GEP 2011 - Screening & Selection
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sleepy:
Seems that English is not the deciding component in GEP screening test.
Correction...SPOKEN English is not the deciding component.
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ksi:
Well put.sleepy:
Seems that English is not the deciding component in GEP screening test.
Correction...SPOKEN English is not the deciding component.
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jtoh:
Well put. :D[/quote] :hi5: We have been trained in the MOE system to be specific.... everyday I hear this from the teachers... :rotflmao:ksi:
[quote=\"sleepy\"]Seems that English is not the deciding component in GEP screening test.
Correction...SPOKEN English is not the deciding component. -
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phankao:
Some of the posting here are pure lies ... out to confuse others. :?
My elder boy was in twinning class in p4 and there was a GEP Chinese boy in his group that could not even understand English! The PE teacher spoke to him several times without sucess in English and when told that by the other boys, his response was \"er, then how did you get into GEP?!\".25hr mama:
My friend juz shared her dd's experience wif me; her dd currently in P4 GEP. She has been doing extremely well for all her Math papers, always almost or full marks. As for her English papers, juz the opposite, almost near to failing. From P1 to P3, Math was her strongest subject, as for English, fluctuated between B1 & B2.
I was juz thinking, Gep Math & English, much tougher compared to mainstream, obviously she has no problem at all for Math, but finds English difficult. We used to think that, to to selected for GEP, kids MUST do well for both math & English.
But after her dd's case, she is guessing, maybe they juz need to do well in either one to pass the selection test. Any parent has a better understanding of the criteria?
My DD was in GEP from 20008 to 2010. To qualify among the top 1 % of P3 cohort, I believe the students must be way above the rest in terms of numeracy and language skills.
What I find hard to believe in some of this posting here is the presumption that GEPers can be strong in Maths but can be \"extremely poor\" in english. I thjink it is totally out of proportion. One of the subject that GEPers do is social studies (SS) and portfolio presentation. Can't imagine if any GEPers are that bad in their english !!! -
that being said, I had classmates who could score B3/B4 for chinese ‘o’ or ‘ao’ but when it comes to conversational mandarin/chinese, totally hopeless…they couldn’t even understand what people are saying.
another classmate admitted that during oral, he skipped almost every few words that the examiner asked him to stop coz it was too painful to continue. -
Hi, the question was the same as last year. My dd told me the same question last year 2010.
YY1205:
After the test, my ds said he totally forgot the question. But today he suddenly told me two interesting questions, one is if chilly is sweets, lemon tastes sour, then chilly should be ? another is if dragon tells joke, knight is protecting, then dragon is?
He also give the difficult level general ability2<english<general1<math -
I remembered last year my dd brought back the yellow envelope before school holiday.
About 3 to 4 days before school close.phtthp:
according to MOE 2011 release schedule, invitation offer to join GEP programme come out only around end November:-
http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/programmes/gifted-education-programme/faq/gep-pupils/
based on past historical trend - out of entire SG students population cohort, top 1% GEP offer usually more boys are offered. Out of 500 - rough estimate say, approximately around 350 boys, 150 girls thereabout. -
matadorepy:
Some of the posting here are pure lies ... out to confuse others. :?
My elder boy was in twinning class in p4 and there was a GEP Chinese boy in his group that could not even understand English! The PE teacher spoke to him several times without sucess in English and when told that by the other boys, his response was \"er, then how did you get into GEP?!\".phankao:
[quote=\"25hr mama\"]My friend juz shared her dd's experience wif me; her dd currently in P4 GEP. She has been doing extremely well for all her Math papers, always almost or full marks. As for her English papers, juz the opposite, almost near to failing. From P1 to P3, Math was her strongest subject, as for English, fluctuated between B1 & B2.
I was juz thinking, Gep Math & English, much tougher compared to mainstream, obviously she has no problem at all for Math, but finds English difficult. We used to think that, to to selected for GEP, kids MUST do well for both math & English.
But after her dd's case, she is guessing, maybe they juz need to do well in either one to pass the selection test. Any parent has a better understanding of the criteria?
My DD was in GEP from 20008 to 2010. To qualify among the top 1 % of P3 cohort, I believe the students must be way above the rest in terms of numeracy and language skills.
What I find hard to believe in some of this posting here is the presumption that GEPers can be strong in Maths but can be \"extremely poor\" in english. I thjink it is totally out of proportion. One of the subject that GEPers do is social studies (SS) and portfolio presentation. Can't imagine if any GEPers are that bad in their english !!![/quote]Personally, I feel to use the word \"lies\" is too harsh and outrightly rude. Everyone has the right to contribute their comments and anyone has the right to agree or disagree. I don't believe the parents who mentioned above want to lie which I dont see any benefits that they will gain by doing so.
By implying others are liars, either you are a born rude & proud person or you have a low EQ. And I believe nobody wants to belittle your dd and any GEPers.
I agree with you that it's not easy to get in to GEP classes and those students who were selected are definitely good in both Eng & Maths. And those who got in based on \"pure luck\" could be very rare. Ultimately, they will struggle in the GEP classes unless they have shown potential to progress well.
I also disagree with those parents who spend money, time & efforts to specifically trained their kids for GEP exam. And I pity these kids. -
I also don’t agree to sending children for training in GEP. If they’re talented, they’ll be in. I don’t wish to see my son struggle through if he’s not up to the calibre.
My son got through the 1st round, whatever the results is for the 2nd round, I’ll just accept it. If he got through it, of course, I’ll be very happy. If cannot, we still need to move on positively.
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