Review Underway of the Educational System

[Chenonceau]

jtoh:

Brenda10:

[quote=\"jtoh\"]If the grades awarded are fixed, then it is interesting that >80% score A/A* in MT, compared to about 40% for the other three subjects.

May be A for MT can be as low as in 60++ range ? :?

Or maybe there are a lot more students who are proficient in MT compared to English/Math/Science. [/quote]Something tells me that is NOT quite right... Somehow... :evil:

[jtoh]

Chenonceau:

jtoh:

[quote=\"Brenda10\"]

May be A for MT can be as low as in 60++ range ? :?

Or maybe there are a lot more students who are proficient in MT compared to English/Math/Science.

Something tells me that is NOT quite right... Somehow... :evil:[/quote] I'm thinking it could be the case in many schools where Mandarin is the more common lingua franca as compared to English or that Mandarin is indeed the mother tongue and not a second language (unlike our kids). On MediaCorp's free-to-air channels Channel 8 continues to be the dominant channel over Channel5, so there are probably quite a number of households who are more comfortable in Mandarin. So while our kids struggle with Mandarin, their challenge is English?

[Brenda10]

Chenonceau:

jtoh:

[quote=\"Brenda10\"]May be A for MT can be as low as in 60++ range ? :?

Or maybe there are a lot more students who are proficient in MT compared to English/Math/Science.

Something tells me that is NOT quite right... Somehow... :evil:[/quote]I just take a look of DD's CL prelim Paper 2 which is 90 marks out of 200 marks.

Higher in the level scored above 85, average score in the level 58++.

The pupils taking the CL is estimated about 220 - 230 (minus about 40 -50 pupils taking other MT).

May be most of the students would score well in oral (50 marks) and LC (20 marks)?

[Chenonceau]

jtoh:

I'm thinking it could be the case in many schools where Mandarin is the more common lingua franca as compared to English or that Mandarin is indeed the mother tongue and not a second language (unlike our kids). On MediaCorp's free-to-air channels Channel 8 continues to be the dominant channel over Channel5, so there are probably quite a number of households who are more comfortable in Mandarin. So while our kids struggle with Mandarin, their challenge is English?

Yeah... you could be right there. Cannot see the world from just my own worldview...

[jtoh]

Brenda10:

Chenonceau:

[quote=\"jtoh\"]
Or maybe there are a lot more students who are proficient in MT compared to English/Math/Science.

Something tells me that is NOT quite right... Somehow... :evil:

I just take a look of DD's CL prelim Paper 2 which is 90 marks out of 200 marks.

Higher in the level scored above 85, average score in the level 58++.

The pupils taking the CL is estimated about 220 - 230 (minus about 40 -50 pupils taking other MT).

May be most of the students would score well in oral (50 marks) and LC (20 marks)?[/quote]I think LC is easy to do well in and oral is not a problem for those who come from Mandarin-speaking families. So the scores for these two areas could be rather high.

[jtoh]

Chenonceau:

jtoh:

I'm thinking it could be the case in many schools where Mandarin is the more common lingua franca as compared to English or that Mandarin is indeed the mother tongue and not a second language (unlike our kids). On MediaCorp's free-to-air channels Channel 8 continues to be the dominant channel over Channel5, so there are probably quite a number of households who are more comfortable in Mandarin. So while our kids struggle with Mandarin, their challenge is English?

Yeah... you could be right there. Cannot see the world from just my own worldview...

Although the similarity of the 40%+ for the other three subjects is suspicious. :evil:

[Nebbermind]

Chenonceau:

Yeah... you could be right there. Cannot see the world from just my own worldview...

yeah...same here!!

[Busymom]

jtoh:

Brenda10:

[quote=\"jtoh\"]If the grades awarded are fixed, then it is interesting that >80% score A/A* in MT, compared to about 40% for the other three subjects.

May be A for MT can be as low as in 60++ range ? :?

Or maybe there are a lot more students who are proficient in MT compared to English/Math/Science. [/quote]Or maybe it is easier to mug for MT as compared to the other 3 subjects (I have friends who weren't really good in MT getting A1 at 'O' and 'A' levels)?

[Brenda10]

Busymom:

jtoh:

[quote=\"Brenda10\"]May be A for MT can be as low as in 60++ range ? :?

Or maybe there are a lot more students who are proficient in MT compared to English/Math/Science.

Or maybe it is easier to mug for MT as compared to the other 3 subjects (I have friends who weren't really good in MT getting A1 at 'O' and 'A' levels)? [/quote]Hi Busymum,

If I do not remember wrongly, my friend's DS get 50++ (after combine of Paper 2, oral, LC and compo.) on CL prelim but still manage to get an A for PSLE last year.

[jtoh]

Busymom:

jtoh:

[quote=\"Brenda10\"]


May be A for MT can be as low as in 60++ range ? :?

Or maybe there are a lot more students who are proficient in MT compared to English/Math/Science.

Or maybe it is easier to mug for MT as compared to the other 3 subjects (I have friends who weren't really good in MT getting A1 at 'O' and 'A' levels)? [/quote]I know some students who will have strong objections to this. I think language comes easier to some than others. I know of students who never study for CL and still score, because the language comes easily to them. I guess for them Chinese is like English to us. No need to study. Then there are others who mug and mug and barely pass.