GEP 2011 - Screening & Selection

[mickeyhmh]

DS1 got in, DS1 got in!!! Stress (for me) will kick in soon.... :nailbite:

[Prettydol]

Does anyone has insight how MOE allocates the school?


My friend told me this year the GEP intake was only 300 students. Is it true?

[Herbie]

moe will tell you the no. Of intake during the briefing. Unlikely to be just 300.

[Intelligent]

Does anyone know total number of students were selected in your kids’ school for GEP? I know only 2 students were selected in St Anthony’s Primary School. Care to share?

[jtoh]

Prettydol:

Does anyone has insight how MOE allocates the school?


My friend told me this year the GEP intake was only 300 students. Is it true?

All this info will be made available during the parents briefing. You can clarify any doubts you have at that time too.

Intake is unlikely to be 300.

[sleepy]

This thread ran into its 100th page !

[bullhorse]

Intelligent:

Does anyone know total number of students were selected in your kids' school for GEP? I know only 2 students were selected in St Anthony's Primary School. Care to share?

Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary: Heard 16 got into GEP!

[naggo-nitemare]

Strparent:

Just4Fun:

I was surprised that he attends tuition for almost all the subjects ( even now! ), despite being one of the top students yearly. Interestingly, he was not deemed the top student in his GEP class during P4-P6. But you have to give this boy credit - he puts a lot of effort in his studies, he was seldom involved in the computer games scene, and works very hard during projects. If I am not wrong, he scored GPA 4.0 for ALL his subjects in the EOY for year 1 at RI as well in 2011.
Having said that, I would never allow my DS to be like that - being so results oriented. They are children first and foremost, and play forms an important role in growing up and the rat race should wait, definitely not at such a young age.

Erm...I do not know if u are personally acquainted with this subject top student. My DS however is privileged to know him and we think your statement abt this boy being unbalancedly result oriented wholly inaccurate and unfair.

For the record, this top boy is very fit, excellent with er hu playing, draws well, humble and undisputedly gifted in languages n I don't mean just Chinese. Just because he works hard and excels does not mean he is solely results oriented.

[OrangeJuice]

first of all, thanks for well wishes and also to those who helped clarify on ACS admission priority.


Sorry, can anyone share with me how does MOE allocate the choice of schools to GEP students. For eg for PSLE, it is by meritocracy ie scores but for GEP how do they do it ? is it first by affiliation, then by distance from home to school ?

[Intelligent]

Bullhorse, thanks for the update. Hope some parents can ask MOE during the briefing, what’s the total no. of students selected this year. I have also heard about MOE reducing from 1% to 0.5%, but do not know how reliable is this piece of news. Congratulations to parents of GEP students and also congratulations to the selected students. Hope to hear more from this group of parents after their GEP briefing. Thanks, interesting findings.