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    GEP 2011 - Screening & Selection

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    • J Offline
      jtoh
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      MOE won’t open another GE Centre. There’s no reason to. The 9 centres are more than enough to cater to the yearly intake. And even though GE Branch has marginally increased the number of offers it’s made to GE students, it can’t increase it much more because it will dilute the calibre of students it’s taking in.

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        metta
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        I heard that this year’s first screening take in 30% of students and not the usual 8-10%? Anyone can confirm?

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          phankao
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          Zann:


          Very proud and arrogant attitudes that they didn't like their child being influenced with.

          MOE didn't want the child to be taken out of GEP, so at first didn't allow or approve at all.

          If this is true, you will see a lot of parents pulling out their kids from GEP. Due to my ds in GEP I have a good contact with his group of GE friends and I find them very mature and sensible kids. No proud and arrogant attitudes. My ds has a lot friends from mainstream also. Some from as long as from P1.。
          Hey, this is just what this child's parents said. So maybe they did observe their originally \"saintly\" child changing lor. They preferred the religious environment of previous school. Anyway, the child already 18 now. Did very well even though transferred back to mainstream.

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            atutor2001
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            Main stream in top school think GEP are howlian

            Neighbourhood school think RI are howlian

            True or false. Parents from GEP and RI will say FALSE. Parents from mainstream and neighbourhood school will say TRUE.

            Personally I think there are some truth, at least 50%.

            OK start firing I am going to hide.

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              Atan
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              metta:
              I heard that this year's first screening take in 30% of students and not the usual 8-10%? Anyone can confirm?

              No way!! See the below fm the MOE website:

              How many pupils are invited to sit the GEP Screening Test and the GEP Selection Test?

              The whole Primary 3 cohort is invited to sit the GEP Screening Test. About 4000 pupils are shortlisted after the GEP Screening Test to sit the GEP Selection Test.

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                ctct61t
                last edited by

                metta:
                I heard that this year's first screening take in 30% of students and not the usual 8-10%? Anyone can confirm?

                Did a simple test,

                suppose this years student number is: 42000
                30% of 42000: 12600
                there are about 180 primary school in total, thus there should be average 70 students in each school pass round 1 test.
                NYPS and PHPS have achieved their target, how about the rest?

                Is this figue true?

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                  Atan
                  last edited by

                  More details fm MOE website:


                  Selection Process
                  In August, Primary 3 pupils in Singapore schools have the opportunity to take the GEP Screening Test, comprising 2 papers: English Language and Mathematics
                  Approximately 4000 pupils are shortlisted to sit the GEP Selection Test in October, comprising 3 papers: English Language, Mathematics and General Ability

                  Schedule for 2011
                  GEP Screening Test: 24 Aug 2011
                  GEP Selection Test: 18 and 19 Oct 2011
                  Invitation to join GEP: End November 2011

                  How many pupils are admitted into the GEP at Primary 4?
                  About 500 pupils are admitted into the Programme at Primary 4.

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                    metta
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                    ctct61t:
                    metta:

                    I heard that this year's first screening take in 30% of students and not the usual 8-10%? Anyone can confirm?


                    Did a simple test,

                    suppose this years student number is: 42000
                    30% of 42000: 12600
                    there are about 180 primary school in total, thus there should be average 70 students in each school pass round 1 test.
                    NYPS and PHPS have achieved their target, how about the rest?

                    Is this figue true?

                    Heard from 2 different people that Rulang has 66 and 80+ respectively. Either one, also reach target.

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                    • corneyAmberC Offline
                      corneyAmber
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                      WCW:
                      phtthp:

                      so far, which of the following primary schools have most pupils clearing both rounds 1 and 2 ?


                      - Rulang
                      - Pei Hwa
                      - Rosyth

                      - Tao Nan
                      - Nan Hua
                      - Nanyang

                      - Kong Hwa
                      - Catholic High

                      - St Hilda
                      - ACS
                      - South View
                      - Bkt Panjang

                      how u get these? dnt think there is any statics on this right?

                      Wcw, phtthp is asking for the statistics from parents belonging to these schools for past years' outcome. As for how she derived this list, she based it on P1 registration popularity.

                      phtthp, RGPS is a popular school right? How come it is not on your list of interest? :? Also, your question is too generic, what is the purpose of knowing? Maybe you want to narrow it to 2010 results only? In any case, any year you pick is only an indication because every cohort can vary dramatically. It really depends on the cohort, not the school. Only schools who provide training to the children, you can perhaps get some meaningful info if such schools are \"value-adding\" to the children by the training or not. Schools who did nothing, it is like striking lottery whether 10 gets into GEP or 50 gets into GEP depending on the cohort's intrinsic strength.

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                        Atan
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                        metta, looks like yr kid is fm Rulang. Rulang has a good reputation for producing good results and thus the high % success for screening test. Its results cannot be used as a benchmark for the general schools in Singapore.


                        Anyway, it is an ‘interesting’ rumour. Care to share the source of the rumour?

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