2011 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[phankao]

jtoh:

MummySTay:

CO for RI n RGS means only need to pass n go express stream, which is 200. I recall coming across one child who got WL from HCI, n requirement was need to score 250.

I don't think so. If you have a CO, you just need to score enough to get into Express to get into HCI. I don't think they would have a separate set of rules for COs vs WLs.

My relative had a WL from HCI a few years ago and there was no indication of minimum T-score stated.

I confirmed with school teacher in charge of DSA. She said that although school may set a \"desired\" minimum score for their DSA students, they cannot actually put that in writing as that would be against MOE guidelines which the school is bound to abide by. So if the student gets above 200, in reality, they still have to make good their DSA offer. They only specify the desired score hoping the student will work hats for psle so they can keep up with the rest of their cohort.

[phankao]

MummySTay:

cestmoi:

[quote=\"MummySTay\"]Tomorrow is another siong day. It is not too late for parents to find out which is their DS/DD's marking centre. :evil:

No ginseng, cushion also can; the older markers sure to appreciate.

Hi MummySTay
Sry to intrude...Do you mean that we can actually call our dd sch to find out the status of the marking process?

Oops! Did I confuse you? Sorry, I was just kidding. The school would never reveal such details. It's all hush hush.
But if u r interested, u can recognize a marking centre if u see padlocks at the gate![/quote]See if teachers did Facebook check-in!!! Haha

[jtoh]

phankao:

jtoh:

[quote=\"MummySTay\"]CO for RI n RGS means only need to pass n go express stream, which is 200. I recall coming across one child who got WL from HCI, n requirement was need to score 250.

I don't think so. If you have a CO, you just need to score enough to get into Express to get into HCI. I don't think they would have a separate set of rules for COs vs WLs.

My relative had a WL from HCI a few years ago and there was no indication of minimum T-score stated.

I confirmed with school teacher in charge of DSA. She said that although school may set a \"desired\" minimum score for their DSA students, they cannot actually put that in writing as that would be against MOE guidelines which the school is bound to abide by. So if the student gets above 200, in reality, they still have to make good their DSA offer. They only specify the desired score hoping the student will work hats for psle so they can keep up with the rest of their cohort.[/quote]Thanks for the clarification phankao.

[Lenny08]

Hi MummySTay,


Thanks.May your dd hit a high T score.

Cheers,
Leanne

MummySTay:

Thank you, Lenny and all the best to your DD in her PSLE. Cheers!

[phankao]

ngbrdad:

MummySTay:

Hahaha...no ginseng, but got coupons for lots of coffee. Hopefully just as effective.

No coupon no coffee ?
Not everyone in the premises entitled to free coffee ?

Coupon also for food or not? I read some FB updates that teachers couldn't finish on time yesterday ... then got coupons also no use bc the canteen stalls all closed liao bc so late. Poor teachers.

[vlim]

phankao:

ngbrdad:

[quote=\"MummySTay\"]
Hahaha...no ginseng, but got coupons for lots of coffee. Hopefully just as effective.

No coupon no coffee ?
Not everyone in the premises entitled to free coffee ?

Coupon also for food or not? I read some FB updates that teachers couldn't finish on time yesterday ... then got coupons also no use bc the canteen stalls all closed liao bc so late. Poor teachers.[/quote]Ya ... Our poor great teachers ...

[Verysuperkiasu]

The sec posting book that primary sch give to the students - if the school in that book just states ‘chinese’ for mother tongue - it means Higher Chinese is not compulsory right? On the contrary, if under mother tongue it states Higher Chinese, then it is compulsory - am I right? So for school like Nan Hua, for eg, Higher CL not compulsory?

[Verysuperkiasu]

The sec posting book that primary sch give to the students - if the school in that book just states ‘chinese’ for mother tongue - it means Higher Chinese is not compulsory right? On the contrary, if under mother tongue it states Higher Chinese, then it is compulsory - am I right? So for school like Nan Hua, for eg, Higher CL not compulsory because it just states ‘Chinese’ for MT?

[jtoh]

Verysuperkiasu:

The sec posting book that primary sch give to the students - if the school in that book just states 'chinese' for mother tongue - it means Higher Chinese is not compulsory right? On the contrary, if under mother tongue it states Higher Chinese, then it is compulsory - am I right? So for school like Nan Hua, for eg, Higher CL not compulsory?

Is Nan Hua a SAP school? If it is I would think that HCL was compulsory.

[Verysuperkiasu]

jtoh:

Verysuperkiasu:

The sec posting book that primary sch give to the students - if the school in that book just states 'chinese' for mother tongue - it means Higher Chinese is not compulsory right? On the contrary, if under mother tongue it states Higher Chinese, then it is compulsory - am I right? So for school like Nan Hua, for eg, Higher CL not compulsory?

Is Nan Hua a SAP school? If it is I would think that HCL was compulsory.

Nan Hua is a sap school. But then how come it shows 'Chinese' under mother tongue and it offers HCL as well. Whereas for RV, it only shows as Higher Chinese (there is no Chinese offered at all). I think they should make it clearer in the book that they gave.