeCheerful:

[quote=\"phankao\"]
Most times only. Not always though. You'll be surprised that quite a number of DSA students get psle scores below COP, and it can be quite way below COP, often bc they are poor in languages (esp mother tongue).

Pardon me....is your DS1 one of those?

haha - not exactly, but yes MT was always my ds' poorest subject. I am amazed at some of those from his DSA camp. Their psle scores were considerably poorer but their names are often in the top students' list! My ds is doing fairly ok with HMT.[/quote]Could it be that these students slacked off PSLE preparations after securing a place at NJC so didn't perform as well as they could have at PSLE. And now they're at NJC, they're showing their true ability?

[PowerPuff Mum]

jtoh:

phankao:

[quote=\"BeCheerful\"]
Pardon me....is your DS1 one of those?

haha - not exactly, but yes MT was always my ds' poorest subject. I am amazed at some of those from his DSA camp. Their psle scores were considerably poorer but their names are often in the top students' list! My ds is doing fairly ok with HMT.

Could it be that these students slacked off PSLE preparations after securing a place at NJC so didn't perform as well as they could have at PSLE. And now they're at NJC, they're showing their true ability?[/quote]I agree with Phankao..not becos they slack off after securing a place in NJC. Most times its' bcos they are weak in MT but get A* s for the rest of the subjects.. that's why they continue to shine in sec sch as they are strong in all other subjects.

In any case, the NJC selection process is rigorous and based on their academic, cca, awards and CIPs achievements etc. They pick the ones with the greatest potential.