Appeal Secondary One Posting

[INNOVATE]

Augmum:

INNOVATE:

At jc level, some have higher retainees' rate as high as up to 10%.


For those deem unsuitable for jc education, they either transfer to poly or told to leave. The latter is a last resort after given another chance to sit for the easier supplementary exam.

yes, i also heard of higher retainees' rate at JC level.
wonder under what circumstances / situations would the JCs disallow pupils to retain at JC1.

I shall attempt to answer your query in general as each jc has its own internal policy.

Firstly, have to outline the general profile of jc students:

1 Top jcs and IP schools- IP students and nation's top 0-level cohort.
2. Secont tier-jcs - High ability 0-level cohort with L1R5 of 12 or
better. This is the group our polys are actively
pursuing by offering them with scholarships.
3. Third tier-jcs - Comprising of good 0-level scorers at the top
and a minimum mean grade of B3 forming the
bottom.

I have also noticed that over the recent years, the standards of promos set mainly by our top 2nd tier jcs are of equivalent standards with the likes of RI and HCI. Even amongst the bottom tier jcs, the standards set are at least equivalent to our A-level which itself is of higher standard than Cambridge A-level. This explains why there is such high failure rate in certain jcs.

Criteria for promotion to jc2- 2H2 + 1H1 passes

In certain jcs, as high as up to 40% are unable to make the passing grade due to reasons outlined above. After advancing the border-line failures, up to 30% are asked to take the easier supplementary exam. In DHS, all who failed have to resit for all the papers over again. In this instance, repeat students are asked to leave the jcs.

Only when all other avenues have been exhausted do jcs ask students to leave for poly education. The following are those that fall under such rare circumstances:

1. Repeat students who failed promos on second attempt.
2. Students who failed badly in the easier supplementary exam and who are deemed totally unsuitable for jc education are advised to go to polys.
3. Malpractices.


All in all, the standards demand by our jcs are indeed demanding.

[phankao]

octopusmum:

guess we have to cut down on our wkends jalan jalan to allow ds to have more time to catch up with his hw and sleep

Sec school kids like to go jalan jalan with parents meh?

[octopusmum]

HI phankao


sec students at higher level maybe not, but my ds is still willing to follow us leh…

[YLH88]

jtoh:

YLH88:

Hi all,


Anyone know if NJC takes in sec 2 / sec 3 pupils ? Wondering what is the chance for ds to request for transfer to NJC in sec 2 / sec 3.

Thank you..

NJC used to do official intakes at Year 3 into their IP programme. They stopped this in 2009 I believe. I would think that transfers are still possible provided there are vacancies available.

Thank you!

[doublesmile10]

ssll:

tryunited:

[quote=\"ssll\"]
yes, decided on 2nd choice and shall move on from here , thot is was a close one - 1 mark from cop cedar , anyway thanks

hi, my girl also at st nic, class T. yours?? we also chose st nic & cedar in our choice, but hubby prefer sap school, so st nic our 1st choice & cedar 2nd.

coincidence hers is 1 T also , we put cedar 1st and st nicks 2nd, my daughter prefer cedar but ok with st nicks also[/quote]oh my god i was in 1 truth before i was transferred to nan hua!

[Strawberry Milk]

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 21:27 Post subject: Re: PSLE - admission to Sec school- any Appeal experience???


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Bai Sin Yeou wrote:
Joleen Lim wrote:
My child has 250+2 with 2A and 2A*. She's planning to appeal to NJC. Does she really need to put NJC as first choice, she missed last yr's COP by 7 points. Icalled NJC, ,they only have 190 places left Anyone understand how the system works?
I assume students are all placed in a straight line starting from the top student first choice school.
Am i right to say, all will be given first choice school first if they meet the COP. Then all the remaining student who missed by first choice will be lined in straight line again to check if their second choice school still have vacancy?

REALLY NEEDED ADVICE AS SHE HAS DONE S1 OPTION. Understand still have chance to alter. She has placed
1. RVH
2. NJC
3 St Nick


Which school offer your daughter?
should be posted to st. nic(i was posted to this school too!)

oh my god i was in 1 truth before i was transferred to nan hua![/quote]

doublesmile10,
So am I right to say that you were posted to St Nic then later transferred to Nan Hua and in between you were appealing to get into RVH? Whoa, your result must be good that you can get a transfer and at the same time do the appeal to get into RVH!

[doublesmile10]

Strawberry Milk:

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 21:27 Post subject: Re: PSLE - admission to Sec school- any Appeal experience???


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Bai Sin Yeou wrote:
Joleen Lim wrote:
My child has 250+2 with 2A and 2A*. She's planning to appeal to NJC. Does she really need to put NJC as first choice, she missed last yr's COP by 7 points. Icalled NJC, ,they only have 190 places left Anyone understand how the system works?
I assume students are all placed in a straight line starting from the top student first choice school.
Am i right to say, all will be given first choice school first if they meet the COP. Then all the remaining student who missed by first choice will be lined in straight line again to check if their second choice school still have vacancy?

REALLY NEEDED ADVICE AS SHE HAS DONE S1 OPTION. Understand still have chance to alter. She has placed
1. RVH
2. NJC
3 St Nick


Which school offer your daughter?
should be posted to st. nic(i was posted to this school too!)

oh my god i was in 1 truth before i was transferred to nan hua!

doublesmile10,
So am I right to say that you were posted to St Nic then later transferred to Nan Hua and in between you were appealing to get into RVH? Whoa, your result must be good that you can get a transfer and at the same time do the appeal to get into RVH! [/quote]no la i am not good! my appeal to rvhs not successful so sad i missed rv cop by one mark ! same as sin yeou... but she's still in wl still got hope for her, but now can only study in nhhs rv is my dream school...... strawberry milk i bet ur child is smarter than me! definitely!! :lol:

[ssll]

doublesmile10:

ssll:

[quote=\"tryunited\"]
hi, my girl also at st nic, class T. yours?? we also chose st nic & cedar in our choice, but hubby prefer sap school, so st nic our 1st choice & cedar 2nd.

coincidence hers is 1 T also , we put cedar 1st and st nicks 2nd, my daughter prefer cedar but ok with st nicks also

oh my god i was in 1 truth before i was transferred to nan hua![/quote]oh no wonder my girl said her register number changed coz someone transf out so you must be the one coincidence

[Augmum]

JieTing:

Hi Augmum,


How useful is cca point in IP school?
My DD is in DHS also, she told me unless cca v gd o'wise nt much help in result.

Haha, actually, I also not very sure abt it, prob some others forummers may wanna to give more details.
btw, i dun quite get when u said “otherwise, not much help in result” what result ??

I think it shd come in useful for uni enrolment, uni faculty's interviews and scholarship applications,
shd the applicant has a good CCA track record with leadership qualities (means ranking in CCA is impt) and also the accomplished CIP hrs.
esp for the application of popular courses.

[Augmum]

INNOVATE:

Augmum:

[quote=\"INNOVATE\"]At jc level, some have higher retainees' rate as high as up to 10%.


For those deem unsuitable for jc education, they either transfer to poly or told to leave. The latter is a last resort after given another chance to sit for the easier supplementary exam.

yes, i also heard of higher retainees' rate at JC level.
wonder under what circumstances / situations would the JCs disallow pupils to retain at JC1.

I shall attempt to answer your query in general as each jc has its own internal policy.
[/quote]thank u innovate for yr sharing of the above. appreciated.