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    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Secondary Schools - Selection
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      jtoh
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      Otah:
      verykiasu2010:



      (2) The whole RI is run as a GEP school. i.e. regardless of which class the student is in, they all benefit from the GEP pedagogy that RI uses through out the whole cohort, as distinct from HCI which only the iSpark consortium is GEP-based while the other 3 consortia no doubt are still IP with enriched curriculum.

      Not all students are suitable for GEP just as in primary school. That was why they have a special screening process. Some mainstreamers who study hard and score well in PSLE also choose RI.

      Which is why some kids who mug to get their high PSLE scores find it a little tough going in the first year or so at top schools. They're not used to the pedagogy used. Too used to being spoonfed in primary school.

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        jtoh:
        Otah:

        [quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]

        (2) The whole RI is run as a GEP school. i.e. regardless of which class the student is in, they all benefit from the GEP pedagogy that RI uses through out the whole cohort, as distinct from HCI which only the iSpark consortium is GEP-based while the other 3 consortia no doubt are still IP with enriched curriculum.

        Not all students are suitable for GEP just as in primary school. That was why they have a special screening process. Some mainstreamers who study hard and score well in PSLE also choose RI.

        Which is why some kids who mug to get their high PSLE scores find it a little tough going in the first year or so at top schools. They're not used to the pedagogy used. Too used to being spoonfed in primary school.[/quote]that is also why some seemingly high scorers begin to 'fade' away in sec school......if in year one they cannot maintain a reasonable GPA it spells trouble.

        during the DSA process in HCI, we talked to some non-iSpark students. They openly 'complained' about difficult to catch up with the school work

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          verykiasu2010:
          jtoh:

          [quote=\"Otah\"][


          Not all students are suitable for GEP just as in primary school. That was why they have a special screening process. Some mainstreamers who study hard and score well in PSLE also choose RI.

          Which is why some kids who mug to get their high PSLE scores find it a little tough going in the first year or so at top schools. They're not used to the pedagogy used. Too used to being spoonfed in primary school.

          that is also why some seemingly high scorers begin to 'fade' away in sec school......if in year one they cannot maintain a reasonable GPA it spells trouble.

          during the DSA process in HCI, we talked to some non-iSpark students. They openly 'complained' about difficult to catch up with the school work[/quote]Yes, some do fade away despite scoring 270+ in PSLE.

          Even non-iSpark students complain it's difficult to catch up? Tough! That's why must select your secondary school carefully.

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            In reality, those who cannot catch up are the minority at every end of sec 2. HCI has a ‘O’ level class for them and give them very good tr to drill for ‘O’ level. However, those who wake up at sec 3 and do well. they will put them back to IP track again.

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              What about RI? What happened to those who cannot catch-up - is there a "O" level class too?

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                Pen88n:
                What about RI? What happened to those who cannot catch-up - is there a \"O\" level class too?

                No there isn't.

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                  Pen88n:
                  What about RI? What happened to those who cannot catch-up - is there a \"O\" level class too?

                  I know someone who got in thru Music DSA (BTW he is really talented in Music) and came end of sec 1 could not cope. The next yr when I saw them again he was in a neighbourhood school uniform. But he continue to persue his Music.

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                    ApronMama:
                    Pen88n:

                    What about RI? What happened to those who cannot catch-up - is there a \"O\" level class too?


                    I know someone who got in thru Music DSA (BTW he is really talented in Music) and came end of sec 1 could not cope. The next yr when I saw them again he was in a neighbourhood school uniform. But he continue to persue his Music.

                    Yes that happens.

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                      jtoh:
                      verykiasu2010:


                      during the DSA process in HCI, we talked to some non-iSpark students. They openly 'complained' about difficult to catch up with the school work

                      Yes, some do fade away despite scoring 270+ in PSLE.

                      Even non-iSpark students complain it's difficult to catch up? Tough! That's why must select your secondary school carefully.

                      Come to sec school, is it all about attentiveness and hard work to do well. Some of the iSpark pp got into 'O' level class also.

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                        Glad to see some enlightened postings. In an attempt to choose btw these twos or whether is suitable for hardworking pupils who mug consistently to get in, it all boils down to commonsense. Those who attempt to dsa thru sports or other talents have to bear the consequences of their choices a later stage. Many who eventually got offers later realise that they actually form a base for other bright kids to move ahead and excel. These students may actually be better off studying at other good sec schools and make their marks there. At the end of the day, vast majority of RI/HCI will still end up at local unis, so no difference at all.


                        Amongst many of the above. they may be some more suitable for applied education(free education at poly) ie O-level route-poly-uni.

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