2011 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[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.

[MummySTay]

Verysuperkiasu:

jtoh:

[quote=\"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.[/quote]CHS is also a SAP school, but my neighbour's son takes only CL; HCL is not compulsory.

[phankao]

Verysuperkiasu:

jtoh:

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.

Actually not ALL SAP schools have HCL as compulsory. But...they don't offer any other languages as Mother Tongue option, that's all. That's the very very main difference. So if your child takes Malay, Tamil, etc. You cannot apply to the SAP school under S1, even if the child was in the affiliated primary school. It has to be done under *appeal* - directly to the school during S1 option period.

Altho' for those doing chinese, most WOULD take HCL just simply to get chinese out of the way so they don't have to do it in JC.